Our house was placed in the market on Tuesday, and since then, Stuart and I have kept the house as clean and spotless as we can.  We have decided to eat out every night to avoid cooking, eating and making messes.  The boys are definitely enjoying our evening adventure too.  Rohan and parents also invited us to their house to hang out, so we were there on Thursday to have dinner and play.  Both Logan and Connor were thrilled to go see Rohan as always.
    On Saturday morning, Stuart and I felt quite stressed as it was the first weekend of open house and our street had an unusual event.  One of the neighbors on the other end of the street sent out a notice recently for a yard sale on Saturday morning and they invited other neighbors to join in for a block sale.  We could not tell how many households were participating but the street traffic was the busiest we had ever seen in the eight years that we live here.  Our across the street neighbor also chose the same day to start their stucco project.  So with the chaotic traffic and the drilling noise, Stuart and I were glad to pack up to leave the house for the birthday party.  We did do a drive by after the party and the street did resume part of his quiet feel.
    Afterward, we checked into the hotel as we had planned so we all could take a break.  All four of us took a nice nap and hung out inside our room to relax.  We had been staying at hotels quite frequently lately that we are getting very comfortable with it.  The boys enjoy sharing their beds with us, and watching TV in bed or playing with the Tablet.  We returned home briefly to allow Scottie back inside the house and situated him for the night.  We then returned to the hotel for the evening.  The hotel was in walking distance to a Chinese plaza, so we took advantage of that to take walks.  We had dinner there and the boys could run around before we walked back.  We then hung out around the fire pit in the hotel’s courtyard where Stuart enjoyed a beer and the kids their milk before we ended the night.
    On Sunday morning, we walked back to the plaza to get breakfast which was quite refreshing.  Then Logan had a chance opening all of his presents from the party and Connor even received an early one for him too.  Logan had fun trying to read each of birthday cards and studying each of his presents.  Later on, while Stuart and Logan went to attend Alex’s birthday party, Connor and I hung out at the hotel some more.  Since the weather was cooler today, I did not want to go to the pool so Connor and I just walked around here, at the adjacent hotel, then again at the plaza.  We had lunch there and returned to the hotel for a nap.  When the boys returned, we all packed up for a late checkout.
    We were invited back to Rohan’s house to hang out again as our house was still being shown.  The Merons were there too; we all relaxed in the backyard while the kids played in the jumpy house.  We had an ice cream break; our boys loved the drumsticks and the other three kids liked popsicles instead.  The bigger kids then went inside the house while Connor and Raz continued playing with the jumpy house.  The two of them were both quite chatty at times which was very cute.  At 6pm, we left and we finally had dinner at our sweet home for the first time in many days.