I have dug myself out ONE corner of the upstairs to my personal satisfaction… though I am sure it will be messed up once I move stuff into it to clear another area. Today has been all about shifting to sort… move boxes into one corner to free up another, empty a box only to find that stuff has to go back into another box and then be in the downstairs stack.
Can you believe it? A clean corner... temporarily!
Lego’s have been a life saver… though tomorrow will have to be tiny block free. Messes are just too common and when you are carrying boxes in and out of rooms stepping on one of those tiny demon blocks is simply NOT nice! Right now I am struggling to unearth inside toys and games that will keep the kids quiet and happy. Going out in the back has not been overly successful (as you can tell from yesterday’s entry and the outdoor mishaps). The kids are simply not listening well enough to be out without supervision and sadly I do NOT have things to do in the backyard right now.
Trinity and her Lego family
We did have a milestone with Echo last night – she slept through the night! BARELY but she did it. There was one loud noise of displeasure from the playpen around 1 am but she fell back asleep. I am far from betting on it being a regular occurrence and actually figure it is more the result of a VERY busy and nap deprived weekend.
Our Sweety
We did find her musical puppy last night, now we just need to replace the batteries… don’t ask me where batteries are, that is something I have NOT found! I honestly am not even sure we HAVE AA batteries.
The weather is still not sunny or bright… sort of fits the frustration I am feeling due to all of the boxes left to deal with. Did I mention we have a new picture tree? Cuz we do, and once the weather is more favourable I will take our very first picture in front of it!!!
Our new photo tree?
The twins spent some time today “feeding” their younger siblings from a menu they created on the fly. Using Legos of all things to create the food! Thank goodness Trinity is old enough to understand NOT to put them in her mouth when they pretend. She has a rather good grasp on pretend and real at this point.
Their own little diner
There has been some excitement around a very special purchase I made last month. A dear friend sent me some money on Paypal to spend strictly on myself and on her prodding I ordered a dress… something I have wanted for years – a classic lolita dress. I had my mom measure me to be sure it was fitted as best it could be being purchased from a company in Hong Kong. I am hoping to, over time, get the appropriate accessories too! Anyway – the excitement. In order to ensure that things wouldn’t be confusing with the move I had it sent to my mom’s address under my name. Well Mom and Mike just left for Ontario and the package is stuck at customs. We had a phone call last week from FedEx that confused us (we never once thought about the dress) and then this morning found out it was a call about this package. Apparently the seller didn’t put a commercial invoice on it and I need to send them proof of sale. Thank goodness my email bill was good enough! This gave me the opportunity to figure out how to get this package with mom gone. Long story short, they are putting a note connected to my package, holding it at the distribution centre and if I can bring the bill, tracking number and ID with my matching name on it (to the city we USED to live in of course) I can pick it up. They also updated my phone number so I will be called HERE when it finally makes it there. I am rather excited though the timing is going to be rough – Ken still has stuff to do back at the old house that would be MUCH harder with the rest of us in tow and I have plans with my cousin Veronika for an overnighter and helping her with her exam (I am her face model). But then when is anything ever simple with this family? Just adds to the entertainment.
Now if I could just expand the area I have organized quicker than I have I would be MUCH happier. I shudder to think about what the basement entails… BUT Ken has his corner set up. I think tomorrow my goal will be to get the area in front of the fireplace sorted out. I still have random items there (think printer, a set of plastic drawers, parts of an easel, etc. etc.) that need homes or at least direction up or downstairs.
Fat Sheep and Echo hanging out (note NOT wool rug)