Life in a suitcase

The last few days have been a whorl-wind of cleaning, packing, organizing, and re-packing suitcases. And while Vern and I have been doing this, the kids seem largely been oblivious to it all.  But even the dog senses something is up because we are running around so much, and she won't get out from under foot for fear of being left behind (...she goes to the kennel tomorrow!).  Caleb has taken great delight in finding treasures in our sorted piles, and playing with them....we'll only know what's missing when it's too late!  As long as the essentials we need to live remain in the suitcases, we'll be fine, or so I tell myself.

This is Caleb's idea of packing for a trip.

We had our family Christmas tonight, and Claire was thrilled to receive a backpack that her doll fits into.  So it's packed and ready to go.