Written - May 17th
Ok Week 1 Day 2 (So Saturday, May 16th)
As I said in my last post we were up SO early due to a nice rain storm. That was how we figured the rest of our day would go. It had started earlier that night but it was about 5am when K joined us in bed, or me I should say.
We eventually got up and the boys did a trip to the washroom wearing their boots and rain coats. They loved it! Arnold took them down, and from what I understand it took a while. They were splashing in all the puddles.
By the time they came back (My post from there talks about it being 'late' at 7:20) Arnold and I headed out. We waved goodbye to the kids and booked it out of there and off to the house. As soon as we got there Arnold had some breakfast and I started some laundry. It was good timing. We then got a few things moved around and the loads to Steve's house ready to go (our youth pastor at our church is 'storing' our stuff (aka using it in his new place) until we find our own place). Once our friends, Karin and Shawn got to our house with their truck we headed off. Arnold and Shawn took over some stuff in the first load and Karin and I packed up the kitchen and visited. We managed to get alot done. Or what felt like alot.
By 10:45am we realized a few things we needed (our cover for our mattress was the wrong size so we needed the size up, as well as some other things for the house), and we all went our separate ways. Shawn and Steve (who came back after the last load) took the last load to Steve's house, Karin went out to exchange the bag for us and then off to her appointments, Arnold stayed at home and got some more stuff ready to go to the storage unit and brought it to the front room, and I finished up the packing of the kitchen and we moved alot of it to the front of the house or out to the van. It was perfect. Once Shawn got home with the empty truck we filled it up with a load of stuff to the storage unit and then hit up Canadian Tire and got a new shelving unit and then went out for lunch. By the time we got to our house it was about 1:30 or so. Karin came over after her things to do with the bag for the bed and the boys took it all over to the storage unit. Karin and I finished filling up our car and hers and she followed me out to the campsite. It was raining SO hard by then. In fact people on the highway were going like 50 or so instead of going 100km/h. It was getting annoying!
We got to the campsite and I had permission to bring them down to drop off some things then book it out of there. Karin came down with me and we quickly ducked into the 10x17 tent and waited out the big part of the rain (what we had just had on the highway) then we emptied her car. Her husband and mine showed up shortly after and we got the BBQ and a few other things off there. We said thanks (after giving them the tour) and off they went.
Arnold and I then spent a bit of time getting organized. I put up the 5 shelf unit and we put all of our kitchen things on there. My dad kept saying that we really needed to have Rubbermaid containers for the food cause the coons would get in it and other things. So eventually my mom said, enough! She sent Dad and Arnold to do a Canadian Tire run! They went out and got another 5 shelf, an extension cord (which will handle 'everything' (good thing Dad is an electrician)), and a few other things, including some containers for the food. It was perfect! They got back and we made the next set of shelves so that the containers fit in JUST and that worked out well for us. The first set of shelves we moved over for the toys and made some room.
DH then spent some time on the computer trying to find us a fridge without very much luck. He sent off a few e'mails but nothing seemed to help! We finally decided we were just going to buy one so then he had to do research to find one to buy you know how men are!
After that we just worked really hard to get everything set up and ready to go. It took us a while to get things worked into containers, cleaning out buckets of "throw this in there" and then we managed to get some ideas of where things should go. Good thing too! We sat down for supper in the "Bus" around 7pm or so and had a crock pot roast that mom made (2 actually) and some potatoes (as we forgot the carrots). Then for dessert it was angel food cake and some whipping cream and strawberries! SOOO good.
Right after supper we did another washroom trip without realizing the time. We should have gotten the boys to bring their tooth brushes but we didn't realize it was already 8pm! Quinton soon showed us the time by being so grumpy and we got them off to bed. My mom gave me 2 water bottles and we heated them up and put them in bed for the boys. It was a great idea. I'm going to knit up some covers for them so that they aren't excited about twisting the tops off and getting water everywhere.
Once they were down DH and I got ready for bed, did some interneting and off to lala land for us as well. We were so tired from working so hard that day.
