last day

Today is our last day as east coasters. The house is empty. I am taking cupcakes to the kids schools today and I made little notes for them to hand out to their friends with their email address's on them.  Bubba is still taking it hard but he is coming around. This morning he even suggested that we just leave tonight so we can get to California faster.

The good news is that I called ahead to the housing people and looks like there is a chance that there are some houses we could move into immediately. This is great news because our things wont have to go to storage if we get a house next week. We have appointments on Wednesday to see them. Now we just need to do some research about the elementary schools that Bubba would go to depending on where we live. Maya is starting Kindergarten and was accepted to a charter school (Bubba is on the wait list). Things are slowly starting to fall into place. It would be great if we had a house to move into when we get there!

reality

We went camping this weekend in PA. Mostly, I planned the trip to avoid reality. The movers come tommrow. My oldest, Bubba (6) is taking it the hardest. He is an emotional kid and this move is very hard for him. I moved a lot growing up so I can relate. I was hoping that this little get away would help him get away from the stress of the move. But it was all waiting for us when we got back. We leave Saturday. I know we can do it, I just don't want to. I try to talk positive about the move and how much fun it will be in California but I don't think the little ones really believe me. 

Camping was fun none-the-less. The kids did great on long hikes and pond swims. Archery, marshmellows and finding turtles & lightning bugs rounded out our days.