Tad finished a painting that he had been working on for three weeks!  I love it when he really takes his time on projects.  This one is a still life of his own shoe. Apparently he would just take his shoe off, set it in front of him, and go to work. By the last […]

We are so not done with this stuff.  Nope nope nope nope nope.  *sigh* The garage remodel/conversion was the most labor-intensive and expensive part of the project, but it was only step one.  The next step: rearrange the kids’ rooms so the teenagers have their own spaces, and the little boys bunk up together. Step […]

We seriously started the big house remodel ONE YEAR AGO??? That is what the garage looked like one year ago today, before the crew first showed, put the washer, dryer, and freezer inside the house, and started working. One year later, we don’t have a garage anymore. It seems like a lifetime ago that this […]

Tad is progressing very well in swimming lessons – to the point that he is actually on the final “level” of lessons.  His teacher is confident that he’s very close to finishing what they can teach him. I am worried about transitioning him out of swimming lessons, honestly – they are so much more than […]