HAPPY JOY REBEL DAY!!

The first-ever official Joy Rebel Day was on July 1st! I meant to post yesterday, but things, as you will see, are a titch CRAAAAAAZZZZY chez the Bear family.

Here's how our day went:

Little Bear woke me up bright and early as usual -6:45 or so. I got up, picked him up, walked down the hallway, and surveyed the living room:


IT WAS MOVING DAY!! I hyperventilated for a minute or two and then walked into the bathroom, looked at myself in the mirror and thought "I CHOOSE JOY." Check out the big grin:


I changed a poopy diaper:

(you didn't really think I would post a photo of poop, did you?)

And then I made an especially yummy Joy Rebel Day breakfast for myself and Little Bear:

(That's cherries, homemade muffins, and marble cheese)

I thought it was delicious. Little Bear wasn't feeling too hungry, I guess:


After breakfast I cleared some space and Little Bear helped me sort the laundry:





So helpful!

July 1st is a holiday here in Canada-land, so in the afternoon our wonderful friends came to help us move. They fit an astounding amount of stuff in the van! Here's what was left after the first load:


And this is the van. Kind of like 3-d Tetris!


Our friend Greg stood guard:

No one was going to steal our stuff with him watching over it!

We made a second run with the van to pick up the bits and pieces, and then we all went over to the new place and had supper in the backyard:



(This photo has inspired me to invest in awesome patio furniture as soon as some comes up on kijiji -now that we have a back yard I I want a back yard oasis!)

Here's our new view!


The weather was grey and a little chilly, as it's been for the past month or so, but it was so green and beautiful! I can't wait to live here!

The grass was wet, so I tried to keep Little Bear on the patio, but he managed to find things to explore (aka get into) anyway:



"Hi Daddy!"


And to finish off the day we spent some time inside. Some of the guys had a crazy dart gun fight all over the house while Little Bear practiced getting up and down the step from the living room to the dining room.

I can tell that he can't wait to live here either.
Soon, little one...soon!

He fell asleep on the way home:


I put him to bed with no trouble and had an hour to myself before watching the fireworks from our balcony (no photo because I didn't want to miss them). I'm going to miss being able to see the fireworks from our house, but I think the trade-off is well worth it.

Happy Joy Rebel Day everyone! I hope you had a great one too!