On our car were two boys who will be in Will's class in school (when the 18 month olds get to kindergarten). One couple - Jim and Kate - had a remarkably similar story to ours. Their son, J.J., is about 10 days younger than Will, and they were also house shopping at 9 months pregnant! She lamented how her husband had to attend the inspections himself because it was the day after J.J. was born. I shared how my husband had to fly to our closing because I had a 4 day old baby at home. When we told her where we lived, she said they looked at our house, too (which she referred to as "the brown house" much to Jason's dismay). They weren't ready to buy yet since they had to sell their old house and were shocked when ours was under contract so fast. If you recall, back in April 2009, we were on a whirlwind trip to find our new home and get the contract executed all within a 5 day house hunting trip. It just so happened that the house we bought had only been on the market about a week when we saw it. We'll have to look them up again once the weather gets nicer and get the boys together to play!There were 5 or 6 fantastically decorated houses in town and a few blocks that were consistently good. However, our neighborhood is one of the best decorated in town, so we're a little spoiled. The best was the neighbor to this house. They just had an arrow on the front of an otherwise dark house; the arrow was pointing to this, of course!
Or maybe it was these people's neighbors?! I can't remember, but another great one. I think the upstairs middle left window has the leg lamp in it.
So, Jason has been a little sensitive about our "brown house" (although it never bothered me to have one color) and since we've moved in we've been phasing out the monotone tan. The brown roof and shutters were exchanged for black ones and we just got our bright white garage door to replace the brown one. Next up are the porch lanterns, but that may not be until it thaws now. Either way, our curb appeal is picking up!