Exploding Salt Writing

It sounds a lot cooler than it really was in person, but the kids had fun!

The SPACESHIP!!! It's Gonna FALL!

I hear some variation of this sentence every day. All your toys are in grave danger from falls and need rescuing. Usually from the Wonder Pets. Today, you had imaginary Wonder Pets in your spaceship.

Don't worry though, you saved them. (Though you might need to be worried about those aliens approaching)

{Daily Moments} Pile on Dad

Letters to my Sons: Building Together

Boys, 

Lately y'all have been best friends. You have always been really close but it seems like I find y'all together more and more these days. Landon, you still go off and play on your own, and Ethan you sometimes find Landon's method of play to be too rough or not what you had envisioned, but you generally get along really well. Y'all have both been on a building streak. Candy Construction set, Magformers, Legos or Train set, y'all have been busy creating daily.

As much as I enjoy your creations, I believe I enjoy seeing y'all build your relationship the most. Keep on building boys.

I love you,

Mama

{Daily Moments} Fizzy Art

Rain Rain Rain!

We've had a couple weeks of solid rain and a couple of strong storms. One storm took out two of our back fences. In between storms, we've been getting outside for walks and playtime. We've gone on bug hunts, discussed slugs at length, and floated boats down the street a couple of times. Basically just keeping busy!

Where We've Been

We moved! When I made my last post house post we were only thinking of moving with the grand scheme of our "big picture plan" in mind. I still thought it was another year or two away. After looking at the housing market, checking out our target neighborhood and talking with the bank and a realtor we realized that we were actually a lot closer to our goal than we had realized and could move now if we wanted. And so the whirlwind began!

We put a contract on a house at the end of February and the next day our house went on the market! We had a massive ice storm that weekend, however, we still had 6 showings in 48 hours and received 5 offers! It was all a little amazing. We couldn't even get out of our driveway because of the ice so we had several "car parties" with the ipad, popcorn, hot chocolate and other snacks while the house was being shown. The kids were pretty wild being cooped up in the car but they still ask if we can have another car party. Who would have guessed it would be such a hit?

After lots of house selling/house buying drama (though probably not more than normal) we sold our home on March 31st and bought our new house on April 6th. April 7th we moved!

During this time we were sick the last week in our old house and the first two weeks in our new house. I was even running fever on the day we closed! It was definitely a rough transition.

All the drama, stress, and chaos was worth it though. We love our new home! I loved our old house and thought it suited us well, but our new house seems to fit us even better. It feels more comfortable and more like home than I had expected it to so quickly. The kids love it and often talk about the differences between the "new house" and "original house". I'm glad that they have taken to it so quickly! I knew I was going to love certain things about the new house but I didn't realize just how much I was going to love it. We really are so happy.

The past 6 weeks in our house have flown by in a haze of painting, unpacking, and getting outside and meeting people. I didn't get my computer up and running until earlier in the week, but that now that its up I'm going to try to get back into a normal routine of taking pictures again and blogging! I've really missed having a camera in my hand!