Eliana
Eliana was sleeping in our bed and I went to move her to her own. She was completely dead to the world. As I picked her up, still dreaming, she started moving her hand as if it was swinging from the elbow (think Rodney Dangerfield after the ball struck him in Caddyshack), the said:
One little idee idee with the hand...a-cat-a-DOO-la!
The voice she used was weird too. As if she had just inhaled helium. She then was real quiet and passed a huge gas. So, I am not sure what my kid dreams about, but it seems quite whack.
Jessa
After dropping Jessa off at daycare this week, Dorann realized she had forgotten to sign her and Zev in. She went back to the room to sign them in and Jessa was very pleased to see her. She says, "Mommy, you came back!"
Dorann: Yes, I did, Jessa. Mommy forgot to sign you in.
Jessa: (small pause) Mommy, you're so funny.
Zev
Zev was such a helpful guy this week. I had made bagels for the big 3 to eat while we got ready in the morning. Zev was happy to be the delivery boy for his sisters. He brings their bagels up the stairs and gives them to Eliana and Jessa with a "Here you go!" and provides "You're welcome!" in response to their thank yous.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Under Construction 2
Update to current day with new pictures!
It is hard to accurately describe how fast this project seems to be moving along. Dorann is doing a great job making sure that our contractors have information ahead of when they need it so that we cause no delays. I went out to snap some shots tonight and hopefully you can get a picture of what things will look like.
Click on image to enlarge:
1) View of new covered porch at rear of addition:
2) Outside view of away room (room behind the garage). The window juts out from the room and will have a built-in bench. I really like the interesting roof angles.
3) Another View of the porch. Dorann is picking the columns now. The bricks look good!
4) View of kitchen and existing Dining room:
5) This will be the doorway to enter the expanded dining room. The wall behind the new door will be going bye bye.
6) The away room main window. A bench will be built in front of the window for enjoying a good read while relaxing inside.
7) Cathedral ceiling in new family room/kitchen. We are making sure to have plenty of lighting which is a huge complaint we have with existing rooms in the house.
8) The new kitchen will be placed here. There will be a 9+ foot island with a large eat-in area for barstools. We can imagine the crew having breakfast there for many years to come.
9) I am standing in the new kitchen looking toward the Away Room. The high windows should give a nice view of the Smith's colorful bushes in Spring.
What is truly amazing is that the basic outside frame was up within a week of the previous post. The guys have been working on framing the interior rooms and closets, adding windows, and getting ready for electrical and heating to be added next.
Zev, Jessa, Eliana, and Davica are still enjoying watching the guys come in a work in the mornings. Eliana especially looks forward to seeing Mr. Dave, as she is a hopeless flirt.
It is hard to accurately describe how fast this project seems to be moving along. Dorann is doing a great job making sure that our contractors have information ahead of when they need it so that we cause no delays. I went out to snap some shots tonight and hopefully you can get a picture of what things will look like.
Click on image to enlarge:
1) View of new covered porch at rear of addition:
2) Outside view of away room (room behind the garage). The window juts out from the room and will have a built-in bench. I really like the interesting roof angles.
3) Another View of the porch. Dorann is picking the columns now. The bricks look good!
4) View of kitchen and existing Dining room:
5) This will be the doorway to enter the expanded dining room. The wall behind the new door will be going bye bye.
6) The away room main window. A bench will be built in front of the window for enjoying a good read while relaxing inside.
7) Cathedral ceiling in new family room/kitchen. We are making sure to have plenty of lighting which is a huge complaint we have with existing rooms in the house.
8) The new kitchen will be placed here. There will be a 9+ foot island with a large eat-in area for barstools. We can imagine the crew having breakfast there for many years to come.
9) I am standing in the new kitchen looking toward the Away Room. The high windows should give a nice view of the Smith's colorful bushes in Spring.
What is truly amazing is that the basic outside frame was up within a week of the previous post. The guys have been working on framing the interior rooms and closets, adding windows, and getting ready for electrical and heating to be added next.
Zev, Jessa, Eliana, and Davica are still enjoying watching the guys come in a work in the mornings. Eliana especially looks forward to seeing Mr. Dave, as she is a hopeless flirt.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Under Construction
Hola! I write today to give you some detail on our little construction project here in the Maryland suburbs, including pictures! We are in the process of adding a new kitchen and family room, ground floor bedroom and expanding our dining room. The whole process has been terribly exciting to the kids. Every day, they wake up to see what Mr. Dave and the crew will be working on.
First, some before shots. View of rear of house:
View from garage side of deck:
View from above deck:
Now some in-process pics! View of 'no deck' (i.e. big hole) from kitchen:
Cutting re bar with the fire-saw!
View from back of house after foundations well under way:
Top view with the new stone porch:
More will be coming soon. As you can see, the grass is completely destroyed. Luckily, we have a lot of useful dirt that was removed from where the deck used to be. The dirt can be used for building support walls for landscaping, supporting the foundation, and best of all, it doesn't cost anything.
First, some before shots. View of rear of house:
View from garage side of deck:
View from above deck:
Now some in-process pics! View of 'no deck' (i.e. big hole) from kitchen:
Cutting re bar with the fire-saw!
View from back of house after foundations well under way:
Top view with the new stone porch:
More will be coming soon. As you can see, the grass is completely destroyed. Luckily, we have a lot of useful dirt that was removed from where the deck used to be. The dirt can be used for building support walls for landscaping, supporting the foundation, and best of all, it doesn't cost anything.
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