House Work

Bill and Sheila's house is coming along. Here is what remains of their old house:
This is my father-in-law unloading his truck this morning when Mike got there. The "before" picture if you will:

And here's how things are going right now:Here are the "tools of the day": note the legos. I'm thinking models were made? (Just kidding--they belong to their grandson, who played with Maeve today, I hear)

Sheila's breakfast nook. She picked this house plan because of this little octagon shaped room. Jeff (my father-in-law) asked her, "What do you need with a nook?" and she told him she just wanted to sit there and watch the snow fall. He pointed out that with the angles, this nook would take more man hours than half the rest of the house to frame and sheet and all that. "Forget it," he told her (she does a wonderful impression of him). And she did, but it showed back up in the plans.

Mike's cousin Jennifer piggybacks Maeve around:

It's coming along:

Maeve and Eli take a break. Love the red liquid in the jars, but especially the gigantic bags of chips! They each have their own!

So that's why I had the feis alone with Leo and Sophia today. Mike is building a house. More to come--there's another weekend next weekend that we'll all probably participate in in some capacity. I can't wait to see progress.