I had a lovely sleep last night in our bed in our BEDROOM! I do beleive it has been fourteen weeks since that last happened. So much has changed since then, on so many levels - all for the better.
Right now the kids are running in circles around the main floor. Circles!
I still have a disaster of a house, more or less, but things are moving towards normal - or is a disaster 'normal' for us...? Anyways, we have more storage now and are poised for another round of purging, so hopefully the new year will see us in a much more functional and tidy house. The bathroom is almost completely ready - it's missing a door and we still haven't caulked the tiles or sink yet - but as of last night it became the main bathroom again. And I think everything fits without cluttering up the place.
The kids room is shaping up. Two beds makes for a bit more crowding but, once we get all the stuff on the walls moved about and the toys and clothes sorted into storage, it should be a fun place to hang out. The kids like their new beds and bedding anyways! Although, it did take Liam a while to be ready to give up his old bed. He decided we should give it to the little girl downstairs - that would be ok with him. Now, do they want a new bed...?
My only regrets about this taking so long is that we really haven't had much opportunity to decorate for Christmas. I had hoped to get us moved upstairs, do a bit of cleaning and then decorate. There doesn't seem much point now though. Once I'm done cleaning I'll have to start packing. Most of the decorations we do have up are ones Liam made at pre-school. Thankfully his preschool does frequent structured crafts for the whole class or we would have nothing. Liam isn't big on self-directed free-form art exploration, but give him a task with rules and tools and supplies and a specific final goal and he'll happily join in. I did find the stockings too, so they are up.
Liam can't decide whether to be worried Santa won't know we are in Priddis for Christmas, or to hope that He'll fill our stockings here as well and we'll get double gifts!!
We still have a lot of work to do when we get back but come the new year we will be able to relax in our newly renovated house and just enjoy...
...while we plan the kitchen reno.
