Happy

My three boys have been over-the-moon-happy for the past few days. You see, we've been doing a lot of work and a bit of rearranging in our house lately.

Gene's dad offered to give Gene his beautiful old desk and we finally got around to getting it moved in to Gene's office yesterday. The desk and credenza are huge, and even though Gene's office is very large, we were all petrified that it wouldn't fit! It was no problem, though. We just had to remove one door and the pieces were in! Gene is so happy with his new office, and the goofy boys are pretty excited too.

Of course, Gene's new desk meant that we needed to do something with the old oak library table he's used for a desk for the past eight years. Will has been begging for a desk in his room, so when the boys were enjoying an overnight visit with Nana and Pop, we decided to move the library table in, completely rearrange his room, and surprise him! Fortunately, Will was thrilled with his new desk, which is good because we also had to remove a door to get it into his room and neither of us wanted to move it back out. I am happy to report that homework is going much faster now that Will has a quiet place to concentrate.

Henry doesn't need a desk just yet (though Gramma and Grampa have one for him when he's ready), but Henry was super excited to read Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson and recreate the animals' feast. We made apple muffins and a berry crisp, and munched on honey nuts, pears and fish (goldfish, in our case) while sipping herbal tea.

We have so much to be happy and thankful for this year!