Josh decided the house was too messy for him recently and started getting onto me about it...to which I said it's completely unfair to expect 1 person to clean up after 5! So, on Saturday we stopped everything and picked up. It made for a long, lame Saturday. The kids' toys were all over the house. Josh and I had started tripping over them in the middle of night when Meredith would wake up. "/ Train pieces would go flying down the front hallway on a regular basis as I would fumble along in the dark on my way to the kitchen to warm up a bottle. I've heard this is normal when you live with young kids...

Anyway...after a few hours of cleaning together, we finally got the house to a point that's livable...until all of the toys make their way back downstairs over the next day or two.

Does anyone else have a vehicle bay instead of a breakfast nook table?  Or is it just me? — Does anyone else have a vehicle bay instead of a breakfast nook table? Or is it just me?

When we viewed this house, one of the first things we noticed (one of the first things everyone notices) is the set of soccer goal posts in the front part of the property. It was actually noted as a feature... "sports field" I believe is what it was referred to as. They looked a little out of place to me, but I could live with them. Figured the kids may want to use them in a few years. And everyone that comes over uses them as a way finder to get to the right house. Josh HATES them. I can't believe they've lasted this long. This weekend he finally cut them down.

I didn't realize how big these things were until I was standing under one of them!  Good grief!  I'm kind of surprised I never came home to kids playing in the yard thinking it was a neighborhood park or something... — I didn't realize how big these things were until I was standing under one of them! Good grief! I'm kind of surprised I never came home to kids playing in the yard thinking it was a neighborhood park or something...

Welding machines and cutting torches remind me of my Dad.  :) — Welding machines and cutting torches remind me of my Dad. :)

And they're down.  No one will ever be able to find the house again.  ;)  The plan is to use the metal for the dog run that we desperately need.  Hoss and Hilde come back from the trainer pretty soon.  Maybe that can be… — And they're down. No one will ever be able to find the house again. ;) The plan is to use the metal for the dog run that we desperately need. Hoss and Hilde come back from the trainer pretty soon. Maybe that can be next weekend's project!

Wallace tagged along with me and Meredith this morning.  He carried those goldfish the entire time.  And on a side note...Meredith is not as great in the backpack carrier as Wallace used to be.  He'd sit back there calmly for me for h… — Wallace tagged along with me and Meredith this morning. He carried those goldfish the entire time. And on a side note...Meredith is not as great in the backpack carrier as Wallace used to be. He'd sit back there calmly for me for hours...Meredith starts flinging her feet around like she's riding a horse every time I stop to take a picture... "/ This results in lots of shaky pictures.

One reason I love the new house is there isn't always a privacy fence in the background!  :) — One reason I love the new house is there isn't always a privacy fence in the background! :)