- day care center is 3 minutes away;
- excellent schools: Greenbriar West Elementary; Rocky Run Middle; Fairfax High;
- doctor’s office is 5 minutes away;
- INOVA Fair Oaks Emergency room is 5 minutes away;
- 24 hour Wal-Mart in the shopping center adjacent to our neighborhood (2AM run to Infant Tylenol takes 2 minutes);
- Toy’r’Us in our shopping center.
Front of our townhouse
Our 4 bedroom 3.5 bathrooms townhouse (now for sale) has proven amazing for raising our daughter. It is spacious, with a large deck off the kitchen and a beautiful patio in a landscaped fenced backyard. We have designated different areas in the house for different activities for her.
13113 Willow Stream Lane - For Sale
Children’s
room
Our townhouse has 4
bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. On the upper level, we have the master room with an
adjacent bathroom and two guestrooms with a separate bathroom. One of these
guestrooms was turned into a baby room/nursery. The guestroom is spacious, with
a nice size closet, vaulted ceiling, facing south. It is painted in a soft off
white color with a hint of cream. We added a custom wooden blinds and rods
(rods bought at Country Curtains store in Fairfax Corner).
The two things we like
the most about the baby room is that (1) it is close to the master and we can
keep a close eye to our child, and (2) it is not facing another home since our
townhouse is an end unit and it is overlooking open space. In the nursery we
have privacy.
In the kitchen
We spend a lot of time
in the kitchen cooking and cleaning. Our daughter is less than two years old
and already grabs kitchen towels and starts scrubbing the stainless steel
French door refrigerator. When we bake bread or pizza, she screams “douey, douey”.
She demands we give her a small ball of the dough. She works on it, puts it
in the pan and bakes it for the birds. This all is hysterical, but not
surprising- she see us cooking and cleaning all the time. She does what she sees.
Baking
pizza
Eating home made pizza
Living
and Family rooms
How on earth we
collected so many toys?! We don’t remember having ¼ of the toys when we were kids. Now we have to have them – bouncer,
swing, saucer, baby gym, musical toys and more. The whole house got filled quickly.
Fortunately we have a big house. There is room for a lot - some in the family room in the lower level, some
in the living room, some in the breakfast room, some in the nursery, some in
the master’s room and a lot more in the storage room in the lower level. Now our
home is for sale and most every toy has been removed from the house premises. Interestingly our
child seems not to notice that all “her” possessions are gone. And she is
happy and busy as usual.
Tea time in the Living room
our living room around Christmas - can you find busy baby
Backyard
and Deck
We believe that playing
outside is good for children and are fortunate to live in a home that has a
large deck and large patio. When the weather is nice (lately not so often), we
step outside on the deck and let our daughter play. She shrieks “buuds, buuds”
when she hears and sees birds singing. She collects a fallen leaf or two. It is amazing to see her imagination in action.
In the summer we spent
our weekends under the deck. We have installed a large concrete patio. It is
shadowy and cozy, perfect for playing outside in the hot and humid Virginia's
summer. Our child likes to splash in a small swimming pool. She loves gardening. What she sees us do, she is quickly to
repeat.
In our backyard -concrete patio
In our backyard -landscape
Lower
room guestroom
When our daughter was
born, one of the grandmother’s came to stay with us and help with our new baby.
Having a guestroom and a newly renovated full bathroom on the lower level of
our townhouse was great. She had her own floor while we had ours. She was able
to get up as early and stay as late as she wanted without being noticed.
Everybody had their own space and privacy.
Thank you for visiting
our blog. Please come back. We will be posting more information for our home,
neighborhood and Fair Lakes community.
Happy
House-hunting!
P & G
p.s. If
interested in our home, please contact Matt Revell at 703-909-4544.
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