Our house is for sale... finally

We have been considering putting our house up for sale for the last several years.  Today we finally did it.  There is a sign in our yard and the house is ready, well almost.  We have a couple of finishing touches to complete before our first open house on Saturday.

I love the way our house looks, we got new carpet, granite counter tops and de-cluttered the house.  It is so relaxing walking into a perfectly clean house.  The challenging part is keeping the house clean with three kids.  We took most of the toys to storage to help keep everything clean.  I tend to be a perfectionist so I want to walk behind the kids and clean every fingerprint and straighten the blankets, but it is not practical.   

In the past we have sold houses very quickly.  I am hoping for the same results at this house.  We love our house and are so sad to leave.  However we have outgrown the space.  Thad and I moved in eight years ago, this was before kids.  We did not have enough furniture to fill the place.  Now we are bursting at the seams.

I am sure another family will love this house as much as we do.  Here is to hoping for a quick sale!

 

Austin's Favorite Chair

Austin loves sitting in a chair.  He has two favorite chairs in our house, which just happens to be the perfect size for him.

1. Aiden's red reading chair with ottomon
2. Austin's camping chair.

Austin will climb over anything in the way to sit in his chair. Last night he climbed into his chair and lounged back to eat popcorn and watch a movie.  He is growing up so fast!

Jasmin's American Dream

We have had an amazing year and I am so sad to see it end.  Jasmin has been with us since October 1, 2010.  She has been absolutely amazing with the kids and our family. Her last day with our family is September 24th.  We are going to miss her so much.

Last night we went to get photographs of her and the kids.  We have had so many great times with Jasmin as our au pair.  I want to make sure both Jasmin and the kids remember this time together.  Here are some of the pictures.

Here are a couple of my favorite pictures of just the kids.

Fun at Nana's

Nana has been watching the kids almost every Saturday afternoon.  It has been so much fun for all the cousins to get together. The kids know they need to bring their swimsuits, even Austin.



Popsicle Delight

Austin had his first Popsicle this last week.  He loved it and made a huge mess!

Aiden is in First Grade

Aiden has finished his first week of first grade.  He is so amazing.  He has had homework every night which consists of the following:

1. Reading University: Reading for at least 15 minutes every night from a list of approved books.  My favorite so far is "Click Clack Moo, Cows that type".  I usually read this book to him, it was fun to have Aiden read it to me.
2. Reading Fluency:  He has the same paragraph he has to read each night.  The purpose is to try and read is faster and with less mistakes.  Last night he was reading at 70 words per minute. The goal is 47 words per minute.  I am very proud of my big guy.
3. Math worksheets
4. English worksheets
5. And various other worksheets from one of the 7 subjects he is currently learning.

While attending back to school night for the parents I saw a paper on Aiden's favorite subject.  To my surprise it is Art.

An Evening at the Park

Last night we rode our bikes to the park.  Since it was a school night we did not stay long.  However, we did learn that Austin loves going down the slide with his big brother or big sister.  All my kids are so lucky to have such amazing siblings.