Fourth of July at the Lake House, Part II -- In and Around the House

Yesterday, I got the message that our contract has been approved. Yay! We're under contract and we are officially set to close in the middle of December. Very exciting. :)

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I wrote the prior sentences on August 3rd, now it's a week later... They cleared the lot last week. Today, on my insistence, they are going back in and clearing ten more feet into the trees to make a bigger back yard for us. I'm realizing that building a house is a very exciting, yet time consuming task. I think I'm going to have a part-time job making sure everything is done correctly until December.

Now back to playing catch up...

The four of us spent most of our time in and around the Lake House. First, for indoor fun... Keira was in love with walking and enjoyed cruising around and exploring all the new space. She plays quite nicely by herself for long stretches of time and has a habit of walking around with whatever's in her hands when she stops playing. Then, she finds interesting places to put her rogue toy. At home, we find things in all the hampers, in the shoe basket and in cupboards. The Lake House was no different. Up there, she tended to stick to cupboards -- especially one in the kitchen and one in the bathroom. When walking around she seemed to always have at least one thing in her hand.



Another trend that extended to the lake house was Eli and Keira's blossoming playtime relationship. They are spending time and playing together more and more. Their dynamic is one of my favorite things to watch.


Their favorite game to play together up at the Lake House was elevator. After Grammie and Babo headed home early in the week, Eli and Keira loved to play in their empty closet. Eli pretended to be the elevator man, opening the door, "pressing buttons" for the appropriate floors and then announcing the floor and letting Keira out once again. They both loved the game and played for hours.



Besides playing in the house and on the screen porch, the most exciting attraction is of course the water. Keira enjoyed playing in the sand, pulling out the wind mill decorations and swimming a little in the water. This trip she was thankfully less adventurous in the water and easier to hold on to. I think she'd had enough mouthfuls of water to realize that she can't swim solo yet. Truthfully, Keira's favorite water attraction was the hose. After spending time at the waterfront, we hose our feet off so that we don't track sand into the house. For Keira, it was better than the sink.





Eli also spent some time at the waterfront. Although, he was not impressed with the big waves from all the motor boats zooming around. His happiest time in the water was one afternoon with Daddy. Scott and Eli spent time talking and playing with a neighbor.