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Week 1 Day 1 - Friday, May 15th
Written - May 16th
Well Day #2 of moving is here. I'm really excited for it actually! Yesterday we were up at 7:30am and moving! The night before DH and I loaded up the van with our 10x17 tent, some things for the gazebo and a few other random things, we also loaded up the trailer with a few things and hooked it all together that night. When we realized about 7:45am that we had NO clothes for the boys we knew we were going to have a fun morning!
We all piled into the van and went to breakfast at CJ's and then off to the campsite. DH talked to the lady at the front and asked if we could 'look around' first before we picked/were assigned a site. She said sure, gave DH a map, marked off what was taken already and told him to go have a look. We picked our site (75) and then had DH go up with the van to get registered. Before he left we got the Trailer level or sort of, and the boys and I were working on 'stealing' rocks from other campsites near us to make a circle around our campfire. All the sudden K goes, "Mom I have to poop!" So off we went on the first of MANY treks to the bathroom. It didn't take us that long (as we are further from the washrooms) but we got up there and K went into the mens washroom. A few moments later he came out and told me he had just peed. I asked if he had washed his hands yet and he goes "opps, nope!" runs back in and tries to wash his hands. I could hear him yelling so I asked if he was ok and he said he needed me to come in and help him. I explained that this was the boys washroom and mommies were not aloud. He insisted he needed help and since it was 9am I figured not alot of people would be in there so I called in to check. There was a campsite worker in there and he said to go right in so I went in, helped wash his hands and off we went back to the campsite.
We got down the stairs, all 19 of them, and the boys both spotted birds and off they went. Then DH came around the corner from getting things set up at the front and we jumped in the van and headed back to the campsite. We managed to get the trailer up and generally put together before long.
I'll post more but I just realized how 'late' it was this morning (already 7:20am) and we have to get back to the house for 8am! I have to go and wake up Nana and Papa and let them know they are on Grandparent duty soon.
Hopefully our thundershowers we had last night will be the end of it for today!
Mir
~~~~~~ continued later ~~~~~~
I'm all done, well generally all done.
con't about yesterday:
We got the trailer generally set up (ie beds out, leveled, electrical hook up, and the dresser up) and my parents came in. The kids were so excited to see them. We went to chat with them a bit more then Arnold and I started emptying out the van. We had the boys mattress and the 10 by 17 foot tent in there. IT worked out really well to just transport those things at first. We made sure things were set with my parents, they understood where we wanted everything and off we went!
Arnold and I headed off to the campsite to the house and started getting things moving. We packed up a few things and got ready to move some more around. We first made a storage unit run, then hit up the computer repair place so I could get my computer back and got some lunch. Afterwards we went home and got a load for the trailer. We went back and saw everything. I was so impressed. My dad had got the 10 by 17 up and it looked great! We moved a few things in there and then hung out while the boys napped. About 1 hour or so after we got there the boys woke up and we played around and did a few washroom runs/bikes. It was alot of fun!
Around 4:30 or so I asked Dad and Arnold to head back to the house and pick up a few things as the bugs were starting to bite and I didn't want to handle that. I dressed them in their pants, long sleeves and coats and socks. Arnold and Dad went and picked up some cooking things we needed, along with the gazebo(sp) and a few random things. When they got back we started setting up the gazebo and got it up before supper. Mom made crock pot chicken with some chicken stuffing, cheese, and cream of chicken soup. It was SOOO good. She also made some rice to go with it as well.
We headed up to the washrooms around 7:30, 8pm and got the boys faces, feet, legs, arms and hands washed up and clean'ish' as well as brushing their teeth. We walked back to the campsite and said goodnight to my parents and off we went. By the time we got the boys changed and in bed it was already 9pm! I couldn't believe how fast the day had gone.
DH and I stayed up a bit longer, checking e'mail and getting ready for the next day.
That night though... wow.... We had a HUGE thunderstorm around 5am and Kyler ended up waking up and needed to come and snuggle. So he came to see me and DH went and slept in their bed. Overall it went really well. The rain didn't seem to do much to the trailer if anything and everything said and done the placed looked great. Which was a great start to the going to be rainy day!
