Joshua pitching in his last game of the season
the 150 degree, full of insulation attic where Kenny and Josh are laying the floor for the loft
Cut a hole in ceiling. Build ladder. Kids love it.
The hole from above. Unfinished walls but they were in a hurry to sleep up top.
Put in an attic fan. Now it is cool. Just have to finish ceiling then texture walls and ceiling before painting.
Joshua's baseball season is finished as of Thursday the 28th. I know he enjoyed himself because he is talking about next year already. He played 2nd base, center field, and pitched once in a while. He did not know any of his teammates at the start but that has never stopped Josh from getting involved. He is fairly confident when meeting new people. Some of the guys expressed admiration of his homeschooled life and I try to remind him how good he has it. He has been able to have the freedom to work at Sign Reflections here and there, golf, swim with friends, and learn right along with Kenny whatever is being done at the moment. All along he can keep up with his studies so he doesn't loose it all by next year. He started Algebra last year so that he wouldn't have to rush through it in his 9th year.
As for an update on the rest of the kids-Paul is right there along with Josh in his activities. Lily is on the verge of being put on a routine by me. We think it will help her right now. She would spend most of her time drawing if left alone. Drawing is great but she needs more scheduled summer activities. John just finished up two weeks of swimming lessons and yes, he is now a swimmer. Thanks to Julie who took him every day along with her son. She's the same friend who took him to soccer often. Sarah is talking more and more and just seems to run everywhere she goes spending a portion of her day dragging around a very tolerable small cat of ours. Sneaking outside has been an occasional problem. Joseph is now sitting up at 6 1/2 months. He had his first meal of real food last night. Just potatoes but he was diving with mouth open at the spoon.
Kenny is flying to K.C. Missouri for his sister's wedding on the fourth. He will just be gone for three days but we will miss having him there with us for the fireworks. I am glad he has the opportunity to see family though. I am trying to finish a few good books, plan the next school year, finish a wall in my bedroom and the ceiling in the den, and keep up the never ending laundry. In the meantime we did something outrageous this weekend---
It's crazy how Kenny can have an idea and in a matter of a week the project is on its way. We spent the weekend cutting a hole in the older boy's room ceiling, putting in a floor and a couple of walls and an attic fan and Wallah! - we now have a sleeping loft. The boys are sleeping up there tonight with a temporary rug and unpainted walls but they don't care. They now have the floor space of their original room for whatever. I was glad Kenny thought of expanding in such a creative way. Joshua and Paul are such a help now that I don't have to do much but hang around and make sure coffee and meals are available. So right now Kenny is working on the ladder and the boys are making their beds. The kid's were laughing that next thing we'll have a little downstairs room for the little boys because there is a strange block little room under the house that just has a little water in it. Maybe in a few years we will do something with it?! For now we have plenty of projects.
As for an update on the rest of the kids-Paul is right there along with Josh in his activities. Lily is on the verge of being put on a routine by me. We think it will help her right now. She would spend most of her time drawing if left alone. Drawing is great but she needs more scheduled summer activities. John just finished up two weeks of swimming lessons and yes, he is now a swimmer. Thanks to Julie who took him every day along with her son. She's the same friend who took him to soccer often. Sarah is talking more and more and just seems to run everywhere she goes spending a portion of her day dragging around a very tolerable small cat of ours. Sneaking outside has been an occasional problem. Joseph is now sitting up at 6 1/2 months. He had his first meal of real food last night. Just potatoes but he was diving with mouth open at the spoon.
Kenny is flying to K.C. Missouri for his sister's wedding on the fourth. He will just be gone for three days but we will miss having him there with us for the fireworks. I am glad he has the opportunity to see family though. I am trying to finish a few good books, plan the next school year, finish a wall in my bedroom and the ceiling in the den, and keep up the never ending laundry. In the meantime we did something outrageous this weekend---
It's crazy how Kenny can have an idea and in a matter of a week the project is on its way. We spent the weekend cutting a hole in the older boy's room ceiling, putting in a floor and a couple of walls and an attic fan and Wallah! - we now have a sleeping loft. The boys are sleeping up there tonight with a temporary rug and unpainted walls but they don't care. They now have the floor space of their original room for whatever. I was glad Kenny thought of expanding in such a creative way. Joshua and Paul are such a help now that I don't have to do much but hang around and make sure coffee and meals are available. So right now Kenny is working on the ladder and the boys are making their beds. The kid's were laughing that next thing we'll have a little downstairs room for the little boys because there is a strange block little room under the house that just has a little water in it. Maybe in a few years we will do something with it?! For now we have plenty of projects.
2 comments:
A loft is such a great idea! What a neat way to expand. I'm always coming up with ideas to make our place suit us better. It seems there are so many improvement projects (or at least ideas!) and at least a few new ones each year. We had one out-building when we moved in; a pump-house that we added the chicken coop onto. We are in desperate need of outdoor storage, also something to shelter the goats we'll be getting soon. Just to start the big pole barn I'm thinking of, we'll have to clear out three big trees! This is PapaWillie's favorite thing to do. Hopefully we can have the timber milled into something we can use at a reasonable price. The other thing greatly lacking around the house is shelves. And we need to get the nest boxes built for the hens before they start laying, and... and... and... :) You know how it goes!
Put some Pictures of the Loft.
DAD
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