Things continue to be insanely busy here. All good, but very hectic. We are all settling in. James' school is great, Will is staying with a wonderful lady on Mondays and Wednesdays, Mike is expecting a busy few months of timber-framing and Kat is trying to keep her head above water.
In lieu of any good verbal updates, here are some photos of our Fall.
The leaves beginning to change around our house
Willy is a climber. We catch him scaling the baby gate, STANDING on his zebra/rocking horse, and generally tempting fate at every turn. Despite round-the-clock surveillance, he took a header off the sofa on Saturday. By the end of the day we could see that his first black eye was on the horizon. Sure enough, when he woke up this morning he looked like something out of the glam-rock era. I almost put on a ton of eyeliner just to commiserate. In true Maier fashion, we share photos of it with you now.
Piece of property we've been thinking about-- 8.85 acres with this old barn on it, but plenty of room to build. Priced low in this market. We are of course nowhere near ready to buy. At minimum we'd want to be finished with the Dutch house, and our lease here is until July. Still we went to take a look. Our realtor literally laughs ALOUD whenever we meet her at a house-- I think we are not her typical family. She is very sweet and sent us the website for a local environmental fair. She has us pegged. She assures us that this place, which has been on and off the market since 2005, is not going ANYWHERE. The barn is a converted flat-- a 2 Bedroom apartment. We love the grain silo, and Mike says he could build a house from the timber on site. Can't beat that.
Hiking in Penwood State Park
The view from Talcott state park as the leaves begin to change-- this was a few weeks ago
PJ's, Pajamas, Jammies, Jim Jams-- fun no matter what you call them...
St Alban's School Fall Festival: the scarecrow wedding, needle in a haystack, and arts and crafts photos below. You could make your own scarecrow. I almost did it just to score a really cool belt in the "dress your scarecrow" pile-- but since we don't really have a cornfield, we passed. There was a jazz band, hayride, arts and crafts, and pony rides. James and I waited in line for about 15 minutes before he decided he didn't really want to ride the pony. Maybe next year.
Piece of property we've been thinking about-- 8.85 acres with this old barn on it, but plenty of room to build. Priced low in this market. We are of course nowhere near ready to buy. At minimum we'd want to be finished with the Dutch house, and our lease here is until July. Still we went to take a look. Our realtor literally laughs ALOUD whenever we meet her at a house-- I think we are not her typical family. She is very sweet and sent us the website for a local environmental fair. She has us pegged. She assures us that this place, which has been on and off the market since 2005, is not going ANYWHERE. The barn is a converted flat-- a 2 Bedroom apartment. We love the grain silo, and Mike says he could build a house from the timber on site. Can't beat that. 
Hiking in Penwood State Park
The view from Talcott state park as the leaves begin to change-- this was a few weeks ago
PJ's, Pajamas, Jammies, Jim Jams-- fun no matter what you call them...
3 comments:
OK .. the oldenthals have first dibs on the "barn bedroom" when you hold your first Maier christmas .. too cool!!
Way to go Willy, welcome to being a little boy! Really like the property and your plans for it.
The bride and groom scarecrows were really cool! How fun!
Bless little Will's heart with the shiner. Could be worse! :)
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