On Monday, June 2, Abby was playing dress up with her sisters. They were twirling scarves and suddenly someone saw blood. Turns out Abby lost her first tooth. It was the bottom right and she was so excited. All of her friends have lost teeth and she has been saying she has wiggly teeth since her birthday in the hopes that saying it will make it true. The tooth was lost but she wrote a note to the tooth fairy and received a dollar. (Tooth fairies are very good at finding lost teeth).
The rest of our lives are going on much the same. We still only have one working shower and in the house. Luckily it is the bedroom that the renters are using but that also means that Ben and I along with the girls are using the bath as a means of getting clean. The bath is small but at least we aren't smelly! We have had people come and look and give estimates for repair but it is hard to find someone who is not overpriced in this area and who can start repairs right away. We have toyed with the idea of remodeling but I think we might wait until the end of summer before we begin. This year has been hard on our savings account. We have had electric problems which resulted in the oven control panel being fried, a slab leak which meant the kitchen and dining room floor needed replacing, then the main hot water heater went out, a shower pan that leaks, a toilet that leaks, and the tile in both bathrooms are old enough that just sealing over them is quite doing it. The leak from our bathroom caused carpet molding in the two bedrooms although not severe and our ac units just went out. Repairmen and to do lists are all lined up but it sure feels like everything decided to go out at once. Our good friends are looking for a new house at the moment and prices are up to 160 dollars a square foot. When we were house hunting two and a half years ago the prices were around 106 or so and we got this house - 3700 square feet - for 78 dollars a square foot. A lot had to do with chance but I think we also knew that repairs on an older and less expensive home were inevitable. The fun part is being able to decide different looks for different rooms as the house was not to my style and taste in decorating when we first moved in.
The three older girls also started Kid's College this week. It is Monday-Thursday 12:30-5pm and runs through the month of June. There first week is an advanced robots class they are all in together and they came home yesterday saying that although there is thirty kids in the class there are only 4 girls and they make up three of them. I am hoping that the afternoons give me lots of quality time with Abby and Hannah, especially to jump start schoolwork and have Abby especially help me with cooking, projects, and cleaning. She is my little girl who thrives on one on one time.
The girls are in the front yard reading and playing with stuffed animals. The weather is not so bad today, in the 80's instead of the 90's.
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