Spring Break

There hasn't been a whole lot of spring in our spring break, but it has been a great opportunity to slow down, spend time with friends, and I have been sleeping in, which is pure magic!  

So far we have done some swimming at the Kroc Center, egg dying, hiking at Mahoney, the zoo with the Fiddlers, and train museum with the Roses.   

We also hosted the first of our 3 going away parties.  I told each girl that they were in charge of planning their own party, and Milan did a great job with her schindig.  I didn't get a ton of pictures, but Milan planned a scavenger hunt, building with marshmallows and toothpicks, marshmallow fight in the backyard, and sandwiches for dinner.  It was a pretty nice evening, so they ended up spending most of their evening outside with fairy houses and a quick bonfire at the Cooks (which seemed super fun and easy for me so that was definitely a win!)

Speaking of going away parties, my DS mom-friends threw me the sweetest going away party at Kim's house and even got me a print of Omaha as a gift.  Omaha's DS community started off as an amazing resource during a difficult time and some of these ladies have become amazing friends!  Every time I get together with these friends, I learn something beneficial for Indie and laugh until my face hurts.  This community will be the thing I miss most about Omaha and it was so touching that they wanted to say goodbye (even though I hope to see everyone again before we leave.)  

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!!

We spent another World Down Syndrome Day celebrating Indie and all her friends with dinner at Cunninghams!  It was the best dinner out with this crew yet, the volunteers blocking sprinting toddlers from the door and makeshift dance floor were definitely helpful!  

Before and After

I'm not even sure what to write about this 4 year long home reno project.  The beginning was pretty fun when the cosmetic changes were easy and the difference was thrilling.  After 70% was done, we got distracted with life and that was also fun.  This last year, we have tackled some structural issues and that got old pretty fast!  

There was a month when we didn't have a master bedroom so Dave slept downstairs and I slept in Milan's room (lame!), 6 months that we had unpainted posts on the way to our front door, a few weeks without the upstairs bathroom so Cora bathed in the utility sink, a fall break spent cutting trees, and too many weekends dedicated to house projects.  After spending this past week working non-stop on house projects, we were officially over this house and home ownership in general.  Today, I took our listing pictures and I can't stop staring at the progress from the prior listing photos.  I am pretty proud of us.  

Update:  We got 9 offers on the first day and accepted an offer $14k over our asking price without an inspection.  I'm not sure if our house will appraise for $159k, but it has been very fulfilling to get this type of response after dedicating so much time and energy to our home.  From a practical standpoint, it is sooo nice to pick our closing date and walk away with some cash for our next life adventure.  

Park Day

 Today was chilly, but I needed to get out of this house so I enjoyed a frosty run (and I didn't even fall once) and took the girls to the park for a bit.  It was just what we all needed.