Really recent stuff!

Okay, now that I got you caught up (mostly) with the fun stuff of summer, one HUGE thing we did was MOVE.  We moved out of our condo into a rented house in Mountlake Terrace.  Not to dive too deep into the WHY we did what we did, the fact is - we needed more room.  We needed a YARD.  We needed to be able to just walk through a back slider and relax.  We loved living in Ballard (for me, 10+ years, Tim, 15+ years), but the fact that you can't rent a house in Ballard for a reasonable price means we had to move closer to my work where rent is cheaper.  We will be selling our condo in a short sale.  We attempted all options to keep the condo and work with the bank to negotiate the terms but our credit is TOO GOOD - what a problem - so they refused to do so.  Working out the pros and cons of staying there until we can sell it on our own vs. moving and being happier with a ding on our credit for 7 years... well... sometimes even stellar credit has to get ruined for the happiness of the family.

Okay so that was much longer than I thought it was going to be.  :-)

So here's the new place:

The view from the family room:

We were very nervous what Oliver was going to think.  Luckily he loves his "NEW HOUSE!"  He still calls it his new house even after a month.  :-)

A few days after we moved in, Tim saw this train table with ALL accessories.  If any of you know, this would be HUNDREDS of dollars new or even on craigslist.  He got it for a steal so he had to buy it.

Here is some other silliness that has been happening:

Part of the move meant getting Oliver into a new daycare.  We were going to stay with the one he had been going to, but they were forced to close (also a long story, but I will spare you the details on this one.  :-) ).  I was soooo nervous about this new bit because he had been going to a daycare that was ran out of a lady's home.  She had a few employees so it wasn't the typical home daycare.  The new place is more corporate.  We've been calling it his new school and we really hyped it up that he was going to go to school.  He's been going for a few weeks and so far it's been good!  One of his notes from his teachers:

And one of the most recent things we did - Oliver and I went to a pumpkin patch called The Farm this past week.  He had TONS of fun.  This one has lots of animals - some to look at and some to pet.  We also picked a tiny pumpkin (only because I didn't want to haul a big one around by myself).