LaLaGirl – Twinfinite Chaos! Parenting Multiples and Dealing with Autism

Where the f*&#$ did I pack the Q-Tips??

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I’m so tired. Dude. I can’t even put into words how exhausted I am! Between having the kids all home and living in this mass chaos, I am worn OUT.

But! We’re here! Lots of our friends showed up bright and early one week ago, just two days after Christmas, and ended up moving FOUR huge truckloads of our stuff. It’s not all set up yet, but we’re getting there. On Sunday, our fridge arrived early, which I was thrilled about. The kids and I immediately made a huge trip to Wal-Mart to fill it up. (Funny aside: Kayley noticed and pointed out that the Wal-Mart by our new house has far fewer cameras spread much further apart than the Wal-Mart in our old ‘hood. I was not surprised by this.)

Paul and Mike worked like dogs putting in a 2nd water heater, as the existing 45-gallon water heater was way undersized for a 5-bathroom house. Besides doing all that, they ran a gas line to the kitchen so I could have a gas stove, which I’ve always wanted! They finished it up at about 11 p.m. Tuesday night, and Paul repaired the kitchen floor about 5 minutes before the delivery guys arrived with the stove on Wednesday morning. It’s gorgeous! Paul’s installed our new microwave over the stove since this picture was taken, so it looks even nicer. All we’re waiting for now is the new dishwasher, which should arrive on Monday.

Unfortunately, we still have a ton of stuff left in our old house. It’s all (for the most part) been moved to the front formal living room, so we can have a big Craigslist sale and get rid of it all. Mostly baby furniture and toys and a few housewares we just had to part out. This house has much less storage than the old house, since the basement is completely finished, so we don’t have anywhere to PUT anything. And honestly – Paul is such a ridiculous packrat, it’s just what we need!! His friends were teasing him on move day that he needed an intervention. As we sat around taking a pizza break, someone said, “Paul, we’re all here today because we care about you.” Someone else said, “Let me read my letter first!” and someone else said, “Now, there’s a roll-off dumpster coming, and all you need to do is admit that you need help!” Ha! It was a funny moment – straight out of that intervention show. Obviously, we’ve all watched too much reality TV!

My kids are enjoying the new house. We have a small park right next to us – the entrance is on the other side of our next-door-neighbor’s driveway. We’ve been over there once. And yesterday, the weather was gorgeous, so we checked out a bigger park just a few streets away. It was really nice! Great equipment, lots of room to run, and a beautiful view of the mountains. I’m loving this area. The kids are really driving me up the wall, though. Their room/playroom/toys are just barely unpacked, and it’s total chaos right now. They’re bored to death. And did I mention they’re moving schools? They go to year round school, and with the switch of schools, they switched to a different “track” that doesn’t go back until JANUARY 27TH. Ack!! It’s good in that it gives them lots of time to get used to the house before school starts, but it SUCKS FOR ME! I’m having a hard time unpacking with everyone underfoot, whining and fighting. Lord, send better weather, PLEASE. The 65 degree temps yesterday rocked; The 27 degree temps today aren’t so wonderful. I don’t care if it is January!

Kayley’s LOVING her room, but she’s loving her own bathroom even more. She has it all unpacked and decorated pretty, while her room still looks like a pit. Silly girl. I’m going to lean on her to get it done this weekend before school starts Monday.

Anyway – that’s it from here. I’d post more pics, but I can’t find my camera cord. Soon!

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