Kids school stuff

Recently there is lots going on at the kids school. Nina has been hard at work. First it was the outfits depicting their favorite character from a story. Emma chose Little Red Riding Hood and Dylan chose Peter Pan. Nina made all the outfits herself. The kids were very excited about their outfits.

Yesterday was spring day at the school and everyone had to bring their spring bonnets along. Nina also made all of the these. The kids were meant to paint their hats but they lost interest pretty quickly. They each chose their own decorations and assisted in putting the decorations on. Even though Emma was a bit sick still on Friday, she and Dylan were both extremely keen to go to school with their spring bonnets. Luckily yesterday was the warmest day since winter started abating. This weekend it is very cold again, however we should be heading back into spring by Monday.

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Emma the Red Riding Hood and Dylan Peter Pan

Dylan and Emma wearing their spring bonnets

Project: enclosed patio

We finally decided earlier this year that we should enclose our downstairs patio. After the successful project to enclose half of the top patio and turn this into a toy room for the kids more than a year ago, we have now started on the downstairs patio.

We decided to go for stacking doors and a sliding door. Then we looked at the pool fence. We have never liked it much, but we needed it for the safety of the kids. While trying to find someone to alter the pool fence to fit the new stacking doors, we figured out that we could install a glass fence around the pool. This is the option we are going with. This is not finished yet but should be done soon.

For now the stacking doors are in, with a new sliding door. We love it. Should have done it long ago.

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View with the doors open