The Building Begins

The demo crew had everything cleared out by the end of Tuesday, 6/28. There was nothing but a bare lot. Flattened earth, red dirt. (And a big tractor that E wanted to know what his name was. More on that later.) It was an odd site. I can say the emotions from the demolition day have subsided. It still seems weird even going through this experience.

By the end of Wednesday, 6/29 and the 2 month anniversary of the fire, stakes had been pounded to mark the perimeter of the new house and lines had been painted to outline the floor plan. Thursday, 6/30, 3 foot ditches had been dug along those paint lines and concrete poured for the footers (I've learned this is where the support walls/beams will go). Things seem to be moving quickly. At least for now.












In other news, E went to see his first movie in the theatre. CARS 2! He was SOOOOOO excited about going to the movie. His buddies from the sitter's were pumped and ready too. They sat perched in their booster seats, devouring popcorn & slushies, ready for the anticipated feature. I'd like to tell you that he sat straight through the 2 hours of previews, mini-film and hte movie itself...but I'd be lying and that just wouldn't be my E, now would it?! 20 minutes in (mind you, he'd been sitting for 45 minutes at this point) he wanted to go outside. Um...not now, son. I'm not here to give a movie review, but once we got to the racing scenes, he was much more enthralled. It was a fun experience. Although, the new reality has hit that he needs to know if every car and truck has eyes and a mouth and what their names are. Uh oh.