Bathrooms and Backyards...

Well, not a whole lot of house work to show you - Dan is still working on the bathroom; when he's at work all day, it takes a while to get some of these projects finished! And, with the bathroom, there's a lot of mudding and sanding to do, and he has to wait until the mudding dries before the sanding begins, then back to the mudding once again! It is coming together and he has said it WILL be finished by mid-next week!

Addison has taken over the house - she just loves running around the kitchen/living room/dining room circuit and has "helped" unpack a few boxes - though I don't think that Kleenex boxes were what I had in mind! (Just a quick question - as you might see below with Addison's hair, we have a LOT of static in the house - we've tried a humidifier, but it doesn't seem to help too much - any suggestions?)
(toy strollers just aren't as comfy as the big kid ones!)

We've discovered in the past couple weeks that Addison LOVES shoes! She will walk around with 1-2 pairs (or combinations of pairs) in her hands, just toddling around. It is so cute, and THANK GOODNESS for hand-me-downs from older cousins and friends - we've saved a mint in clothes (though I am a sucker for a good sale!!)

I'm also including some pics of our backyard - we are probably not going to do anything this year with it - we're curious as to what will be sprouting up in the next few months. My brother Cam was bugging me to put up some "outside pics" - he is a landscaper and is going to give us a few suggestions (BTW, if any of you in the lower mainland ever need any landscaping done, Cam is super good - he came out to Barrie when we moved there and did our whole front/back yard and did an amazing job!) So, here you go Cam - hope you enjoy :-)

back porch - sliding door leads to Addie's playroom

rest of back of house - circle garden growing tulips, not sure what is growing alongside house

triangle garden in back corner of yard - lots of lillies coming up

full view of back deck

property line is from shed to shed (shed with white edged door is ours)

property line goes to small evergreen tree - big garden in front of it

view of garden along property line