Moving Day

Big day today! This morning, Madison started early by getting us up at 6:30 am, for no apparent reason. Still, we had to get up early because we had an appointment to get the big furniture moved from the old house to the new house.

While we waited, we read books together and played with the dollhouse a bit. But soon enough, the moving truck arrived and it was time to go to work.

As usual, Madison was her useful self, unafraid of assisting with ginormous pieces of furniture. Here she is, helping one of the movers below:

She's so very happy to tear off that shrink wrap because underneath is her work desk. As he helped her take it all off, she beamed with joy. "Thank you!" she said with such sincerity that the movers were very amused. Madison entertained everyone, so much so that they had to go visit her one last time before leaving - just to say goodbye!

Madison enjoyed seeing her furniture come in very much, and the rooms look very nice now. The furniture seemed so much larger in the old house, and yet in these new rooms there is more space to maneuver. We've all been quite happy to see it come today, actually.

There's a lot to unpack, but that will be our adventure for 2011, won't it?

Tonight before bed, we watched "Peter Pan," the live action movie from a few years ago. It was to prepare Madison somewhat for tomorrow's big show. Really looking forward to it - we'll be sure to write about it tomorrow. The three of us were quite tired, but content as we snuggled on the couch and took a quick visit to Neverland.

How nice... tonight we sleep in our own master bedroom for the first time, back in our most excellent bed! Goodnight!

THE SHREK CHIA CAM

1/24/11

1.24.11: Madison shouted out "growing" when she saw Shrek this morning, so we took a picture of it as soon as we could. The last two days have been a sudden burst of sprouting for Shrek's hair, though you can clearly see here that he has a receding hairline. It must be genetic, although this is only a hypothesis. Based on our scientific observations, at this point our theory is that people get bald up top because their head isn't filled with enough water. Shrek's nose hairs seem to be doing just fine though!