Crating 201

The crating is DONE!!  We got to the “dock” where they fill our crate.  I thought we would be doing it, but this company does it themselves, but has you watch to tell them  “yay or nay” on where they put things.  I only had to say “nay” to one placement.  I have 2 cherished trunks, one being an army trunk.  They started to put it on it’s side.  It has wooden handles & I didn’t want there to be too much weight that might break the handles.

Otherwise they did a great job!!  They were done packing in 15 minutes!!  We could never have done it that fast!!  However, we had about a fourth of space left.  And you don’t want to leave a crate partially empty.  The shifting could break something.  So, off to Wal-Mart we went to find some fillers!

We ended up purchasing quite a bit extra, but we know we will enjoy having those extra things. 

Opening that crate is going to be like Christmas!!  We got some new toys for the kids.  Especially since their birthdays are coming up.  They may get it a little late, but I really don’t think they will care once they see what we got them!!

We opted to buy LOTS of mac & cheese and Goldfish crackers!  The kids are gonna love that too!! =)  You can see a few boxes of them peaking out if you look close enough.  All in all it was a good experience!