Little Dude has been part of this process since the beginning. He bravely packed his toys while we were prepping our old house to sell. He went with us several times to look at new houses.
During one extra long Saturday of looking at houses, our realtor made Little Dude her special helper. His job was to leave one of her business cards at each house we visited. And he did! She rewarded with him a $5 gift card to Dairy Queen. He was so proud when he got to buy his own Blizzard with money he earned!
Little Dude was with us when we first saw our new house. He picked out his room and called the spare bedroom "the party room." He found the closet beneath the stairs and dubbed it "the iPad room." He went with us several times to go back to see the house.
And he was with Big Dude when he picked up the keys.
Little Dude told his dad that he wanted to give our realtor money so that we (me and Big Dude) didn't have to pay her.
Then he pulled the coins out of his pocket and handed her $0.55.
She tried to refused, but Little Dude wouldn't hear of it. So he gave our realtor a "tip."
He's already learning pride of ownership!
A week later, Little Dude spotted some change sitting on the entryway table and told Big Dude he wanted our realtor to come over again so he could giver her another tip. Lo, and behold, the doorbell rang and there was our awesome realtor! She had brought over a housewarming gift.
Little Dude was so excited!
It's actually nice to be in our own home once again. Big Dude comes home every day and says, "I love this house." Even though we aren't fully unpacked (I seriously think it may take a whole year!), we've already had people - mostly family - over. Little Dude had a friend over already and wanted to have his birthday party here. And I'm excited to finally be able to unpack some things so that we're not pulling our clothes out of cardboard boxes every morning.
He's already learning pride of ownership!
A week later, Little Dude spotted some change sitting on the entryway table and told Big Dude he wanted our realtor to come over again so he could giver her another tip. Lo, and behold, the doorbell rang and there was our awesome realtor! She had brought over a housewarming gift.
Little Dude was so excited!
It's actually nice to be in our own home once again. Big Dude comes home every day and says, "I love this house." Even though we aren't fully unpacked (I seriously think it may take a whole year!), we've already had people - mostly family - over. Little Dude had a friend over already and wanted to have his birthday party here. And I'm excited to finally be able to unpack some things so that we're not pulling our clothes out of cardboard boxes every morning.
Home, sweet home!
I can't wait to see it! I'm so happy for you and Big Dude and Little Dude - especially Little Dude.
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WHAT about pics of the house????? Where are they??
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Little Dude!
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House pictures will come... eventually. We're still unpacking! (Seriously, it may take a year!) ;-)
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! Now how far will you be from the lil' dude's school? Bet he's super excited for 1st grade, huh?
ReplyDeleteWe're less than 5 minutes away now! Little Dude's excited, but so are we! No more backtracking to drop him off or pick him up. :-)
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