this week

House Update-

We had a bunch of trees cut down. 4 pines (the pine beetles had already gotten to one), a really large poplar over next to the oak that fell (which is a good thing because when they cut it down you could see from the stump that the middle of the tree was filled w/water-awesome), a tree by the chimney, one by the roof and a bunch of branches (they took down a few smaller ones too).

They have put down the additional plywood upstairs to get ready for the hardwood floors and wiring has been corrected. The front stairs inside were ripped out and have been redone. The only carpet left in the house is the back stairs.

We are waiting on inspection so they can close the ceiling and put back insulation so they can turn the air back on and work on the floors.

Frances Update-
Loves school! She sits in the front of the bus with two of her friends. She sits next to the window. She even had her first playdate with the kindergartner across the street (can't wait to get in the house so they can play more). Frances basically comes home, eats and plays just a little bit and crashes around 7.

Thomas....
I don't think he requires sleep. There are many nights where he is up past Rusty and gets up pretty early. Things have somewhat settled down a lot for him so he is back to my sweet boy. He loves his new class (he has the same teachers that Frances had). He still likes to blame things on his cousin. James hasn't even been to the apartment and Thomas told me yesterday that he was the reason the chair had a spill on it.

Hannah
Still sleeping in the closet. I use that term loosely still because she likes to get up for a bit at night and talk (this is normally the time with the kids when we turn off the monitors....can't even close the door on miss thing).

We are hoping to be back in the house in less than 2 months and that will help make our schedules a lot better!

Frances/Rusty story......

So Rusty apparently is a magnet for speeding tickets-in school zones---by policemen on foot (really- are you freakin kidding me!). He got pulled over again and when the cop came to the window Frances told him that her mommy didn't drive as fast (so not true- as Rusty likes to point out I drive a lot faster). I told him I drive an old mini van and he does not. Maybe we need to get him an old mini van. As Rusty was pulling away, Frances told him that she was happy he was driving slow. Nice.