Sleepovers

The girls are really into sleepovers lately. They had Mimi over for one and plan to have the other three g-parents at some point. They have had a few with the Smith girls, and they love it.

Well, last night Maggie and I were talking about something and out of the blue she says she wants me to ask Mr. Gill (our retired neighbor) to have a sleepover at our house. I double checked to make sure I heard her correctly. Yes, she wanted Mr. Gill to come sleep over the next time Daddy was out of town. Hmmm.

I said, I don't know if Daddy would be too happy about that. She then said it would be fine if Daddy was home. Daddy could sleep in Maura's bed and Mr. Gill could sleep with Mommy in Daddy's spot.

Interesting.

Wow, we have a lot of stuff.

Well, we are getting ready to list our house. Our goal is to put it on the market early March, really, the sooner the better. Well, it has been a lot of work. We have taken over 6 suburban loads and two pickup truck loads of "stuff" to the new house and really, if you didn't know better, you wouldn't even notice. I will say, the house is looking pretty spiffy, but in a "it-should-have-looked-like this-anyway" way. The play room has been reduced to a kitchen, doll baby crib, a box a dress up and a few bins with toys. Gone is the train table, the high chairs, the strollers, the doll houses, the stuffed animals, the toy vanity, the... well, a lot of stuff. But you know what, the kids are surviving. They are actually playing with the one house and my little ponies they have down there. They have not even asked where all the other stuff is. I am tempted to just get rid of it. I tried to sneakily put the toy hair dresser thingy out on the curb. Well we walked our friends out to their car, and Maura saw it. She didn't get upset. In fact, she didn't say anything. She just went over and started playing with it. Then when she was done she came in. I have to wonder what she was thinking.

So we plan to put the finishing touches on the house next weekend and move out. Hopefully get it listed the following week. We are keeping our fingers crossed. this market is not the best market to be selling your house, but when you have four kids (girls none the less) a 3 bedroom, 1 full bath house, just ain't gonna cut it.

A smile a day

Keeps a mommy happy. Our sweet little Kerri has taken to smiling. She is a cutie when she smiles, as her whole face smiles. It does not take much to make her smile either, just a shred of attention... something that is in high demand at our house.