I honestly find the last of the boxes to be the worst part of unpacking. Book without enough shelves, outgrown clothes without a future home, clothes for Echo to grow into without a place to stow quite yet… oh and Ken’s stuff. I am MUCH more motivated than he is! Everything has to be stowed away and sorted to the best of our space and abilities before Friday… that is my goal.

I am hoping to in turn get the kids’ toys out of the tv room closet, at least a box or two, and let the kids have some more freedom with them. We aren’t quite to having the Legos out in the basement or the train set but it is imminent. If they can have some toys and myself my crafting space I think we will ALL be happier on the next rainy day (there are ever so many this summer… it is insane).

Last night when Ken made a late run to the grocery store he also picked up a tension rod for the upstairs bathtub and our ducky shower. Another item off the list! Now if we could just figure out the curtains. There was no brackets to go with the rods in the house… a bit of a difficulty.

He also bought us some popcorn. We are a microwave free household since the move (the one we had at the old place was dying slowly and loudly). I honestly have not missed it too much, just with the warming of babyfood and well, popcorn. It has been AGES since I have had popcorn cooked that way. It was fun though. 

At the stove

Perfectly popped

I do believe Ken was trying to poison me today – he suggested I try a can of Pepsi lime he bought last night… EWWW, he LOVES the stuff. I felt like it was lime overload. BLECK. 

BLECK

Today’s big excitement was in the form of a  before dinner/after nap walk with Ken. The 4 bigger kids went out with him while Echo and I got a nice start going through the clothing in our room. I am hoping to finish her clothing tomorrow but today I tried on basically ALL my pants and was brutally honest with myself. I have a nice pile to donate and even a decent number left to wear (and 2 to get back into better shape for… maybe.

Apparently they got in a short way before they realized it was run through with mosquitoes!!!

The most interesting thing of the whole walk

I joined an yahoo egroup for making hair bows etc. I am hoping to find some new ideas to make for friends and family. I think I need to get myself a salon clip! Since we need to make a Dollarama run this week anyway (a short list of necessities I do NOT want to spend a ton on) I hope to find one there. Anyway, I have a card to make, stuff to sort and of course anime  to watch. Hopefully we will have LOTS to share tomorrow when we get back to schooling and preparing for the birthday party next Saturday!

In her new dress and one of her new longsleeved onesies!