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Thursday, November 17, 2011
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
November 15th House Update
We met with the general contractor today for a pre-drywall standard meeting. He walked us through the house bolt by bolt.
Some of the features are amazing to me. The insulation in the home is amazing and we have heard from neighbors that the heating bills are very low.
It is going to be amazing to have so many outlets! I know this sounds silly but in our last home outlets and light switches were a commodity that we often had to add ourselves!
We found out today that a new fire code has been passed very recently and now they must drywall the entire basement ceiling. This might not sound like much, but he said it was more than $5,000 worth of work. The outside wall of the basement is already drywalled because it has windows and a door and now the ceiling and one wall will all be drywalled. This will help us down the line when we go to finish the basement.
We were able to see where every wire and stud is and we took pictures of every wall. There are many places where we can do built ins and put shelves in, etc. Knowing all of this information will be so helpful to us.
The real piece of information we were waiting for was a settlement date which we did not receive.
The beginning of construction was delayed due to the hurricane in August. This prevented them from putting the road in the development in. Then, just this week and last, they have not been able to get the electric installed in the development because large portions of local crews headed to New England to help with power outages. The development can't get someone to come and make their transformer live. In addition, there is a shortage of wire because of the storm. Weird!
So, what this means for us is that our move in date will be either December 23rd or the week of December 26th. It will likely be the latter. We will know in another week or so for sure. So, I'm pretty disappointed. I was REALLY hoping to be together as just our family for Christmas morning in our new home. Plus, all of our christmas stuff (including carefully chosen pajamas, outfits, stockings, even a beautiful red long Christmas coat in a size 2T for Maeve...etc.) are shoved away somewhere in storage. I am fine with it, just disappointed.
In any case, the house looks beautiful and I will surely sit in shock that it is ours when it is all finished. Just a little more than a month!
Some of the features are amazing to me. The insulation in the home is amazing and we have heard from neighbors that the heating bills are very low.
It is going to be amazing to have so many outlets! I know this sounds silly but in our last home outlets and light switches were a commodity that we often had to add ourselves!
We found out today that a new fire code has been passed very recently and now they must drywall the entire basement ceiling. This might not sound like much, but he said it was more than $5,000 worth of work. The outside wall of the basement is already drywalled because it has windows and a door and now the ceiling and one wall will all be drywalled. This will help us down the line when we go to finish the basement.
We were able to see where every wire and stud is and we took pictures of every wall. There are many places where we can do built ins and put shelves in, etc. Knowing all of this information will be so helpful to us.
The real piece of information we were waiting for was a settlement date which we did not receive.
The beginning of construction was delayed due to the hurricane in August. This prevented them from putting the road in the development in. Then, just this week and last, they have not been able to get the electric installed in the development because large portions of local crews headed to New England to help with power outages. The development can't get someone to come and make their transformer live. In addition, there is a shortage of wire because of the storm. Weird!
So, what this means for us is that our move in date will be either December 23rd or the week of December 26th. It will likely be the latter. We will know in another week or so for sure. So, I'm pretty disappointed. I was REALLY hoping to be together as just our family for Christmas morning in our new home. Plus, all of our christmas stuff (including carefully chosen pajamas, outfits, stockings, even a beautiful red long Christmas coat in a size 2T for Maeve...etc.) are shoved away somewhere in storage. I am fine with it, just disappointed.
In any case, the house looks beautiful and I will surely sit in shock that it is ours when it is all finished. Just a little more than a month!
Our First Parent Teacher Conference
Last week we had our very first Parent Teacher Conference with Noah's teacher. It was wonderful!
We have had such an amazing experience so far this year. Noah's teacher, Miss Hanrahan is absolutely wonderful.
She shared that Noah is a total joy to have in class. He is affectionate, caring, fun, and very smart. He is in the high level reading group and is breezing through math. She gives him extra work to keep him challenged and often has him helping other children.
She thanked us for making the trek every day from Birdsboro to Downingtown and assured us it was worth it because Noah has already made strong friendships and connections in the class.
A few funny things:
Noah loves to wink. Miss Hanrahan loves to wink back.
Noah has his longish side swept hair. The teachers giggle about how he sweeps it out of his eyes. One day in circle time he swept his hair out of his eye and hit a girl next to him. She squealed "Noah hit me while he was fixing his hair!" He felt terrible.
Miss Hanrahan has a color system as many teachers do. When she sees a child doing something nice without bragging or telling anyone she moves them to blue. It is rare to be moved to blue and it involves peeking in a locked treasure chest and picking out a special surprise. Noah has been devastated that he hasn't been on blue yet. This actually surprised me because he is always doing things for others. Apparently he does dozens of things that qualify for blue but he always runs and tells her and then she can't give it to him. Poor guy!
Noah is well above average for letter sounds and Kindergarten standards.
It was a wonderful chat.
It is good to hear all of these things because we were nervous for many reasons. Every parent must worry about how their child will do in school!
Great job Noah!
We have had such an amazing experience so far this year. Noah's teacher, Miss Hanrahan is absolutely wonderful.
She shared that Noah is a total joy to have in class. He is affectionate, caring, fun, and very smart. He is in the high level reading group and is breezing through math. She gives him extra work to keep him challenged and often has him helping other children.
She thanked us for making the trek every day from Birdsboro to Downingtown and assured us it was worth it because Noah has already made strong friendships and connections in the class.
A few funny things:
Noah loves to wink. Miss Hanrahan loves to wink back.
Noah has his longish side swept hair. The teachers giggle about how he sweeps it out of his eyes. One day in circle time he swept his hair out of his eye and hit a girl next to him. She squealed "Noah hit me while he was fixing his hair!" He felt terrible.
Miss Hanrahan has a color system as many teachers do. When she sees a child doing something nice without bragging or telling anyone she moves them to blue. It is rare to be moved to blue and it involves peeking in a locked treasure chest and picking out a special surprise. Noah has been devastated that he hasn't been on blue yet. This actually surprised me because he is always doing things for others. Apparently he does dozens of things that qualify for blue but he always runs and tells her and then she can't give it to him. Poor guy!
Noah is well above average for letter sounds and Kindergarten standards.
It was a wonderful chat.
It is good to hear all of these things because we were nervous for many reasons. Every parent must worry about how their child will do in school!
Great job Noah!
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Railroad Day, 2011
I had a wonderful day with girlfriends for my birthday on Saturday. Meanwhile, Paul and another dad Ben took the kids to the Strasburg railroad. They had a blast!
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