Half Dozen

Here's the new house. It's an actual house, not a condo. The front yard is a bit overgrown right now, but months ago it was beautiful. There's jasmine, or something like it, in the front yard that is so fragrant. The back yard has 2-avocado trees, a nectarine tree, an orange tree, maybe a grapefruit tree and some sort of berry bush. The house is about 1600 sq. ft. There is a proper master bedroom with its own bathroom! That's new for Lars and me, older Ann Arbor homes just didn't have amenities like that. There's a full bath in the hall as well. The bedrooms are quite small so we'll have to rig some sort of triple decker hammock system a la Hughie, Dewey and Louie for the kids. Baby Ultimo will, of course, co-sleep with us for as long as he/she is breastfeeding so no worries about where to put that one yet. There are two separate living spaces, one will be a family room and one will be the toy room. The house needs a lot of work, starting with the floors, bathrooms and kitchen, plus it needs to be tented for termites before we move in. And, just to keep me on my toes, there is a sprinkler system. I can't wait for what sort of adventures that will bring us!

In other news, Maggie has been very determined to get 4-servings of fresh fruits and vegetables everyday, therefore, she spends a lot of time out by the pool gathering loquats. Here she is with one hanging out of her mouth. She spits the pits out inside on the carpet.

Petra on her first day of skate camp. My mom is here right now, I will try and get some pics posted of her with the kids soon.