It's been a good one and I can't believe it's almost over! We had the best party in Sarah birthday party history right before we left. Great start for the summer, moon bounce, pool, lots of food and donuts for desert. Everybody had fun and only minor injuries so pretty good.
After that was a whirl wind of packing while sick, seeing our favorite peoples off and getting to the airport. I wasn't sure we would get to go on the plane once we got there because our layover was originally Canada and we didn't realize we'd need passports. The coordinator understood our mistake and gave us a layover in California instead. We made it!
We stayed with my friend for a few weeks and luckily we're still friends haha. I honestly miss her now and definitely am grateful for our friendship. After 4 years of sharing space with my parents it is nice to have a place to call our own. I know my parents are happy to have room and peace back, they are amazing. As soon as we moved in I put everything in it's place; I've never been that productive in my whole life.
The girls finally have their own room; first thing Sarah told Julia was that she wasn't aloud in her room. A few days later they were taking turns playing in each others rooms. We started using positive reinforcement this past week as an incentive to do chores, listen and work on reading. Things are going very well and once the girls start school I will start the job search. Hopefully I'll have a car before that time comes!
I really do like being home with the kids and am definitely appreciating that this is the calm before the storm; juggling school, home life, social life and work. How do people balance it all? I'm sure they just find a way to make it work as I know we will. Enjoying this fresh start and excited for this part of my life. Dann and I were talking about what things would be like in another 10 years for us; I'll be 41, he'll be 40 and Sarah will be 18. It'll be our last year with her and second to last with Julia. These past 10 years flew by and I know the next 10 will too. Life is precious.
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