Moving Day - Part One

We moved to our new house in two stages. The first stage was the moving of the furniture and piano by a moving company. This was very exciting! I and the children were not at the old house when the truck was loaded (David was) but we were at the new house when a large truck pulled up in front!

 

 

 

Granny and Granddad were also on hand, and soon a cheering section had set themselves up on the front lawn!

 

 

 

It was fun to watch the movers. They were amazing, they knew just how to handle the furniture and to get it to fit around corners in the new house. They even set up our beds and assembled the dining room furniture.

 



 

Here comes the piano!

 

Everything arrived just fine, and at the end of the day we had our furniture, but nothing else. No books for the bookcases, no dishes for the china cabinet, no Lego for the table in the hobby room...

 

We would have to wait for moving day part 2!



Momentous Days

Today was the day that David and I visited the lawyer and signed all the paperwork. Another step on the journey! We also are racking up a lot of "lasts" here in Niagara: last swim lesson, last church service at Thorold South Gospel Chapel, last track and field practice, and last visit to the library. The last library visit required a bit of work in hunting down all the books that were out. Thankfully, Emmi found them all! Even the two hiding under Pip's bed!

In the house you can really tell we're moving too. Sights like this:

Faded picture mark

 



 and this:

Empty shelves in pantry

 

are making it hit home that this is really happening!

We're looking forward to getting the new house on Friday and starting our list of "firsts"!

An update and Packing!

 

 

So this is what the school room looks like right now! I know it's been a REALLY long time since I updated this blog, but I thought that moving was a good time to get back into the groove.

 

To catch y'all up, the house SOLD! (Hooray!) And then we went and bought a new house in Waterloo.

 

 

Here's what our new house looks like! WOW! It's so.... modern! Our current home here in Port Robinson was built in 1879, and the new house was built in 1961. So we've leapt forward almost a whole century in house innovation, and it's amazing what they have thought of in those 82 years - like closets in every bedroom. And full basements!

 

We are currently packing like crazy, and getting very excited. This coming Friday is the closing date on the new house! I can't believe how close it is now!

 

I hope to keep the blog a little more updated, so stay tuned! Thanks for your patience!!

Pelham Robics Teams lead the way to Ontario Finals

Timothy and I are part of a FLL Robics Team. Our team is the LEGO da VINCIS.We went with the rest of the team to the qualifying tournament in Niagara. We finished in the top five along with two other Pelham teams. We will be competing in Oshawa on January 12 at the provincial level.
Here is a link to a article about us.

New Contributing Author to Marshwiggles Blog!

Hi! It's Emmi, and I am going to help Mummy write the Marshwiggles blog because she does't have much time. I am very excited to help write the blog, and for Christmas!

Nature Walk at Heartland Forest

 As our house is on the market now and we have finished the work of preparing it, we have started doing other things - like going on field trips! These pictures are from a trip the younger boys and I went on to Heartland Forest which is near our home. We actually went in May, and we were able to see some May apples! The boys are looking at the flower of the May apple above, and here is what they saw:

We walked on Heartland Forest's trail, which is notable because it is wheelchair accessible. It has many signs labelling trees, and other features of the forest like this vernal pond. A vernal pond we all learned is a pond that dries up in the summer, so no fish live in it. It is a great hatching ground for frogs because the tadpoles can grow without worrying about being fish food!

 After our nature walk, the boys were able to dig some worms out of the compost area and try some fishing.

There is a larger (not vernal!) pond near the entrance and helpful volunteers are around to help you fish! You don't even need to bring your own rods! Ben lost several worms to hungry fish, but finally managed to catch one.

 Pip was pretty excited to catch a fish too! Both fish got thrown back into the pond for others to catch.

We learned some new things, and tried something new (fishing!) and left wanting to go back again!

More Working Pics

Tim getting the porch freshened up.

 For all of you who love seeing Marshwiggles hard at work, here are some more pictures of our "in progress" getting ready for listing time.

Emmi did our high dusting. Cobwebs - begone!

Ben met Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser to try to minimize the artwork in the schoolroom.



Pip painting.



A rare photo of me in painting action.

And now we have this on the front lawn: