It was another beautiful day in Maynard. Sun and cool weather. Marcela took the kids to the playground in West Concord where Noah played on the big slide and Maxim chased him around. They were so tired that they slept almost three and half hours in the afternoon. Later in the afternoon, when I came home from the city, Marcela and I painted different parts of the house for a little while and the kids played in the right-of-way with Catherine. We invited Emmaline to come over too, but she went to the library instead. First, they played policeman and Noah had to be the policeman and give them tickets. Then Maxim and Catherine drew pictures on the porch while Noah kept driving around in his plastic car. Later Catherine showed Maxim some dance moves on the front lawn. The yard is cleaned up again, and mowed, but for some reason the pool is burning the grass wherever we put it down. You can see the brown circle in the upper left of the photograph by the swingset, and the pool on the table. Marcela has just finished a small section of the front of the house. She and Noah are putting the paint and brush away. You can see the area around the door where Marcela painted. I did about five rows of shingles on the back wall. You can see that the windows on front are all ready now too; we trimmed, caulked, and painted them last Tuesday, which took all morning. We expect to finish the body of the house by Sunday and we will be choosing a color for the windows and trim this weekend. It has been a good process to work our house this way. Not only does it begin to look nicer, but it feels more and more like our home.