We woke up the next morning to a winter wonderland with trees across several of our neighborhood streets, and piles of branches everywhere. You can see my 12 inch ruler in our driveway. In the last picture we’re attempting to get out of our driveway and and up the hill to the airport. I think we left 4 hours early.

We were snowed in for the next several days sledding and hanging out with our neighbors. We got to a point where almost everyone on the street was working to dig a lane up and out of the neighborhood.

After 2 weeks, we were able to list our house on a Friday without fear that visitors might end up trapped at the bottom of our icy hill. We found a nearby hotel with a pool and spent our weekend there, and by the following weekend we had 2 offers and accepted one with no contingencies (We had a pre-inspection, and the buyer had an inspection done before sending an offer).

I took pictures of all their kids in their costumes. Of course, Aiden’s didn’t last all day so here he is. The pumpkin he make is the one with giant eyes right above his head. It’s my favorite!

That evening we headed to Rambo and Axel’s house for pizza and trick or treating. Andrew and I were Dr. Horrible and Captain Hammer from Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog. Aiden and Oliver picked out their costumes with Granny and Papo while they were in town. This rescued me from needing to make Aiden into an eyeball, his first request. He has already commented that he’ll just be an eyeball next year.

The boys loved it, and I while I love his snuggles we won’t be getting a dog of our own.

Sarah returned with exciting treasures like candy, sake, and chopsticks.

While she was with us the boys got to slumber party in our room.

We got treats at Lady Yum and a brewery with Sarah and Tobin before she headed back to the east coast.

Ishrat and I attended a paint pouring “make and take” at Ben Franklin. It was fun and we spent $7 and 30 minutes to see what this latest Pinterest craft was all about. They do several of different projects a month and I love going because I don’t have to overbuy a bunch of supplies to try something new.

I’ve been attending a sketch Meetup started by my friend and neighbor, Emily. It’s been a good way to force myself (in a fun way) to practice on a more regular basis. Aiden and I went for bubble tea and had our own sketching session.

We had an impromptu hangout morning with Graham and Candace.

Plus just some random photos from everyday life…

]]> http://blog.solanis.net/2018/03/march-happenings/ Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:59:27 +0000 http://blog.solanis.net/?p=5875 Read More]]> We enjoyed the weather and swinging at the park.

We’ve been having lots of fun outside with Arshan.

We went out to breakfast this morning and then picked up s’more supplies at the store afterwards.

Daddy tickles

Probably our worst kid injury to date… Oliver tripped on the stairs and busted his lip terribly. It took a few moments to figure out that only his lip was bleeding. He was sooooo sad and got blood everywhere.

Aiden might have been more concerned with the animals on the map than the ones in front of us most the morning.

Graham didn’t quite make it the whole time.

The progression of a two year old wait for, receiving, and having the paper removed from his birthday cupcake. We will not name the individual responsible for rudely trying to prevent him from eating paper.

Aiden wondering when he gets to dive into this cake…