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Andrew’s Birthday

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We finally had Andrew’s birthday party the other weekend after having to delay it a couple of weeks due to me being out of town for his actual birthday and then conflicts because of sporting events. This year he wanted to have his party at McDonald’s and after Jen took him to see “How to Train Your Dragon” that’s what he wanted for his party theme.

Like usual Jen worked her magic with the cake and did a Viking village complete with two Viking cottages on the hill overlooking the sea with a Viking longboat and we printed out some characters from the movie to place around the village. Instead of handing out party bags we made Viking hats, swords, and shields to give out all the guests.

There are two pages of pictures. The first one is just Andrew opening his family gifts at the house and the second page is from the McDonald’s party. You can find the pictures here.

Andrew Blowing out the Candles on his Cake.

House Update – Sheet Rock is Done

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The work on the house is progressing well. Today we went up for a look and all the sheet rock has been installed and the taping has been done as well. When you walk through it now it really feels more like a house since you can’t take any shortcuts through the walls. They have also started on the brick work on the outside of the house.

According to the construction time line the next things up are to texture the walls, install the cabinets, doors, and trim.

Garage

Garage

Living Room

Living Room

Jen and the Boys in the doorway to the master bath.

Jen, the Boys, and Caroline in the doorway to the master bath.

Outside of house, brick work started.

Outside of house, brick work started.

Continental Math Award

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Back at the end of March we got a letter from the school telling us that last couple of months the kids had taken a series of two math tests as part of the Continental Mathematics League and that Alex was being recognised for doing well. They told us to keep it a secret from him since he didn’t know and they were going to hand out the awards at morning assembly so we could come and watch.

That morning we dropped him off at school, parked the car, and then walked into assembly with the other students and parents. He was pretty surprised when we walked in and was a little confused too. He didn’t have the panicked look like ‘Oh my god, what did I do? Am I in trouble?”  First they recognised those in the audience that did well which included Alex and then they called all the winners up to the front to receive a special medal and he was the 2nd grade winner! I couldn’t believe it, he was the winner.

Here he is at the front of the assembly where the teacher is showing the medal they are about to hand out.

Alex getting his Continental Math Medal at Morning Assembly.

Alex getting his Continental Math Medal at Morning Assembly.

House Update

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Things are coming right along on the house. The framing is complete, the roof is on, the rough duct work for HVAC is complete, and the plumbing is complete. We meet on Wednesday with the builder to go over the electrical details and since it looks like they have some stuff that isn’t quite right we’ll ask about it then.

Front of House

View up the front drive.

Living Room from Kitchen with Fireplace installed.

Living Room from Kitchen with Fireplace installed. You can see through to the master bedroom.

Back of House.

Back of House.

Jen standing in the kitchen

Jen standing in the kitchen.

House Update – Roof is going on.

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This week has been very busy with sporting events every night but Jen went and visited the house to take a picture of the progress. They have started getting decking the roof, windows have been installed in what looks like the majority of house, the outside insulation is going up, and you can see the outline of the chimney at the back of the house.

House Progress. House from Back.

Alex’s Birthday Pictures

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I’ve received a couple of questions wondering where Alex’s bowling party birthday pictures were and more importantly, where are the pictures of the “fart cake.” That’s right, you read it correctly, fart cake. It’s eight year old humour, you just wouldn’t understand. Don’t worry, I didn’t get it either but Jen was able to incorporate it into the overall bowling theme and it turned out alright. I couldn’t believe that she was actually going to do it but then Jen asked me,

“Do you remember your 8th birthday cake?”

“No…”

“You see, he won’t forget this one.”

It was hard to argue with that. So here you have it, Fart Cake and Bowling Party Birthday Pictures.

Framing Has Started on The House

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Jen and the kids went up to see the progress that had been made on the house this week and saw that the foundation had been poured. Then today we went up for another visit and they have started the framing process and I have to say it’s coming along pretty well. It looks like the majority of the first floor has been completed and they a good portion of the second floor has also been done.

View from the front of the house being framed.

Front of the house from left side.

Front of house from the right side being framed.

Front of the house from the right side.

View from the back of the house.

Back of the House.

Happy Birthday Alex

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I was catching on my comics reading today and this was todays Zits. How appropriate considering today is Alex’s birthday.

Zits - 2010-04-13

It’s hard to believe just how fast time flies. Here he was just the other day eight years ago coming home from the hospital. (Man, I’m starting to feel like my parents.)

Alex in his car seat, coming home from the hospital

House is Started!

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We met with the builder last Thursday and they are ready to get going on the house. When we drove by the yesterday they had the foundation framed out, the underground plumbing done, and are ready to pour the foundation.

It’s fun to see progress being made.

House foundation ready for pouring. View from the back. Foundation ready for pouring from the front.