"I think he meant neighborhood walks, not heavy lifting." It was still not very stern, because he knew he shouldn't have left this stuff here for her to do to begin with.

He pointed a thumb back down the hallway.

"I'll go pull some of rest of these out of the living room and you can go through 'em if you want to do something." He sounded tired, and he was, but if she had her mind set on it, the least he could do was make it easier.