Katie will be here soon! We can't wait to see her. The kids are all excited. I told Evan she would be here this weekend and he kept saying, "today?!!"

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Evan is still loving preschool.

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Bathroom is getting closer. Ray has been working on the vanity and sink the last couple if nights. The waterfall faucet we bought was too rambunctious and wasn't working well with the sink. So after getting everything together Ray had to take it all apart and put in a different faucet. Almost done though then just the stone backsplash left and I still need to pick out a toilet paper and towel holder. Maybe next week.

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Working on the design for our color run shirts!

Entertaining grace while Evan's at school.

Today is Ray's first day at his new job!

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Before and after.

Evan's room is finally finshed!

Finally ready for paint!

Evan got two teacher tickets today. One was for sharing his toys and the other was for letting someone cut in line and not complaining. He was also exciting to go and wasn't sad when I picked him up afterwards.

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Before and after.

Yeah new carpet!! Goodbye ugly vinyl threshold.

Starting work on the carpet.

Making some progress on Evan's room.

Here's some first day pics. Ev waiting to go in, meeting a friend, and putting his backpack in his cubby.

Evan's first day went well. Ray and I dropped him off at his classroom and he was ready to go in right away. I called him over and told him to give me a hug and almost cried but I stayed strong and then told him to say bye to Ray. At first he just said bye dad but then Ran over and gave Ray a big hug. Then he went in and started playing and we left. Grace was really upset. She started crying because she didn't want to leave Evan. We told her we'd come back for him and that we had snacks and a juice box for her in the car and that she could watch Tangled and spend time with mommy and daddy by herself. When we came to pick Evan up, his teacher said that he had a really great day and that he did fine and made new friends. When he saw us though he ran to me and jumped in my arms. He buried his face in my neck and looked tearful. He was really quiet. We asked him what was wrong and he said he just missed us so much. When we got to the car we asked him about his day and what he did. He said he thought he had a fun day. When we asked him if he was excited to go back Thursday he said he didn't think he wanted to go because he'd miss us too much. Although I reminded him that he didn't miss us today until we came to get him and that he had fun. Hopefully he'll be happy to go back.

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1st day of school. Grace wanted in on the fun.

So the toilet is back in but the new vanity didn't work. After Ray and I searched online separately for hours we finally found one we like after 10 minutes of looking together. It should be in in a week or so. I also painted the bathroom today. It will be nice to have it all finished and not have to run upstairs every time the kids have to go potty.

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Our new front door will look a lot like this with a side light with same design. It comes in next week! Bye bye horribly ugly blue door.

Grouting and more new stuff for the bathroom.

New chairs for the kids playroom. Now maybe they'll stop sitting on the train table when they watch tv.

Ray and I got the floor laid out and adhered. Ready for grout tomorrow.

Planning out the floor, next step mastic.

Yay! Wonderboard.

After lunch today.

Lunch today.

Quick progress.

No rest for the weary, Ray's at it again.

New stuff for main bathroom renovation. We also ordered a new beautiful front door and we're getting a new sink/vanity/ faucet for the main bathroom too. And new carpet goes in next week. I'm so glad we're lucky enough to be able to start making the house ours so soon.

Desert for lunch tomorrow.

First dinner party tomorrow. Will and Robin are coming over tomorrow for lunch and I felt like cooking. I'm making vegetable lasagna, garlic bread, salad and a brownie desert. It should be fun.

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The school just did a play session. Evan got to see his cubby and we found out his daily schedule and meet his teacher and her two assistants. There will be nine other little kids in his class. Evan didn't want to leave. I think he's really going to like preschool. Everyone said that he had a large vocabulary and Ms. Erin said that she would have guessed that he was five. All three of the teachers asked if it was his first year. They were surprised at how comfortable and social he was. I also put Grace on the early threes list. She really wants to go to school. I think she'll be the one crying on Tuesday, not Evan. If some of the kids drop out for the next semester she could be enrolled in January.