Sprayground

We went to the sprayground earlier this week - Monday (with Brian) and Wednesday. Tons of fun!

Hissing Cockroaches and Butterflies

Today we went to a bookstore for a presentation featuring live bugs - hissing cockroaches from Madagascar. Lovely. Georgia enjoyed it, as she loved any kind of animal. Later, we went to the conservatory's annual butterfly exhibit. This year they are featuring butterflies from India. Brian and Georgia both took many photos. Enjoy the slideshow!



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House Inspection: Complete

All in all, our home inspection went well. No signs of radon or termites. Any issues found are manageable. We do hope the sellers will be willing to remove what the inspector determined to be an unsafe roof over the patio - we don't want it so we were happy to hear that he felt it should probably be removed. We are excited to get in and start making it our house.

Exciting News!!

We are officially "in contract" to buy this house! We are so excited! The inspection takes place on Friday; we have our fingers crossed that the inspector will not find any huge problems or deal-breaking issues.

We are so pleased to have found a home that will work for us in a neighborhood with excellent schools (Mariemont) for such a great price! Check it out here!
http://www.sibcy.com/viewlisting.asp?mls=1173887&b=CIN&p=RESI&s=SFRD&m=1&sender=SearchResults&a=6110-Elder-St-Fairfax-OH-45227

The home has are 3 bedrooms - 2 upstairs for all of us and 1 on the first floor that we will use as the craft room/office. We have a lot of ideas about what we'd like to do. The interior is, for the most part, fine and livable. The decorative fireplace surround in the living room needs a facelift and the bathroom may be bumped out down the road. It is the backyard that needs more TLC. The size is manageable with some good grass. But the patio roof/cover was not constructed very well so we are tossing around ideas about how to make that work better for us and suit our taste.

We look forward to getting into the house (sometime in June) and getting back to our normal routines again. And having people over to our new home! We've been so fortunate to have so many wonderful people supporting and helping us, especially for the last few months. Without that help, we could not have made this important and exciting leap.

Happy Graduation!

Georgia graduated from preschool earlier this week. Brian was not able to attend since he is back to work but Georgia was excited that Aunt Kathy was able to come. Georgia really enjoyed her time at Hobbits Preschool and we are all looking forward to new adventures in kindergarten!