A Change of Plans

Daddy got a call at about seven the next day that our furniture wasn't going to be delivered that day, due to the slight drizzle, and high chances of heavier, rain. So we took the morning slowly, much more to our liking ;). We decided to go out for a special breakfast, and then go work on the house a little bit more.

We knew that we needed to take the laundry so that we could wash it again. Peter decided to help...

 He moved it! It was heavy, I promise! But, he moved it! 

He has some muscles, that's for sure!

 But he couldn't get it through a closed door!

He knows the solution... now, if he could... just... reach it...

As we were getting ready to leave, Daddy asked Mommy "Well, do you want to walk, or drive?" Heeheehee ;). (It was just a ways away behind the hotel., although I did not know that at this point.) Visions of another time we had "walked there" from a hotel came to my mind, and I thought he was joking about that time- or, at least, surely it wasn't going to take as long as that fruitless journey had been ;). Mommy didn't care, so Daddy started walking to the car, but then stated to Mommy "No, we can walk. Driving will mean you have to park the fifteen passenger van.". We started walking across the grass, and quickly realized it was wet ;). But we persevered! Daddy then realized that things weren't quite set up like he thought they were, and decided to go back to the car. He said he would have walked by himself, but we had five little people with us ;). So, back to the car we headed, where we had to decide who was sitting in which car. We finally made it across the street ;).

We went to Ihop... and as is tradition, no matter how "hard" Mommy tried to talk them out of it, one of the little ones talked her and Daddy into letting them try a "Funny Face"...

This time it was Emmi (well, and Bethi, but she didn't seem to have a problem with it, haha)...

 Ya, that's not Emmi... but he was too cute not to share :)...

 There's Emmi! She hasn't even tasted it yet...

 Now she has! She likes it :)...

 Maybe a little too much ;). Heeheehee!

Love her! Haha :)...

Tori jokes that I missed cooking while we were on our trip, because while taking the little ones to the restroom after we ate, I made a wrong turn and ended up in the kitchen. Har, har, snicker, ha. Haha :).

Once we left, we headed for "home" :)! Daddy then took Tori and several of the little ones to wash the laundry, while Mommy and I stayed to do some cleaning, and Andrew watched Peter :). It was so funny, we found so much change around the house. At one point I was cleaning the huge closet in our room, and found a whole bunch in a little crack between the shelf and the wall. I called Mommy and asked "Could you help me?". She was like "With what?...". I think she was worried that it was something bad ;). I started fishing out money, and said "Could you hold this... and this... and these... oh, this too...". By the time I was half done she was like "How much more IS there?". "Hold on..." I told her. "Not too much more... here...". Then I heard behind me "Aw! A twopence! Bri, look, it's a "tuppence"!!!!" That was neat :). Her hands were full when I was done ... counting that and all the rest we found around the house, we found close to two dollars, most of it pennies! Haha :).

We spent a good bit of time washing walls and floors. And windows. I don't think the attic window had been touched for several years, it was disgusting, haha. The cobwebs were very thick in that window ;). We ended up having to call Daddy and to tell him that we needed more magic erasers for the walls. Daddy couldn't believe us, and I don't blame him. We had bought SEVERAL boxes the night before, but it was becming apparent that what we had wasn't going to last through all the walls, even if they made it through the rest of the day ;).

On the way back to the hotel, we had a little bit of an escapade, resulting in a drowned cherry, but we were fine, and all it resulted in is a little laugh whenever we see a certain spot of the road. And that is all the particulars you're going to get. Hahaha!

Daddy looked at the weather forecast for the next day, and we were very afraid that the furniture couldn't be delivered the next day, due to more storm warnings. But the next day turned out nice and fairly sunny, so we were able to move on as planned :)!