Moving Out and Up

We no longer live in a two bedroom apartment -- hooray! With two little ones helping us clean, pack, load, unload, and clean again, we successfully transported our little family to our new house. We now have double the indoor space of our last place, plus a yard and a garage. It feels great. Though we're surrounded by boxes to unpack, repair items to check-off, and countless home improvement projects, we already feel like we can breathe easier. Our long awaited goal of home ownership and more space for our little guys has arrived.

Lucie and Ryan are busy, busy, busy exploring our new home and neighborhood and making it their own. What's keeping them so busy? Their favorite new activities include: opening the garage door (repeatedly), ringing the doorbell (repeatedly), climbing up and down the stairs (repeatedly), turning on every light and ceiling fan in the house, running countless laps through the living room and kitchen, watering their new tomato plant (transplanted to a pot with Grandma's help) and eagerly waiting in front of the house for Daddy to pull into the garage at the end of the day. There's a lot of activity around here. No wonder we're all sleeping so well at night.

Speaking of unpacking, I haven't unpacked Ryan's fireman costume, and thankfully, he's made no mention of missing it. With summer weather upon us, I just might find a spot for it in the upper corner of my closet, at least until cooler weather this fall. I'd hate for our little firefighter to overheat while he shows me which switch turns on the ceiling fan in the living room.