On the Move Again!

Looks like we're on the move again, except this time we're heading to the wilds of the Midwest, instead of the mysteries of Europe.

Thanks in part to this Berlin trip, we decided that it's time to say good-bye to New Jersey and hello to ... Illinois?! Yes, we're done with the long commute to the city, crazy day care schedules and constant run-run-running. We've got a smaller city to learn and new adventures to come.

Once again I'm keeping a blog so you can keep tabs on us.  How do you move a full house and family of four to a new state? I guess we'll soon find out.

Change is good.

Getting Back to Reality

Now that we're home, we have to start re-settling in. It's nice to be home, but at the same time, there's a lot that needs to be taken care of here.

One task, sorting through the mail ....

Seven weeks of mail

We dropped the kids off to day care this morning with much fanfare. Leah and her bff were reunited -- with shrieks and hugs. Then Leah prompted asked us to leave so she could go about her day. Unfortunately, Alice's reaction was quite the opposite. She clung to mommy and cried. I died a little.

Then, it was off to grocery shop and back home to tackle a long list of things to do before heading off to work tomorrow. Back to reality.

One of those things is sorting through trip photos, so I'll be posting a bunch of the gems I missed here in the next few days.