Moving Craziness

So today Mo asked me to check her hair tonight after her shower cause she thinks she has lice. Well, what she failed to mention was that over the last few days since mom has been so busy, she thought she would stop brushing her hair cause it is the only way to get that poofy wavy hair that most her friends have. So um, no case of lice here, just a major case of tangles that took me an HOUR to get out. Hair is now in pinwheels in hopes of poofy wavy hair tomorrow. Crazy kid!

So for that last 3wks we have been moving. This has been an extremely long process with little help. Today we turned in the keys to the old place. I was so happy to do so! The mobile home served as a good home for us for 4 years but I am so happy to be out of there. While it was home cause that's where we were together as a family, it never felt like a true home. We didn't have a good yard to send the kids out to play in and didn't have a garage (which for a mechanic is very tough). The walls were so thin that we couldn't hang shelves or anything else big. Now, the new house is an older style with thick walls, cast iron tub and a good layout. It is much smaller than the mobile home but so far I am loving it. The mobile home was so open and had so much floor space for the kids to mess up. There were so many counters in the kitchen that we would pile stuff on them. I would spend 4-5 hours a day cleaning just to have the house still be trashed. The new home has about half the kitchen space and the table is in that area as well since we no longer have a dining room. No counters to clutter up! The laundry is in a closet off the kitchen, so no laundry room to clutter up either. The pool table is now in half of the garage so no pool table to lay laundry on. Yeah! Maybe we can actually start playing pool! Kids bedrooms are a bit smaller than before which with the girls sharing they don't like that but it is much easier to clean. Our bedroom is MUCH smaller since the old master suite was over 400sqft. While we did have to cram in a lot of furniture, it did all fit and we still have enough room to comfortably walk around. Once again, much less of an area to clutter and have to clean. So far I am only spending 2-3hrs a day with my cleaning duties and that includes the laundry. A much more manageable cleaning schedule! Our backyard is huge. It is so nice to just be able to send the kids outside to play. It has been fairly muddy out since it is still wintry weather so they haven't been able to play too much but they are enjoying it on the days it is nice enough to play. I am slowly working on building a obstacle course around the outside of the yard. So far I have a rocking donkey, small trampoline and slide. I hope to add a balance beam, hopscotch (or another jumping game) and maybe a couple swings. We also are setting up a chalk board and a sensory table. Even with all these things in the yard, there is still room for riding bikes, a garden, fire pit, table & Chairs, and grill. I don't know for sure but I think this yard is at least 1/2 acre. Drastic change from the yard we had before. I am so excited for this summer and all the things we can do in the yard! One thing on the list to do is put up the tent and camp. The kids think that will be so fun to do.