Our New House!

It’s already been a little over a week since we officially moved into our new home! Even though our new home seems to have come with a never-ending list of to-do’s, it has been an exciting and happy time for our family. Without a doubt, the boys have two favorite areas where they enjoy playing at our new house: in their treehouse and bedroom.

When we were house hunting , one thing that Mike and I decided that we would not compromise  on in a house was having a backyard with trees for the boys. Once we found our home with a “woodsy” backyard, we could not resist getting a treehouse built for our boys. Luckily, we were blessed to find a treehouse contractor as soon as we moved in who was willing to work within our budget and build us everything we dreamed of in a treehouse for the boys (As it turned out, we ended up being this treehouse contractor’s last project for a while because he was moving out of state the following weekend). He did an amazing job, and the boys have been having a lot of fun out in the backyard finding sticks for swords and creating adventures in their treehouse. 

 

Even though we let the boys know that they could each have their own room when we moved into our new home, they told us that they still wanted to share a room together (awww….). Their only request was that they could finally have a bunk bed. Unfortunately, the only room large enough for them to share with a bunk bed clearly had a girl previously in it. The carpet was pink, the closets were pink, and a little chandelier hung from the ceiling. When we let the boys know that this was the only room big enough for them to share they both gagged and declared that no boy should have to sleep in that girlie room.  They then ran across the hall to our master bedroom and said that this next big bedroom would be perfect for them (Ha, ha! No way!). So once we closed on the house, Mike and I quickly redid the “pink bedroom”. We changed the carpet, switched out the chandelier for a ceiling fan, painted the walls blue, and put in a bunk bed.  The first night in their new bedroom the boys behaved like it was Christmas morning (which made it a bit difficult to get them to sleep right away…), they could not stop sliding down their bunk bed, diving into the tent, and rolling around in the new carpet. 

After they fell asleep, Mike and I went to our room and collapsed on our air mattress for the night.
The next day both boys started their first day of school! Aidan into 1^st grade and Caleb into the Three’s class.   

So even though we still have a garage crowded with stuff that needs to be stored or donated and many projects to be done, with the boys feeling happy and settled at home and at school, it is impossible for us not to feel the same way .