How's it going: the housing situation

Ok. So when Eric moved here, we bought a really small (really really small) house in the neighborhood we knew we wanted to be in. There are a number of reasons that we made that decision, but mostly the rationale was that we wanted guests to feel as though they could come and hang their hats for a little while.

Suffice it to say that when I got here, that little house was bursting at the seams with too much stuff and then too many people with all four of us- which was actually not all that fair to this poor little house. So. This is where we truly got lucky. About three days before I moved, a house on my deal street in this same neighborhood but bigger came back on the market- and the woman who owns it was willing to let us rent it from her AND she accepted a contingent offer-so now all we need to do is sell the Boulevard house.

And I love both of these houses now. We got all of our stuff into the bigger house, and we are living with "rental decor" and a few less sofas than I'd like but it is ok because we are not stepping on each other! I've been able to totally repaint the little house and can now make some design decisions! Yeehaw!

Please please please 6 N. Boulevard find someone new to love it so that we can get fully settled here!


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How's it going: Vake's school

So there have been so many moving parts to this move that it makes sense to talk about one of them at a time.

Vake's school has been a great transition so far- he loves Miss Lisa and Miss Jenna and the paraprofessionals who work with the class.  Miss Lisa is an old pro, which I find very comforting.  It is a little bit different from what we were used to at First Baptist, where the focus seems to be on getting the children into Richmond's private schools, but this change isn't a bad one- I feel as though I may have "baby Vake" for one more year. 

If I could change one thing about the school, I'd make the school morning a little longer and have it be five days a week, but then again, when I think about the changes that Vake's had in his life in the past six months, I think that maybe this time that he and I are getting together while the world is moving a little more slowly is ok.

Can you believe it?

I've been working like a crazy lady to get the house ready for Mom's visit, but thought I'd take a short break and show you who looks totally grown up now!!!!!  This is Vake in his preschool picture!  My big guy!!!!!!

 

Medford Train Museum

Obviously, we are always looking for fun activities that keep the boys busy and moving. This weekend, I saw that the Medford train museum was up and running. We had no idea what it would be like. We decided to chance it and head to Medford, about an hour away, and give it a whirl.

What a hit! There were model trains that could pull passengers- and Thomas was pulling one!









Vake thought he had died and gone to heaven...


And there were tons of model trains- both outdoor and indoor.


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Soccer star!

Guess who had his first soccer game this weekend? With Coach Eric? And they won! The final score was either 5-3 or 6-3, but no one was actually keeping score all that closely....

Here is my little soccer star before the game started...


...and the main benefit of having your father coach the team is that you get your pick of the numbers, and of course we picked 8. And note too that the soccer socks are red (that's my favorite color, mommy) and his cleats are blue (that's my action-paction color) (who in the world knows what that means...)

We had Gil with us, who was dying to take the field with his brother.


A close-up of the great number 8.


Waiting on the sidelines. Coach Dad's philosophy on rotations during the game is pretty straightforward: he plays the same five children for one 6 minute quarter. Six minutes is longer than you think.


Here is number 8- he definitely is trying to figure it all out.





Happy coach and boys at the end of the game.


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It is the little things

Slowly but surely, we're starting to get things settled. It would be nice if we could sell our house in Richmond. But I've got to believe that's going to work out for us.

We're hitting a rhythm though. I've got laundry machines. Vake's in school. And I got the great news yesterday that I am pretty close to getting admitted to practice in oregon- it looks like I just need to take some cle credits.

On Saturday, we walked down to the farmers market. My little one loves strawberries....




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First day of school

Finally! The Internet is hooked back up and I can now post to the blog using the iPad and pictures that I take on the iPhone now synch to the iPad. Feels as though a new era has dawned.

Without further delay, here are the pictures of the first day of school at Roosevelt Elementary! Vake is going four mornings a week- he starts relatively early- at 815. Unfortunately, that also means that he's done by 11.











I am saying cheese, mommy.


The craziest thing (also best) about this school is it is on the next block. Yippee. So on the first morning of school, we walked the block and a half.


We stopped at the corner.


And like that, another year begins!





There's a sweet mural of storybook characters in the hallway.


And here is a portrait of Teddy himself!


And he didn't even notice my leaving.


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