G-Ma and G-Pa's

So, there was this giant storm...lightning so constant it looked like there was a strobe light outside our window...accompanied by widespread power outages. 

No air conditioning. Sounds like a great time to visit Grandma and Grandpa! (...which we've been waiting to do anyhow. Luckily this storm hit right after Tony finished finals.)  What a good call.  Cozy didn't want to come home at all.  I think all of the yummy food contributed. Jonny walked thru Grandma's front door and said, "Mmm. It smells like beans!" Sure enough, Grandma had a pot cooking, and Jon ate burritos all week.

The kids also caught up with the new Avatar series. Lovin' Sofia's Korra-inspired hairdo!

SWAG!

Jon must have waxed nostalgic for the old last airbender series...because he just got an Aang haircut. :(

We got just enough fireworks to feel July 4th-y. Thank goodness we're from out of state. PA will only sell you the good stuff if you have an out of state driver's license. (Uh...yes...we're going to drive to Washington state to light off these mortars...) There were plenty of snakes, sparklers, and smoke bombs too (the legal ones).

And, darn it, I forgot to draw cute little faces on the spent smoke bombs, so we could pretend they were little creatures and keep them under our beds in a shoe box. The kids would have loved it. (I always did!) ...and Tony would have hated it! 

I also forgot to take pictures of the gardening I did while I was there. (Darn!) Well, I actually did remember...at about Gettysburg (our half-way point). Sorry Wanda.

When we finally came home today, I looked around and thought, "Wow. It looks like last July, when we were moving in." (But really, it's not nearly as bad.) Tony made a trip home to deliver some furniture his folks gave us (and clean out the frig), so his delivery was waiting for me to find it a home.

After much measuring and rearranging, I think we found a way to fit in Annika's new dresser. Yes, it's the one with the mirror! Adorable - I know! (Her old Ikea one was breaking daily. Those pressed-board pieces can only handle so many moves. This one is much more charming anyhow.) Cozy's nightstand is new too!

Cozy's dresser is now shoved in a corner, waiting to be cleaned off and cute-ified.

Amazingly, her wall decals moved pretty easily...no paint peeled off or anything.  I took the opportunity to make a couple of changes. I ditched the creepy squirrel and stuck the cute hedgehog in instead. SO much better. I case you don't remember, their room used to look like this...and then this.

...and I can neither confirm not deny throwing out a huge bag of toys. (Don't tell!)

Tomorrow I'll show you what else I was up to in Pennsylvania.