It already feels like we’ve been living in our new house
forever. I think we chose a great home in a great community. I stopped by our
new corner store Mabel’s Market the other day and after picking out some fruits
and veggies, I realized I had forgotten my wallet. The cashier told me just to
take everything home and pay next time.
Thanks, Mabel!
We have most of our
decorating complete, including some DIY projects that I’ve been wanting to do
for a while. The first was painting some old brass lamps – see below. Alan also
built a chicken wire compost container, a record shelf and is working on frames for our raised garden beds. Luckily our little sidekick often
refers to himself as Bob the Builder, so he is always ready to help out with
his tools.
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| Before |
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| After with new couch in living room! |
The best thing about our new house is that Cale is sleeping
better than ever!! We’ve upgraded him to a twin bed and he is truly embracing
having his own bedroom. To encourage and reward him for falling asleep on his
own and for staying in his bed through the night, we bribed him with what he
loves best – PARTIES! We have started
having ‘Good night parties’ each morning, complete with pancakes (chocolate
chip pancakes on the first morning), songs and at his request, printing an
image from the computer (hey, whatever works!).
We are trying to keep this going, but also trying to move away from the
food rewards, so we’ll continue to print pictures and give lots of praise and
encouragement as long as it keeps working. The change has been quite incredible. Not having to sit
beside him while he falls asleep is amazing and actually frees up an hour or
more each night. He’ll even get up on his own to go the bathroom and put
himself back to bed. Yes, it has taken way too long for us to get to this
stage, but it sure feels good!
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| Helping dad build a raised bed |
We had a great
mother’s day weekend with my parents visiting. I knew they would love the modern
finishings and feel of the house, so it was great fun to have them here and
show them all around. This coming weekend will be a boys weekend at home, as I’m off
to Vegas for a friends wedding. Should be a blast!
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| Love you, mom! |
