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New House Before and After Pictures

Yes, we moved! PM me for new address.
 
Our new house was a rental so needed a lot of work. In the past we did some minimum stuff and moved in. Here we were forced to make a lot of decisions. Remember, this is townhouse living, and we are definitely not showroom house people, so this is not a great representation, it makes it seem like we are “hoity-toity” decorator people, it couldn’t be further from the truth.
 
We have other areas that we renovated, but we haven’t finished decorating yet – we’ll add to the album when we do.

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Pretty in Purple

The new house has gotten a little in the way of family time. Thank goodness for a chance to do something together Labor Day weekend. We tried Yang Kang Street Food in Pentagon City with Susie, Isabella, and Olivia. We had a great time, food was okay, pottery painting was fun, but ice cream and Doodlehoppers took the cake (see Olivia’s dinosaur tail). Photo credit to Isabella stabilized by Susie.

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Curie July 2018

Summer has come and gone, and it seems like an instant when you are buying and renovating a house for a move. It also seems like an eternity when you are feeling guilty about not doing the summer things you might normally do, like get away at some point to take the kids somewhere. July was all about Camp for Curie. This year Curie did Congo Camp the entire summer with two rounds of pony camp. Someone told us that we would be sucked into the pony thing the moment we bought pony toys. We likely won’t be able to afford riding lessons, much less a pony, but we are glad we are able to let Curie do things like pony camp. It was in 2016 that we first let the kids ride ponies in Toronto and it has definitely been something that they have loved. Continue reading “Curie July 2018”

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Elia July 2018

During these months we have been in the middle of buying a house and moving, so we have not been doing a great job with this blog. July’s blog for Elia encompasses June 16th to July 15th, So we will recount the happenings for this time even though we are a month late.

Albert went to his company’s big conference at the end of June necessitating asking Erin’s parents to come help for the time he was away. With Erin’s parents, Elia was playing royal family with Curie and them, and her punishment for Pop-Pop was, “You must sleep in a bed with no pillows.” And while Albert was away Elia would tell him “Daddy, I very miss you,” and later, “Daddy, you said we had to promise to face call.” Albert notes that it is quite a thing to have your daughter miss you so much. On his return, Continue reading “Elia July 2018”