Moving

Things have been quite chaotic for us lately, but we are so excited to be in our new house. The boys have been trying to be helpful, but lots of times they just get in the way :) They have been so excited about the abundance of boxes to use as houses, cages for stuffed animals, cars, trains, or airplanes. Every time I got a box out to start packing someone would come steal it and I'd have to get a new one. As I've been unpacking, trying to get rid of the boxes has been difficult since the boys think its a sin to throw away something so fun.

Moving day was probably the most chaotic since I was packing and cleaning while Austin was taking things out. My mom and sister were here to help, but the boys were still a little difficult to manage. They wanted to keep going back and forth between the two houses and wanted their toys out of boxes. Here is Leif with his boots and no pants. He was quite upset that I wouldn't let him go into his room since the carpets were still wet from being cleaned and he refused to take his boots off anyway.

Austin borrowed a trailer from his friend to move the big things. The boys were delighted with it and spent a long time sitting in it and eating cheerios. They were quite disgruntled when we made them move so all the furniture could get in.

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The first few nights in the new house were a little unsettling for the boys. They got up in the middle of the night to wander around. But now that we've been here over a week, they are getting used to their new room and sleeping just fine.
Asher was very eager to help. He kept telling us he is "tough to carry things downstairs" as he helped carry little things into the basement. He also enjoyed helping my mom plant some flowers and plants in the front yard. Leif wasn't very interested in helping, but we found plenty of activities to keep the boys busy. It was really nice to have my mom and sister to help with that.

This is Asher at a park just across the main street from our house. We have another little neighborhood park up a few blocks from our house. We haven't had time to visit it yet, but hopefully we will get there soon. Right now the boys (and their parents) are pleased as punch with having a backyard to go out into whenever they want.

Our kitchen has plenty of room for the boys to paint and color.

They were very excited to have sugar cereal for breakfast (and dinner) on St. Patrick's Day.

I got a picture as soon as I could of the boys sitting together in front of the new house. I thought it would be fun to look back on in later years.

And while we had the camera out, Leif wanted me to take pictures of him with the garden bunny :)