Arriving at home

One of the nice things of moving to a place that you have been before is that there are people waiting for you. We are still settling in and still organizing and filling out papers. But we also enjoy the nice welcomes from our friends and family. Some of my favorite moments are the following:

- My childhood friend Michael (I have known him for 30 years!) dropped in on our 3rd day here with flowers and chocolates at 7:30am on his way to work - just to say hi and welcome us!

- My grandmother had knitted me a pair of new slippers to use at home and had left them in our new apartment. I love to wear them.

- My neighbor has 4 kids and has just about everything you need. In our first week here she handed down a perfect pair of shoes for Lilly to play outside and a pair of pants for Finn to play in the dirt.