Dentist

Off to the dentist today we go for a cleaning. I have to go back in a couple of weeks for a filling repair. I am not looking forward to that!! I suppose it could be that big needle! Today is Tyson's very first time in the dental chair and wouldn't you think I would remember my camera. Nope!!

No matter he was done before I was and the girls were not happy about it. They had to keep and eye on the busy little critter and that was not fun. The one girl actually asked if he had ADD. No he doesn't he's just very busy! And not quite 3! Wasn't hard to tell she was about 20 with no kids and no experience with BOYS! They are a whole different breed than girls.

We all are no worse for wear and have clean white smile to prove it!!

Trenton RCAF Museum.. The things he remembers...

Dalton shares his Poppa's love of the army airplanes and all things that have to do with the army. I hope that he never has to join, get recruited or serve in one. Don't get me wrong if he chooses to do such a thing I will stand behind him and be a proud mother of a soldier. Like another woman I know. JOLENE (http://www.jolenegeorge.blogspot.com/) I cannot say I would like it though.

He loved looking at all the planes and old parachutes and uniforms and had me take pictures of just about everything. He was disappointed about the Halifax bomber. They have recovered it from the ocean but are still working on getting it assembled. We are about 2 weeks too early. So we have promised him that we will come back at some point and see it again.

So we looked through all the buildings and then toured the outside. Dalton is just like a sponge when it comes to learning about something he likes. The woman there, gave him a flyer on the Halifax bomber. He read all about it. And what we didn't know was he wasn't about to forget it. We went to my Mom and Dad's the next day and he recited the entire flyer to my Dad even down to when they recouped it from the ocean and that the gunner from the plane was there. They found his thermos inside the plane with old coffee still in it! Very stale and cold. I couldn't believe that he remembered all that.

So now it will be a tour that we take Poppa with us to see. Dalton has promised that when we go and see it that we will be taking him with us. Which is good. I am glad that they can have something together that they can share.

Here are a few of the planes from outside in case you have never had the opportunity to go and see.

Tyson running around the path like a maniac. If you see all the little blocks around the path they are soldiers, mostly veterans. But all from Ontario that have served or given their life for our country. All the names are there and their date of passing if it happened yet, and their hometown. We noticed a few had recently been removed and flags replaced them while they were gone.

One of the ladies told us that they were being engraved for the recent soldiers that have died in Afghanistan. Doesn't seem fair. Here we are looking at their monumental gravestone knowing that they made it safe for us to do so.

You can see the flags along the path below.I have a great respect for the people that have given their lives to keep me and my family safe. I cannot give enough thanks for them.

All of them, no matter where they come from.

Amercians, Canadians, Black, White , Army, Navy or Marines.

THANK YOU!

The roof at it's finished state

So today the guys managed to get the entire roof secured and then all the plywood on. At the end of the day, Colin and Ritchie came and put the tar paper on so that the plywood would stay fry if it should rain. Pray...please no rain!! The floor in Tyson's room is starting to show the amount of rain we have had. I would hate for the guys to have to repair that!

Anyway it looks great and I couldn't be happier that things are coming along so nicely. I have to wonder if it is all possible sometimes or if I am just living in someone Else's life. It might seem real once we are settled if that day ever will come.

So on the insurance front we are having a few complications but nothing too big! They only want to pay for shingles but we are fighting because we had a steel roof. Darin doesn't want to be up there in 10 years or sooner replacing the shingles so we'll see what happens but we had replacement cost so it is just a matter of having Jason read just his initial evaluation of the house.

I still feel like a secretary. I am not looking forward to what Dan tells me comes next because it doesn't sound like any fun at all. None of it has been very fun. But it sounds as though it is going to get much worse very soon. So just think of me!!

1/2 a roof!!

Today Ian and his workers managed to get 1/2 of the roof rafters up it was quite a sight to see. Kinda cool. I have pictures but they have been lost in my computer and are yet to be found!span>

So until I do my description will have to do! The rafters are half up and they have to finish the north side of the house and the dormer. I suppose that will come last after the others are attached.

So tomorrow the plan is to finish securing the rafters and then put the plywood on. Then it will look like an actual house!! I can't wait. I must say it is pretty cool to watch a house go up if you don't really know much about houses.

So stay tuned and you'll continue to see progress!! I hope!!

inside walls

See I was wrong. Inner walls come before the roof. It helps support the rafters. It was really cool today walking through the house getting to imagine where everything will go and actually picturing the rooms. It all seems so big right now. But I am loving the way it is all turning out so far. No complains at all!

I just about got sick when I looked out the opening that will be a deck from out bedroom! Look how high up we seem to be. I am getting a nose bleed just standing here!! lol. I am up higher than the port a potty!! This is going to take some getting used to! But still loving it!!

outside walls

So the outside walls are up. It is exciting to see some progress. It looks so big now. Tomorrow they will get the roof on. Then inner walls I suppose. I guess we'll just have to wait and see. I am so glad to see some progress though. Just waiting for the finished project now is killing us. Living in the trailer is ok but it is so hard trying to get any sleep when I am on nights. The kids thought it was fun at first but now it's just a place to sleep. I am just looking forward to having a bed to sleep in again that is my own.

I am going to SO begin the count down now that we have walls!!

Stay tuned!!

Off to Sharbot lake

Traditionally we go to Sharbot Lake to Terry and Stephanie Goodfellows cottage on the long weekend in August. This year being the same we had nothing to keep us home to do. and why stop doing the things that we normally do.
Through this entire process we have tried to keep the kids lives as normal as possible. We no longer know what normal is though.

Regardless they had a great time. As always. Darin thought he would try to hook the tube up to his boat and try out the motor.

It appeared to have enough power to pull Dalton so Dalton was bugging him all weekend to take him out. So they spent some time doing that. Most of the time, as always though the kids were in the water. The weather has been so screwy this year that I didn't find the lake to be as warm as it has been in the past.

Tyson loves Terry and Steph. He has a great time back there. He plays on their ginormous deck and loves the lake. The bigger boys are allowed to play around the dock and near it with no grown ups but they must wear life jackets and of course we can see them from the deck. But Tyson thought he should be out there too. Too small for that yet. So he was a little disappointed!

This is where Tyson spend most of his time right around these rocks swimming and moving the sand. He found a leech which he didn't like too much but we got it before it managed to totally freak him out.

He just played and would stay there all day if we left him. He loved it! Can you tell?

Dalton doing his usual pose for the camera.

On Sunday a friend of Terry and Darin came back with his tractor to remove some large stones out from under the cottage for them. He brought his tractor. Yes, I said tractor! You can imagine Tyson's excitement. See how happy he was!! But he did notice it wasn't a john deer but played on it all the same!

Thanks for the great weekend as always Goodfellows!!