Counting the Days

It's been two weeks and one day (but who's counting??) since Dallas, Rebecca and company moved in with us. Well, if we want to get technical, the three kids moved in two weeks and two days ago (but again--who's counting??).

Actually, Rebecca was counting today, so anyone who thought I was counting is wrong!!

I know they are anxious to get out from under our roof and get under a roof of their own. Hopefully they will have a home soon that they can call their own. We thought this would happen over the weekend when they signed all the papers at the title company.

As with everything regarding this home, nothing has been easy and nothing has been done in a timely manner. Turns out yet another glitch--the owners did not show up to sign all their papers. So, the owners still own the house while Dallas and Rebecca are just out thousands and thousands of their own dollars and are left with only empty hands.

No keys to their new house. Perhaps tomorrow...???...???

In the meantime the kids are having a good time here--at least I think they are. They have lots of toys to play with.

They carry around snacks in little ziploc bags--or huge gallon bags if I don't catch them soon enough.

They not only get ham slices cut into cookie cutter shapes, but also peanut butter sandwiches decorated to look like a bunny.

Spencer doesn't have any fresh goose eggs or bruised spots visible on his head or face. Since learning to walk, it seems like he's always got a sore spot somewhere.

He took a nasty face plant inside the moving van and we were sure his nose was broken. Since then he's been doing really well, except for when he took a fall down the stairs and landed on the tile. But at least his injuries aren't showing on his cute little face.

Brooke is in creative heaven a lot of the time. If she's not busy making beautiful colored snowflakes to decorate with for her upcoming birthday party...

she's busy dressing herself in kitchen accessories.

After Caroline had her turn wearing the oven mitts as slippers, she put them in the coat closet with all the other footwear. That makes sense, doesn't it?

The little kids are super anxious to move into their new house because they know there is a park really close to their house. Dallas and Rebecca are super anxious to get access to their new house so they can start doing all the fix-up work on it.

It will be a happy day for the Golden family when they can move into their new home.

Not to put too much pressure on them, but they now have less than three weeks to get the house inhabitable and to get themselves moved out of this house. Jacob and Laurie are bringing their kids to visit and they will be needing all the bedrooms. It would be nice to have a day or so to clean up and prepare for our next batch of house dwellers.

 I guess I am counting after all.