Updated Box Count

We're at box #115!!! Today we took our bed apart and will be getting rid of it this week. Yay air mattress!!! Our table is going away tomorrow. It'll be dinner a la box table. Our strewn about mess is neatly tucked away in boxes with circled numbers. We're very close to done...

I heard news from the Fuji camera company that my camera was going to cost $85 to fix. I called them up and nearly cried and now I'm getting it fixed for free : ) They said it should be back in my hands in a few days. I've been so lost without my camera! First thing to film: Ella spinning, yelling, "Go! Go! Go! Ella!!!" until she falls down. Second thing to film: Jacob swimming, yelling, "Look! I can do it by myself!!!" Third thing to film: our empty house.

J&E's favorite video du jour

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fciD_II7NI

Fabulous Feats

Ella's fabulous feat of the week is two word sentences. She now says, "Hi, kitty" and "Bye bye, Daddy." It's very Cute! Jacob's fabulous feat is being able to swim using only the pool noodle. He kept saying, "No! I want to do it by myself!" but Kris was afraid to let him go. Finally he did and Jake was off and swimming! He was very proud of himself.

The Mind of a Three-Year-Old

Today we've sold our couch and our TV cabinet and our coffee table. This leaves us sitting in beach chairs staring at a borrowed TV on the ground. Jacob is enjoying the whole set up immensely! The TV will be put on top of Jacob's little table, but not until Kris and Ella get backfrom their walk.

Jacob says, "Can I watch TV while Ella's walking?"
"I wish you could, sweetheart, but it's not plugged in."
"Well, can you get it plugged in?"
"No, honey. It's too heavy. We have to wait for Daddy. I'm too little to pick it up."
"Okay, then let's sing the birthday song. Do it to you, Mommy."

I oblige, singing, "Happy Birthday, Dear Mommyyyyyyy..."

Jacob says, "Okay! Now you're 10! Now you can pick up the TV!"

Kids

Ella's new trick is trying to count and spell. She points to things and says, "Two, Tee, Two, Tee." She spells her name, "O A O A -- Awa!!!" or sometimes, "E O A -- Awa!!!" Jacob is having a hard time with the prospect of moving. He's excited to go see Grandma, but yesterday he said, "And then when we're done at Grandma's house we can come back home!" He was confused when I told him we were never coming back and that we would have a new home. He's very concerned and wants to know where his new new home will be. I wish I knew...!

School's Out!

Today was my last day of teaching. It's such a hard thing, emotionally, to leave a place that you love. This was the first job in my entire life that I've ever liked. We're having a pajama party with Kate tonight so it's juice and Veggie Tales all around!

Box 100!!!

We're at box 100!!! Why doesn't it look like we're ready to move yet!?!