Picnic in an Empty House

There was no furniture, so we sat, criss-cross apple sauce, on the hardwood floor to have our first meal in our new home. So much sunlight was streaming through the window that the dust bunnies in the corners seemed like decorations. The kids could not sit still, even for the time to take this picture, much less eat any of the food at their feet. There were just too many empty rooms to discover, filled with mysterious tiny doors and strange little corners. The empty house echoed with their happy shouts to each other as they explored.

It was just three weeks ago, and although we've filled the house with our belongings, there are still unopened boxes in most rooms. But yet the kids still talk about the day we ate on the floor as though it was a distant memory, laughing about it around the dinner table.

Happy Wordful, not so Wordless and Way-back wednesday!