View from my front porch

Even though we live in a new house (we're the first owners), we live in a close-knit, well established, older neighborhood with houses on the street over 100 years old as well as some that 70-80 years old. The house that existed before ours was, so I'm told, in disrepair. Our house (as you can see in earlier posts) doesn't stick out like a sore thumb in the neighborhood. The controversy in the Glendale/Kirkwood area is that many older houses are being torn down and new "McMansions" are being built on small lots. Our house is one of these, but it fits into the character of the neighborhood. Many people, especially in Kirkwood, are up in arms over these "tear downs" as Paul's Grandma Mary would call them. However, everyone we've met in our immediate neighborhood seems thrilled that our house replaced the one that existed here before.

Here's a view from my front porch. The neighbors across the street have some awesome flowers! The husband commented to me last night that he likes coming home from work and seeing kids playing in our yard!

And to satisfy those Grandmas/Grandpas that look at the blog looking for Adam/Emily pictures, here's a bonus picture of Adam.

Notice Adam has on his shark shirt! In addition to his bug fascination, he also loves sharks!

Paul will be blogging this weekend as I am off to lovely Pittsfield, IL for a girls weekend at a hunting lodge. We'll be scrapbooking, hot tubbing, and getting massages (we've hired a massage therapist to come out to the lodge). I'll be back on Sunday afternoon to share once again in the parenting duties!

Until then, have a great weekend!

Amy