...and we're back!

Sorry so quiet in the blogspohere. Turns out: a nanny search takes up every available second and ounce of energy. When I haven't been shaking down every lead I can find for a potential long-term care giver, I've been finding short-term solutions to keep the little fella day-to-day. Ever tried to find a babysitter for a night? Let me just say, it's not easy. Try finding someone for every day of the week, 8 hours a day for a few weeks. then each day 'training' that new person on how the little fella's day should move... and if I don't give enough information, it's the wee one who pays the price. So DO IT RIGHT, Moma! I'll also point out - it is a really crappy feeling at the end of each day to wonder who the person is that you will be trusting your child with tomorrow. And at the same time: I'm lucky to have a 'back-up care' service through work and the local nanny agencies. So glad to be at the end of this search. Meanwhile, we have given some serious thought to getting an Au Pair. So who knows... Juggling, spinning, juggling, twirling.... and we did finally get a car. so the one-car-family thing lasted about a month, just for added logistical complexity. ah, good times. :) with the completion of this task: evenings and saturdays have been returned to our bucket of time to do something else with. hooray! and as it always seems to work out - a little volunteer commitment has turned out to be much more than i expected. next up: furnishing and decorating the cabana. catching my breath. Kate's wedding & parties. business trip to Brazil.

View from above

Still a bunch of materials that need to get put away of thrown out... But here's the view from above

Moonshine

Seriously- the real deal! found under the casita, half-buried, during the renovation. Crazy, huh?

JVP shower

Missing from the video tour... The JVP outdoor shower! Named for our cousin who slid this brilliant idea into the plans over brunch. Yippers!

And thanks to the tankless water heater- we'll have an endless supply of hot water to hose off a barrage of chorine soaked kiddos.... Or anyone else, for that matter.

Loose Ends

The cabana is 98% done. Mr Price and I put some elbow grease into it after the shorty went to sleep last night. We turned the monitor on rolled up our sleeves, and slaves away! I think the cabana will have it's first 'breaking-in' party on Thursday evening. Hooray!

This video takes you on a quick tour