I'll post more tomorrow and put up some photos. For now my bed is calling my name... and yes I realize it's only 9:20pm
Well Day #2 of moving is here. I'm really excited for it actually! Yesterday we were up at 7:30am and moving! The night before DH and I loaded up the van with our 10x17 tent, some things for the gazebo and a few other random things, we also loaded up the trailer with a few things and hooked it all together that night. When we realized about 7:45am that we had NO clothes for the boys we knew we were going to have a fun morning!
We all piled into the van and went to breakfast at CJ's and then off to the campsite. DH talked to the lady at the front and asked if we could 'look around' first before we picked/were assigned a site. She said sure, gave DH a map, marked off what was taken already and told him to go have a look. We picked our site (75) and then had DH go up with the van to get registered. Before he left we got the Trailer level or sort of, and the boys and I were working on 'stealing' rocks from other campsites near us to make a circle around our campfire. All the sudden K goes, "Mom I have to poop!" So off we went on the first of MANY treks to the bathroom. It didn't take us that long (as we are further from the washrooms) but we got up there and K went into the mens washroom. A few moments later he came out and told me he had just peed. I asked if he had washed his hands yet and he goes "opps, nope!" runs back in and tries to wash his hands. I could hear him yelling so I asked if he was ok and he said he needed me to come in and help him. I explained that this was the boys washroom and mommies were not aloud. He insisted he needed help and since it was 9am I figured not alot of people would be in there so I called in to check. There was a campsite worker in there and he said to go right in so I went in, helped wash his hands and off we went back to the campsite.
We got down the stairs, all 19 of them, and the boys both spotted birds and off they went. Then DH came around the corner from getting things set up at the front and we jumped in the van and headed back to the campsite. We managed to get the trailer up and generally put together before long.
I'll post more but I just realized how 'late' it was this morning (already 7:20am) and we have to get back to the house for 8am! I have to go and wake up Nana and Papa and let them know they are on Grandparent duty soon.
Hopefully our thundershowers we had last night will be the end of it for today!
Mir
~~~~~~ continued later ~~~~~~
I'm all done, well generally all done.
con't about yesterday:
We got the trailer generally set up (ie beds out, leveled, electrical hook up, and the dresser up) and my parents came in. The kids were so excited to see them. We went to chat with them a bit more then Arnold and I started emptying out the van. We had the boys mattress and the 10 by 17 foot tent in there. IT worked out really well to just transport those things at first. We made sure things were set with my parents, they understood where we wanted everything and off we went!
Arnold and I headed off to the campsite to the house and started getting things moving. We packed up a few things and got ready to move some more around. We first made a storage unit run, then hit up the computer repair place so I could get my computer back and got some lunch. Afterwards we went home and got a load for the trailer. We went back and saw everything. I was so impressed. My dad had got the 10 by 17 up and it looked great! We moved a few things in there and then hung out while the boys napped. About 1 hour or so after we got there the boys woke up and we played around and did a few washroom runs/bikes. It was alot of fun!
Around 4:30 or so I asked Dad and Arnold to head back to the house and pick up a few things as the bugs were starting to bite and I didn't want to handle that. I dressed them in their pants, long sleeves and coats and socks. Arnold and Dad went and picked up some cooking things we needed, along with the gazebo(sp) and a few random things. When they got back we started setting up the gazebo and got it up before supper. Mom made crock pot chicken with some chicken stuffing, cheese, and cream of chicken soup. It was SOOO good. She also made some rice to go with it as well.
We headed up to the washrooms around 7:30, 8pm and got the boys faces, feet, legs, arms and hands washed up and clean'ish' as well as brushing their teeth. We walked back to the campsite and said goodnight to my parents and off we went. By the time we got the boys changed and in bed it was already 9pm! I couldn't believe how fast the day had gone.
DH and I stayed up a bit longer, checking e'mail and getting ready for the next day.
That night though... wow.... We had a HUGE thunderstorm around 5am and Kyler ended up waking up and needed to come and snuggle. So he came to see me and DH went and slept in their bed. Overall it went really well. The rain didn't seem to do much to the trailer if anything and everything said and done the placed looked great. Which was a great start to the going to be rainy day!
I'll post more tomorrow and put up some photos. For now my bed is calling my name... and yes I realize it's only 9:20pm
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