New York City Traffic

Do not EVER be fooled by the cheaper tickets to JFK and fly there instead of a more convenient airport thinking well how far can it really be?  We spent 4 hours in traffic almost at a standstill to complete what should have been a forty minute drive!  And . . . we got a ticket for getting stuck in a intersection.  We also noticed a sign that disturbed us :)

Brock's 40th Birthday

Our School

Our first full day in our schoolhouse has been wonderful.  We completed so many activities we might otherwise have skipped simply because we had so much more space!

Here is a peek inside . . .

 The beginnings of our music corner

 Bulletin Board and removable White Board over a wall-sized world map

 Cross-stitched map of the USA

 Marco and Madison at their temporary desks

 The very comfortable reading couch

Sandy and Knight enjoying school :)

Final Touches . . .

We were busy on sunday finishing the sanding, puttying and painting inside the schoolhouse.

We ventured into the depths of our storage container for some furniture pieces in the afternoon and, on monday, our world map arrived and we spent the day convincing it to adhere to the wall with wallpaper paste :)  The electricians finished up yesterday and the kids were instantly in place!  We are making do with some temporary desks for the last few days of this school year.  Over the summer we plan to build custom desks and a storage unit for me.

Finished Floor

The schoolhouse is coming along.  Brock has been pretty sick for the last two weeks ( and in the hospital with a virus and dehydration for two days of those two weeks) so we hired a carpenter to curb my impatience :)  Today he finished putting down the floor and it is beeeeyoootiful!  I am very happy we went with bamboo flooring.  He also installed the bathroom door (no bathroom as yet) and the baseboard, as well as reversing the front door so it swings outwards.  We are so close . . .