Step 8 – Climbing, Catching, and Finishing Touches ….

Tea Party!!! (Simple things = the best bits of happiness … REALLY)

The kids decided they wanted a tea party… however we had already given away all our MUGS… so we had a solo cup tea party inside the Motorhome….
They had so much fun. It was beyond simple and something they’ll remember forever… they have asked me already if they can have another one… I promised them we would once we got on the road….

Then my oldest has always been a ‘catcher’ of critters… anything… he catches it and shows me… He’s caught so many lizards and crickets it’s not even funny… 🙂 Proud moments I suppose. 🙂

He’s also my CLIMBER… OH MY GOODNESS he’s my climber…. Since he was born and could crawl/walk/climb…. he’s been climbing….
He climbs walls… He puts things together just to climb them…. He climbs trees WAY TOO HIGH and people stop to ask if he needs help to get down… (he doesn’t… he just loves to climb) —- He even climbs vertical light poles (again drawing a crowd because it’s a bit out of the box for most people to see a boy his size scaling something without any struggle)….. he climbs on the playground (on top of it where you’re not supposed to climb)… Well he’s already climbed the motorhome and loves to climb the ladder… I have to constantly watch him because he will indeed get right up on top and say “Hi Mom”… (hasn’t happened yet but I don’t put it past him to TRY)….

Then I had a couple friends help out with a couple different “this doesn’t work” issues… and miracles are wonderful. This motorhome is put together so nice. It’s clean. It’s working well. It’s ready to go…
We are just lingering with a few more finishing touches….. last FEW things…. 🙂
EEEEEEKKKKKK 🙂 🙂

 

STEP 6 — Awning adventure, Strawberries, OUR MAP, and MOVIE NIGHT!

STEP 5 — Curtains up, Divider down, Shelves in

As time goes on, I take things out, put them back in… put them over there.. and then over here…

I was going to keep the divider but decided to get rid of it and put up the hand made curtains my Nana made me when we left NY in the other travel trailer….. Kids are getting more used to the motor home. They’re enjoying their spaces and are happy to ‘decorate’ with easy up – easy down stickers….

 

Then there’s the case of the old half bent metal blinds in every window…. they click and clank every time we hit a bump on the road and after telling myself 100x over that I didn’t need to get rid of them and they’d do just fine…. I grabbed the screwdriver and they all came out in 20 minutes.  PHEW *  sooooo GLAD I did that… and although I do not have a sewing machine or proper curtains … I do have bright orange fabric to make it look bright and happy.  I do have planets fabric and flowers fabric to ‘make’ curtains quickly just to make it look more “home” like…  This is going to be where we spend the majority of our time for the next few months…. so it might as well be what we want…. 🙂

I had someone offer to help and I was grateful…. so I asked for shelves…. PERFECT shelves were made and they look GREAT! Helps me keep things separated and more organized (I think).  Little things mean so much when you’re temporarily living in such a small home on wheels.

The propane confusion was wonderfully explained & it all works great…. The TV’s got mounted … and it’s ALMOST ready to be lived in….   Have to check out the running lights and the AC still…

Our New Home. On Wheels.

I present to you – Blogging world —-

Our new Motor Home.

(hang in there with me as I learn NOT to call this a ‘camper’)

(((Although when the 3 year old says “CAMP – PURR” it’s just too darn cute!)))

The first picture I took of her as I drove up to pay for her.

*Excitement*

*Once in a lifetime*

*Can’t wait to show the hooligans bits and pieces of America*

*Wish I could do this forever*

 

 

If we are going from Arizona to New York then why not do it with a little bit of something different… 🙂