I Can See Clearly Now

Cooper got a new accessory today. It turns out he's near-sighted enough that he would have failed a driving test. He's been marveling all afternoon about how much more he can see with glasses than he could without them.

When Topher saw the bespectacled Cooper he gasped and said, "Oh! You look just like Peter!"

Written On Your Heart

One of Sophie's school assignments this week was to create a heart map. She was asked to draw and label the things that are most important to her, all within a heart. This is what Sophie turned in.

Can Do Spirit

The backyard at this house is a huge hit. The kids love to go out back and run around or climb a tree or sit on the deck and think. Topher has spent a lot of time in the backyard this week, and he would spend more time given the chance. Today, as he and I finished lunch and the girls were outside, the following conversation took place.

Topher: Can I go out to the backyard? Please?

Me: Oh, I'm sorry buddy, you need to take a nap.

Topher: (with triumph and optimism in his voice) I'll take that as a yes!

Our Favorite Things

We unpacked the books this weekend, and that made us all very happy.

Another Chance to Serve

We have a tiny Primary. That means the girls were asked to provide the scripture and talk again for church yesterday. This time Phoebe did the scripture and Sophie did the talk. 

A Step Up

Two people at our house graduated from an air mattress to real mattresses in their room!

It's the Little Things

Good news! My toe most likely isn't broken! I got it x-rayed today and, unless the radiologist says otherwise, it's just really bruised. Plus, they sent me home with a post-op shoe which makes walking much easier.

And that is my good news minute.

The Bullet Points

A summary of the last few days:

• Bryan stayed up all night on Monday getting ready to move, I slept for two forty-minute chunks on the floor of the playroom, Peter went to bed around 4:30 in the morning.
• We drove over vanloads of stuff nearly all night.
• We have too much stuff.
• Our walkthrough was at 11:00 and at 11:02 I was still throwing garbage bags full of random stuff into the back of the van. The landlord was nice enough to wait for us.
• He was happily shocked at how clean the townhouse was. Apparently the renters that preceded us had left it so messy that it took him a month to clean it enough to rent it.
• He was sad to lose us as renters and brought us a housewarming gift, an expensive vase made in Italy. It's way nicer than any other stuff we have.
• Because the basement is growing mold and the upstairs is a construction zone, we're spending all our awake time on the main floor.
• All the mattresses are in the library. All the couches and chairs are in the great room. Pretty much everything else is in the garage.
• We've been sleeping on air mattresses.
• Today, as I was chasing Topher, I tripped on a suitcase and possibly broke my toe. It's discolored and a little swollen and hurts a lot. I must have special tripping skills because it's the middle toe on my right foot and I figured the others toes would have protected it better than they did.
• We're getting leftover rain from Hurricane Ida and water is coming into our basement from three different places. The sump pump is working, but it's too high and leaves an inch of water. At least now we can see more places that need to be fixed.
• We're really, really tired.

Another First Day

Yesterday was the first day of school. We thought we would be in the new house already, so the internet was turned off in the morning.

Cyber school without internet is tricky.

We had hotspots turned on and positioned as close to windows as possible, in an effort to pick up a better signal. There were parts of the day when no one was doing school and everyone was cleaning or moving stuff. Thankfully, the kids have two days to complete their introductory work and the new house does have internet.

To the Grindstone

We have our final walkthrough for our townhouse at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

We are not ready.

Tonight there will be no rest for the weary.