Growing like Something Nicer than Weeds
Mar. 23rd, 2026 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
primsongDropping in an update, most likely for my own future reference than anyone else's but that cool.
My small house remains FULL of people, there are seven of us in here and we've just finished building a triple bunk in the little reading alcove that is serving as a bedroom for the grands - their toes were starting to go out over the ends of the toddler beds so time to upgrade was imperative. It has two twins on the bottom and a third sideways over the top with stairs up the middle, a useful thing as there is no ladder to deal with. I've rigged a ceiling track with flannel sheets clipped up in the way of curtains so they can draw it closed at night for light control, it's working surprisingly well and so far we haven't had any airborne bodies.
They are all getting tall. We have one going into Kindergarten this next September, quite a milestone to reach, and the other two will be in preschool then so there is a light at the end of the tunnel for when there will be small breaks of child-free time in my home, whew....
On my own front, I'm now renting space at a nearby studio and have started teaching bellydance and Armenian dance lessons there - only four students so far but we're having a good time and getting ready for our first performance as a small troupe. We've had difficulty with getting enough rehearsal time everyone could be at but we'll get up there and do it anyway, ha - may or may not resemble our official choreo but the audience won't know the difference. Armenian costuming is pretty warm so I'm grateful it's March and not August.
Hope everyone out there is doing well.
My small house remains FULL of people, there are seven of us in here and we've just finished building a triple bunk in the little reading alcove that is serving as a bedroom for the grands - their toes were starting to go out over the ends of the toddler beds so time to upgrade was imperative. It has two twins on the bottom and a third sideways over the top with stairs up the middle, a useful thing as there is no ladder to deal with. I've rigged a ceiling track with flannel sheets clipped up in the way of curtains so they can draw it closed at night for light control, it's working surprisingly well and so far we haven't had any airborne bodies.
They are all getting tall. We have one going into Kindergarten this next September, quite a milestone to reach, and the other two will be in preschool then so there is a light at the end of the tunnel for when there will be small breaks of child-free time in my home, whew....
On my own front, I'm now renting space at a nearby studio and have started teaching bellydance and Armenian dance lessons there - only four students so far but we're having a good time and getting ready for our first performance as a small troupe. We've had difficulty with getting enough rehearsal time everyone could be at but we'll get up there and do it anyway, ha - may or may not resemble our official choreo but the audience won't know the difference. Armenian costuming is pretty warm so I'm grateful it's March and not August.
Hope everyone out there is doing well.