The Signature

It has been quite the week. We signed for a house on Wednesday and also had it inspected. The amount of money the inspection report said the house needs is more than we expected, so we are trying to re-negotiate. Not sure we will get anywhere though.

The problem for us is that we have someone interested in buying our house, and they need to be in before the first of May. This means things could go really well, or they could go in quite the opposite direction. No way to say at this point, but Naomi is especially fried so we are looking forward to a bit of a vacation this coming week.

Abigail has been sick with a nasty cough this week, and Amélie has been rather reluctant to take her naps, so it has been busy with the girls too. Other than that they are doing really well. Communicating with them becomes more and more possible. Abigail learned to say 'yeah' and shakes her head for 'no', so we can ask her lots of questions and she will respond with a yes or a no. She understands our questions in Dutch and in English.

I finally got around to taking some pictures of the latest projects I have been working on. They turned out rather nicely. Busy with a TV cabinet now made from oak and jatoba. It is coming along well too...

Amélie on the potty - it was working for awhile, but lately they have lost interest.

Claire's IT table - Canadian Maple and Jatoba.

Cutting boards - the ones on the bottom are supposed to look like surf boards.