Still Unpacking

This house is haunted by a spooky baby girl!

Mama and Daddy are still grinding away at getting rid of these boxes, but it seems like every time they turn a corner, there's another box full of stuff ready to be unpacked. Daddy actually put his foot down the other day and said "We're not buying any more stuff!" but Sweet Girl thinks she can probably cajole him into purchasing another toy when she wants one.

Madeleine's favorite morning activity is to play near the sliding glass door. This morning she watched as birds bobbed around on the back deck and hopped around just outside her reach. She also likes to climb through the curtains and emerge from behind them with a stage magician's flourish. "Everyone, look — it's me!"

Tickle Bug also likes to spend quality time with Mama while she's unpacking. As Mama was setting up the butcher's block with cookbooks, Wee Goblin decided it was high time that someone read to her, so she crawled into Mama's lap. What Mama read her wasn't important (though Baby Girl might have learned a little bit about frangipane and cannoli), it was the spending time together that was key.

Little by little, Tiny Terror helps Mama and Daddy get the house in order, sometimes by playing with toys, and at others coming from the far end of the house to make sure that Daddy is making progress in the office and not just napping on the couch. Daddy needs watching, you know.