Trees: Save or Remove?

We went over to the lot today to look at the current placement of the long driveway that will get to the house will be.  My husband and I walked through the entire driveway path and around the marked perimeter of the house  (spray paint on the ground and bright ties on the trees or branches.   

There are a lot of old growth trees.   I didn't want to take any down at first, but we'd need to build a tree-house to avoid tree removal altogether.  We talked about what we can shift a bit here or there to save a large tree.  But that brought up other questions. 

If a ninety-foot tree is saved but his peers around him are gone, hoe does that affect it?   What about if the elevation of the land changes there?  If it's three or five feet lower the tree can't drop down with the surrounding land. If it's a higher space then the ground around the tree would have to be raised up.  The additional weight to the roots may cause a problem.  

The trauma underground of losing peers for an elderly table has consequences I wouldn't have thought about until they explained it.  Now, it makes complete sense.  

The Tiny Girl Chorus:  My daughter performed in the spring concert today and they all sounded beautiful.  There are three levels of the chorus, going all the way through high school.  Her friend, Grace, decided she didn't want to go anymore, but my daughter says she wants to come back next year. 

The Convenient Childcare:  My son does get very angry if he has to get off screen when he thinks he is entitled to them (every single hour of the weekend, including dinner and walking around with it.).  This is not the case, but my son is trying hard to push back on anything and everything that involves a break in screen time.   We're trying, but we're also busy and they're in their rooms doing things or getting food or even spending time down here with us.   It's not a terrible thing.   He just needs to learn what moderation is.