A lot has been going on around here. We received an offer on our house when it had only been on the market 12 days (thank God!) but, before inspection, the buyer backed out of the offer for "personal reasons." Less than 24 hours later we had a second offer on the house almost identical to the first. And although we aren't moving to WA until mid Aug the buyers wanted to close June 19th, so we've been busy packing up the house and preparing to move into a camper at my parents for the last two months of our time in MA.
Greg's piano being moved out was the first big step to breaking down our home. Above, Greg and Ella before the piano movers arrived. Bellow: Greg and Ella June 2006, our first weekend in the house.

Ella's been doing lots of gardening with Nana, and I benefit from some beautiful bouquets. One morning Ella noticed a little spider and a spiders web in the bouquet of flowers she had picked me the day before. She asked me to put the spider outside but in my attempt the spider ran up my sleeve and I accidentally squished it. Later that day Ella was recapping the story for Greg. "I wanted to be nice to the spider but Mommy squished it!" In defense I said "It was very small, it may not have even been a spider, it may have been a tick." Ella looked at me in disbelief and asked "Do ticks spin webs?"-no- "then I expect it was a spider" she concluded. ouch I was outwitted by a 3 year old.
Ella and I helped Alaster celebrate at his first birthday party. Alaster and his mom lived with us for the first 6 months of his life. He's doing great and growining so big!