We are no longer homeless

though we continue to be "stuff"-less. We drove around today. The girls were not that excited as i had hoped they would be, but i guess in the mind of a 5 and 3 year old, the pool in the hotel is much more exciting than trees and mountains and houses. But Kat got to see her new school (just the outside and the playground).

And we got the keys to our new house!! :) House has new carpets throughout, and unfortunately slightly to our disappointment, no painting has been done. But we are getting all the paint for free, and some sort of credit for the labour, and bonus of course we get to pick the colours, so the girls get to have pretty pastel walls rather than white. So I guess that means more house renos in our future, but painting is better than flooring any day.

All three girls are exhausted as are mommy and daddy. So i imagine there will be no movie night tonight for the family. And despite the size (horribly small), and the lack of soundproofing (we were hearing kids in other rooms, in the pool and in the hall until after 11pm), we are staying in this hotel (Super 8) for another night. We will decide in the morning if we move to a different hotel. The girls got to enjoy the pool this afternoon. Ellie was the brave girl and went down the 80ft Slide!!! OMG!!! She went completely underwater at the bottom because she was going too fast and too awkwardly for daddy to catch her. She recovered very quickly though, but wouldn't go down again. Kat went up the stairs 5 times, but came down via the stairs 5 times. Dani would have loved to go down the slide, but much too narrow to fit daddy and her. But our little Fish, Dani, had a blast as usual when she is in water.

Now, off to figure out supper.