What comes down, must go up

Some of you are well-acquainted with the drama of our garage (which I promised to blog about but never did). Well, despite additional drama at the last minute, we are now well on our way to having a brand-spanking new garage. Here's a taste of the excitement around our house:

November 3rd--Laying out the forms for the foundation


November 9th--Pouring the concrete


November 10th--cement-block footers installed


November 11th--WALLS!! (Sort of)


November 12th--It looks like...a garage!!


The kids are very excited about all this construction going on. They had fun yesterday running in circles now that there is an "inside" again.


The goal for today was to get the plywood on the roof and put the shingles on. More pictures to come! (And a full blog post about the demo and construct later...when it's all done. I know, promises promises.)

You'll thank me later...

Thanks to Abbi, I had inspiration for a new (and long overdue) Multimedia Friday. Just TRY to get this song out of your head for the rest for the weekend!

At least he's honest

Jonathan had a "typical kid" moment last night as we were leaving the Open House at his school:

Me: So Jon, your teacher seems really nice.
Jon: Yeah, she is to parents.

My son, the celebrity

We got a nice surprise today: Jonathan's picture appeared on the front page (above the fold!) of our town's newspaper, the Irondequoit Post. I took both boys to the district bus parade and orientation last week, and we knew his picture would probably end up in the paper because I saw a reporter from the Post taking pictures, and she came up and asked Jon his name, age, and where he went to school. But I figured it would be part of a collage of pictures from the event, buried somewhere inside the paper. Who knew he'd be front-page news?? He was one thrilled little (big) boy. To check it out, go here:

http://www.mpnnow.com/news/x939032823/Q-A-East-Irondequoit-School-District-back-to-school-preview

Still Alive

Okay, so I've noticed on the sidebars of several of my friends' blogs
that my most recent blog post is now 3 weeks old. DOH!! I blame it on
a very busy summer, both at home and work. (One consolation is that
several of these friends' most recent blog posts are also getting
rather...stale, shall we say...)

So I just wanted to throw a little something up here to prove that we're
still alive and kicking. We've had lots of visitors and events and
things keeping us busy since, oh, around Grace's birthday (April 25th,
if you didn't have that at the forefront of your mind), but our last big
commitment, Matt's soccer program, ends tomorrow, and then we have a
nice 3 week break before school starts and things kick into gear again.
But even with soccer, August has been relatively peaceful and relaxing
compared to the previous 3 months. I still intend to blog about the
items that I teased about a post or two back. I just need to find the
right blog-friendly time.

Maybe that can be my New [School] Year's resolution.

Pillow Talk

While chatting with Matthew at bedtime last night, he came out with
this:

"Mom, I'm starting think..."

"I'm starting to think that all the food that you eat goes into your
tummy and turns into poop. And everything you drink goes into your
tummy and turns into pee. "

Whoda thunk?

Too Busy to Blog

We've had tons of stuff going on for, oh, the past two months or so, and I really want to blog about it. Unfortunately, I can't find the time!! But here's a little laundry list of things I would blog about if I could, and may blog about when I can.

1. Garage Demolition--such drama!!

2. Painting the living room--it's finally the color I want it to be!!

3. 4th of July weekend in Ohio--a fun time was had by all!!

4. AISA Day at Seabreeze--Jonathan goes on the Screamin' Eagle!!

5. Jonathan's baptism--he's EXTRA clean now!!

6. Matthew in soccer--too stinkin' cute!!

Okay, have you gotten your fill of double exclamation points? That's supposed to make the list sound like a monster truck rally commercial. Bear with me--now that I have this list, I really WILL make a point of blogging about each item (complete with pictures).