EVERYONE'S PACKING ...

Hi Friends!

We got up this morning, and we got right into packing. Last night, I successfully packed up the bathrooms, front entrance, and hallway (including bookshelves and closets). So, today my goal was to pack up the dining room (it's more like our schoolroom). I spent the morning doing that. Molly is really into helping me pack, so that's a big help especially because she does all the running around and busywork. We spent most of the morning packing, and the boys were busy doing "boy stuff." Will, from next door, had spent the night.

In the afternoon, I took child #3 of 4 back-to-school shopping. Today it was Cameron's turn. We stopped at Del Taco for lunch and then went over to Target to shop. We had a pretty successful shopping venture, buying tennis shoes, underwear, socks, belts, jeans, and shirts. We also bought a binder as well as assorted school supplies there like pencils, pens, etc. It was really crazy and it seemed like EVERYONE in Simi Valley was shopping. We found everything we needed at Target except for a backpack and eraseable pens. So, we drove over to Staples and picked up those two things and came home. I had Cam try on his jeans and I was very thrilled that they fit him (he's a 30x32), because he refused to try them on at the store. Like a typical teenage boy, he insisted he could tell they fit by holding them up against his body!

After the shopping excursion, which was fun -- but ended up taking about 3 hours, I came home and napped. It really wiped me out! I slept for several hours until it was time for dinner. Susan Harper came over tonight and brought us meatloaf and other assorted goodies for dinner. So, we all ate dinner.

Currently Molly is upstairs packing in her room, and Cameron is going through his DVDs and videos, sorting and packing them. The little boys are playing on the computer, and Bill is getting ready for the work week. Our PODS container is being delivered tomorrow, so he was working in the garage today. Since the container will be in front of the garage, he wanted to put all the motorcycles, gokart, quad, etc. onto the trailer, so that they'd be out of the way.

We found out that Cameron will be in the Oxnard school district based on our new address. School will start for him on September 1st. The timing is perfect as that's the day we take possession of our new rental house. We're not sure which high school he'll be going to, but Bill will make the arrangements this week. Cam and I had a nice chance to talk today while shopping. He is a little nervous about starting at a new school, but he is also looking forward to having a fresh start.

I'm going to sign off and turn in early for bed tonight. Tomorrow I am going to pack the family room, take delivery of the PODS container, and take Isaac back-to-school shopping. Isaac is very anxious to go and has been waiting patiently while all the other kids went. So, I'm looking forward to a little one-on-one time with him tomorrow!

Much Love,
Michele