The upstairs family room, the dining area, the living room, and the library are all bare. The carpet is out, staples pulled, and the underlayment vacuumed. Maddy decided the flooring now made a perfect pallet for tracing our hands, signing our names, and providing a few tidbits about the people who now occupy this house. She wanted whoever pulls up this carpet to know a little about the family that lived here on September 20, 2010, which is the last time the floor was bear. Here are some of our words:
On part of the living room floor she wrote: "This is the floor I danced and tumbled on since we moved in. I mastered the cartwheel on this floor and later perfected a round-off. Over there is out kitchen where my mom and I would waltz with me standing on her feet. I made chicken alfredo, spaghetti, hamburgers, and many desserts."
On another section of the living room she wrote: " Just so you know that when you tear up this carpet, this was my childhood home; don't ruin it w/ red shag carpet. Oh! and Maddy is in a Christian Band called Thre3e Days Later which is probably famous by now!
Beside her traced hand, Kenzie wrote: "17-years-old and the hands of a 10-year-old."
I wrote by all of our hands: "These hands have played balloon volleyball and decorated Christmas trees and given lots of hugs and squeezes right here in this room."
On the steps leading up to the library Maddy wrote: "Maddy rode down these stairs in a laundry basket when she was younger."
Between the girls' bedroom doors she wrote: "Here hung a mirror Kenzie and I would practice our crying faces in front of so when we got in trouble we could do it just right!"
Such wonderful memories, and it makes me so happy that my daughters have had such a joyous childhood in this house just like I had in my childhood home. Even when we no longer live here and when Doug and I are dead, Kenzie and Maddy can always recall these words and memories.
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