Well, since the last time I wrote a lot has changed. We moved back to California. For job reasons we returned to the place we came from. A place we thought we'd never return to. To my surprise, I absolutely am loving it here. Everything is so green and lush right now. I love the atmosphere here! It is so much more relaxed than Colorado. I love colorado, but I am loving California too. We are looking forward to seeing our old friends and have already seen some family. On Friday we went to The Wild Animal Park and had a great time. The kids got to pet a four year old alligator and see a bird show. Our drive out from Colorado was a great learning experience thanks to the "Carschooling" book. We learned about air pressure from a balloon experiment as we changed elevations, figured how far we would travel going a certain speed for a certain amount of time, played story telling games, made "silver sculptures" with foil, played "text twist" on our navigation system, followed our route on the map, etc... We also let them watch a few movies on a dvd player a friend gave us for the trip when we were ready for quiet time. Overall, everyone did great on the road trip. Right now we are looking for a house to rent. I'm hoping to find one soon, as I am ready to set up and not be in-between places. We are staying at my sisters ranch right now which has been great for the kids! They have a trampoline that they spend hours on each day and chickens that chase the kids around. My kids love finding the eggs in the hen house and picking all the wild flowers in the fields. It's so nice to see them playing outdoors since we have been cooped up for months with the winter in colorado. I will post more when we get settled. Right now I have limited internet access. Tara
Comments
March 17, 2008 - Home Again
Posted by lotsofcicero
I'm very happy for you all. I hope that you have a great inbetween time. I'm jealous. I miss you already. Love you Rachel