Family Time: Chapter 2- Albucrazy

The kids and I spent some time in Albuquerque helping out with a few things. Mission 1 was to have a huge garage sale. Despite the constantly changing crazy weather-- high winds, cold, hot, and even snow, mission accomplished. The greatest accomplishment in the sale was clearing out a little space in Pappy's house.

It was good we got that stuff cleared out on Friday and Saturday because Sunday my brother returned to the house to find water coming out the front door. Turns out the washing machine shut-off didn't shut off and so it was flooding the house. It didn't take long for us to fill all of the new empty space with the furniture we had to move off the soaked carpet. Thanks to A LOT of help we got stuff moved, the kids taken care of, and had a yummy dinner that night. The kids were troopers during the whole process. In fact the boys loved getting blown around by the huge fans we brought in. The best line from the whole experience went something like this. My brother to the neighbor "Ah my house is flooded, do you have any... um... towels?"

In our spare time during this first week the kids had a great time playing outside (of course when it wasn't blowing, freezing, or snowing). My favorite conversation during these times went something like this:

E: I digging for treasure. Look Treasure!

Cousin P: E That's cat poop.

E: No poop. A treasure!

Me: Ah E. That IS cat poop.

E: Oh (with a little frown). Poop.

He spent the rest of the afternoon excitedly finding me more cat poop.