Basement Renovation

We are still in the throws of boxes. Our couch arrives at the end of September. Once we have that in the house we can start putting away more things. But for now we are living with the bare essentials. One thing I had to organize was the basement. Toys were thrown everywhere once our stuff from Tokyo arrived. The kids were so excited to see their toys, finally. I spent an entire day going through the toys and lining them up around the walls of the basement. The J man loves climbing the boxes and getting into everything. The kids are slowly adjusting to neighborhood life.  The K man loves these little cars you can drive around the neighborhood. One little boy has a police car and they like to make stops and arrest folks. He also made a friend down the street and they are back and forth at each other's house all the time. Our street is loaded with little girls for Miss M to play with. However, it can be stressful for her to navigate group dynamics like this in an unfamiliar setting. Lots of life lessons to be learned. I've been running a lot with our neighbor/friend from college and also enjoying group exercise classes at the local YMCA. We've made some great friends through church as well and look forward to developing better friendships as we get to know them better.