One of those days...

Don't get me wrong, in general we are doing pretty great here in Chesapeake.  Life is good: so much more predictable and stable, and full of fun possibilities. Still, the last few days have been a little hectic. I've been trying to go through (multiplying, it seems) boxes, and both of my little girls have caught nasty colds, and it's just been a little intense at moments. I know we have too much stuff. I shudder to think what would have happened if we hadn't gotten rid of a TON of stuff before we left Davenport.  But in the space we have to work with, we still have too much. There is a big pile of thrift store donations, as well as a lot of things that have been thrown away, but now I still have to find places to cut down.  What to get rid of? What we have the most of are toys, books, media, and clothes. Clothes-to-grow-into (or in my case, shrink into...) clothes grown out of but we may need again, toys, toys, toys, (trying to get rid of a lot of those, but they're all so fun!) electronic equipment, tapes and discs galore. You get the picture. Anyway, all of it is a little overwhelming, but hard to get rid of. It was so carefully acquired (especially all my second-hand Little People sets!), and I'm not sure when we'll be in a financial position to replace it when/if we do need it. So mostly I just have to pace myself as I go through it and deal with it, I guess.  Can you see how excited Katy is here that I finally went through one of the really big bins and found some toys just right for her?

Poor Jaina woke up last night several times all croupy and upset that she couldn't sleep. I think she fell asleep on my shoulder in the bathroom while we were "steaming" her every time. She is a girl that needs her sleep! She has felt pretty rotten today, which means the tv has been on all day. :-p

Katy got sick Tuesday night and we had some rough moments the first two nights, but she felt great yesterday.

This is a happy moment. She likes the camera. :)

Today she has been grumpy again. It's just one of those days. I guess the main problem is any time you have 3 little ones in a small space and you try to do a project (whether fun or work) other things kind of get out of control quickly. Like the laundry, and the toys in the living room. I keep walking around trying to get things done and see things I've forgotten to finish (ie the washer is sitting there open waiting to start, clothes on the dining room table I somehow didn't make it to the kids' room with, even dishes in the sink, which I've been trying SO hard to avoid...) I just can't keep up with life today.  But that's okay. Life is good, and tomorrow will hopefully be better.  I'm planning to take it pretty easy tomorrow. Hopefully Jaina will feel better and no one else will be dealing with this cold!  And then it's the weekend, and we always love to have our Daddy home!

Here are some pictures we took last Saturday when we went to a big mall in Virginia Beach. I was excited because there was a Disney store there. The kids liked the Disney store, but it was almost immediately forgotten when they saw this:

A double-decker carousel, imported from Venice! THey really, really wanted to ride it.  So we let them. And Katy even got on free, which was nice! We signed them up for their birthday club, which apparently gets them a coupon for free rides for them and up to 9 friends on their birthday. Pretty cool, huh? They had a blast, even if Katy was about 2 hours overdue for her nap by the time we got her home. :)

It was her first ride, and she was impressed!

After her nap Saturday, hoping to squeeze a second lunch in...

Yesterday, making some sweet music with her Leapfrog table