We had our first Family Movie Night in our new home tonight, only without the movie. Papa Johns DOES deliver out that far - thank God! So we had our Saturday night pizza together in the kitchen of our new house, using paper towels for plates, and afterwards played in the backyard. Marty was hunting bugs and Geoff was helping. Ellie and I mostly watched.
Marty saw a bunny rabbit and ran after it shouting, "Bunny! Bunny! Hey, Bunny! I'm friendly! Don't be scared!" as the bunny ran for its life. Of course I was shouting after him not to chase it because it would think he was a predator, but that was as effective as you would expect.
Ellie discovered that the texture of the family room floor is really super neat and very satisfying. She slid a wooden toy tomato slice back and forth over the floor for the better part of an hour. What a lovely clattery sound it made, too.
I cleaned up from the week long painting session and tonight's dinner while Geoff and his dad replaced all of the locks and almost all of the doorknobs with new oval knobs, locking or otherwise. The oval knobs are easier for Ellie, and me (arthritis in my hands), to turn than round knobs. The locking knobs went on the bathrooms so a key is needed to get in (keeps Ellie out of sinks, bathtubs, and toilets). All doors to the outside (including the garage) are now deadbolts that require a key from both sides (keeps Ellie in the house, she knows how to turn a deadbolt knob and escape).
Just part of making the house our own, and safe for us all!
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