Damage and destruction everywhere...love it!

Day 11:
So we have begun to spread the demolition around the yard now. Here is a picture of what our hot tub area used to look like...

And here is what it looked like after day 11 of "The Yards". Actually, I'm not really sure that it looks that much worse... :)

Day 12:

We have finally regained access to the front of our house. Dirt heap gone! I have to say that it amazed me how much dirt was really out there. It took our contractor a solid day, using a bobcat, to simply move the dirt from the driveway to the bed of a dump truck. By the way, when all was said and done, the dirt filled the bed of an industrial sized dump truck, TWICE. And then he had to come back a third time to pick up all of the concrete pieces. I think we pissed off some of the neighbors Friday - the dump truck was huge and almost completely blocked off our entire street for half the day...oops! Oh well, it was just one day and the alternative was to leave the dirt eyesore there for everyone to continue to enjoy. They'll get over it.

Totally unrelated...I was filled with mixed emotions this morning as I dropped off BOTH of my boys at the elementary school this morning. Na-na has started the pre-K program, which means there are no more babies in my house. :(

Makes me feel kinda old. I have to say though, as much as I would love to have a little girl to balance out the gender scale in my home, I currently feel NO urge to procreate. I think I have finally come to terms with the fact that in my family the score will always be Men 3, Ladies 1 (unless you count the dog... then ladies 2). I still adore babies, but realized recently that I am totally over the whole prengancy, fat as a house, BIRTH, diapers, mid-night feedings, screaming, crying terrible two's, three's, four's...thing. And to be honest, I am really enjoying this new phase in my family's life. My kids are becoming more and more independent each day. They really are starting to come into their own, expressing their individual personalities, and turns out, I made 2 really cool little people! We can do so much more as a family now too...traveling and such...which is really cool. So, it is definitely an adjustment to know that the babies are all gone, but I think that so far, the future looks good! Happy Monday!