House and car!

So we moved!

We are tired, filthy, the house is full of boxes, the recycling bins are stuffed, there were 8 bags of garbage out at the end of the driveway this morning, and we are HAPPY.

We are just taking our time to get everything into the right places. We are just finding things as we need them and then putting them away. It's amazing how much stuff that little rowhouse held. We we first moved to this city, we came up in a little cubevan stuffed to the hilt. When we moved this time, we did 3 much larger truckloads stuffed to the hilt and then another half of a load on the 2nd day to clear out some straggling belongings.

We are absolutely in love with our house. It is so great to have so much space everywhere both inside and out! We basically spent all weekend outside. The kids played in the 8'x8' (!!!) sandbox, went on the swings, picked strawberries and raspberries in the garden, or simply ran like maniacs all over the place.

On our latest national holiday, we shot off a load of fireworks in our backyard in an effort to blow out our eardrums, burn off our fingers and get eaten alive by mosquitos. The kids had sparklers and they thought those were great. 'A' burned her thumb and finger when it went out and she touched it...poor girl. She ended up with two huge blisters.

So, we picked up the car last night too! It is so great. It handles almost gokart-like. Good power, comfortable, lots of room inside too!

Cheers!