Overly Academic

So, we’ve been a little busy lately!  The move to Wisconsin is complete, we’re getting closer to work being completed on the house to make it livable (read, new floors, paint, and a dishwasher), and we’re starting to get settled as a family in the area.   The time we spent apart is feeling more and more distant.  In some ways, it feels like I wasn’t really up here without them, and I suppose in some ways, I wasn’t.

Now that all the five hour road trips are done, we decided to relax….with another road trip.  Okay, so I had a meeting up in Ashland, and decided to make a weekend of it up in Superior.  It was really neat to be up in the hometown again, even if only for a few days.

From here out for the summer, we have to finish getting the dishwasher installed, get a new roof and a garage door, and do a minor amount of garden work.  Other than that, we’re just going to hang out and enjoy living in the house.  Oh, and get ready for Bob(by’s) arrival in October!

Here are two sets of pictures, one which Chibi took herself, and one of our time in Superior.  Enjoy!

We took our last trip to the Brookfield Zoo last weekend.  I’m sure we’ll go back and visit when we’re in the area, but it was the last chance to go as members.  We have used the heck out of that membership, and really love the facilities there.

This weekend, we painted four rooms in the new house.  If you are interested in those pictures, you can find them at http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=234978&id=558733848&l=e6820cd773.

The peacock was on full display and shaking his feathers at a white female.  It was pretty impressive.

Here’s the female as well.

Daddy and Ilyana working on a craft project (more Daddy than Ilyana )

Ilyana’s interpretation of a tiger.

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but life has intervened.  We’re currently splitting households between my new job in Wisconsin and Jeffrey finishing his work in Illinois, so the opportunity for picture taking is somewhat diminished.  However, we had a visit to Baba and Yiayia this weekend, so pictures abound!

Ilyana had great fun playing outside on a trike that Yiayia found at a garage sale, and bubbles are always a big hit.  You can see the whole set of pictures here, but I put a few below for your enjoyment.

Hopefully we’ll have more pictures in early May of the new house after we close.  Keep your fingers crossed!

Trike!

And bubbles!

A new park to play in.

Slides too…

Lots of great sand.

And after all that sand, bath time.

Playing squirt the duckies with Yiayia.