Made in Taiwan

What a way to wake up. To the sight and sound of NJ reading in his bed. I love it.

Reading his lego book must've made him think of playing with them since he disappeared.

I guessed right, I found him with his legos. I think he's missed them.

We closed the gate to let Dotty out this morning. 

NJ found a little roly poly. It made me happy to see him discovering things in the yard and enjoying it. Haven't had much chance to do that at the other house. 

We took our opportunity to visit Auntie Becca before she leaves on her trip. And now we're close enough to drop by. That was a nice treat. 

A visit to the house where the guys are working on fixes. Gates need replacing and other rotting wood. 

The ugly, peeling paneling in the garage needs to come down. It looks better already. 

NJ has been so good with all the chaos in the last few days and weeks. So I asked him what he wanted to do or where he wanted to go. It's a potentially dangerous question. But this is what I love about NJ, it doesn't take much to make him happy. He wanted some frozen yogurt. Whew, that's easy, we can do that! 

Back at home, we took a nap. I think it was really just me though. I woke up from my nap to NJ's tiger and elephant. A nice way to wake up. He said he wanted to share them with me to keep me company. How sweet. 

Oh my, what a sweet heart just like her mom. They dove right in to cleaning the cabinets with me so we could start filling them. After wiping down the shelves and drawers I didn't want them to feel like they had to keep working. But no, my friend starts opening boxes and before I knew it we had unpacked quite a few. We filled a lot of the shelves at least with essential dishes, bowls, cups, and mugs. And most of the drawers with flatware and utensils. I couldn't believe how much we had gotten done in such a short time. The only thing that took a little longer was trying to figure out where to put it and the best way to configure it. 

We had to have a little fun with our work. The boys were trying to fit in this box so we all took our turns trying to fit in it too. Even Dotty, but she needed help in and out of the box. Some of us fit better than others. 

We're on our way to using our kitchen already! Thanks to some very helpful and productive, hard working friends who were willing to help without us even asking. Baba got help too moving furniture around and putting boxes away. We got so much done, it was amazing and felt great. We got way more done than we expected and couldn't have done it without them. We were so happy to not only have them over, but to get so much accomplished at the same time. 

We were wondering where Dot Dot went and found her hiding under this comfy throw that fell on the floor. She must've been hiding from all the commotion through the house. What a day, it was simple but felt so fulfilling in many ways. Feeling very blessed again today.