A Georgia Fourth Once More

Happy Independence Day from our new front porch!

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Discovery Place Kids

One of our very favorite "adventures" is Discovery Place Kids.  With both boys old enough to play, our membership has been well worth it many times over!  After a particularly stressful past week, I decided we need to get there for some fun on Friday morning.  We arrived just in time for the puppet show which (for once) both boys loved!

We spent a couple hours there playing at nearly every exhibit.  Clark thought the oven was a dishwasher and had lots of fun loading and unloading it.

Calvin was pretty excited by the new bells in the music area.  He also really enjoyed the veterinarian's office for the first time after learning about them recently.

Clark found the floam and was fascinated by it.  And, he didn't try to eat any of it either!

Calvin joined us and played for a while as well.

While both of our boys are somewhat of "butterfly children," they thankfully were largely in agreement about what and where to play this whole trip and took turns following each other around.  And, they love to play together lately, so that made it easier, too.

Of course, we finished with Clark at the water area because he loves to get soaked and needs a change of clothes before heading out every time.  But, he really, really loves it!

And, the water is conveniently adjacent to the giant train table.  Our little engineer looks forward to finishing his visit there every time!

And here we are...

The days became weeks, the weeks became months, and now the months have become years.  We are staring down the end of Devin's residency, and I've barely blogged about it.  Mostly, our days were so routine that there was not always a lot to say.  Keeping private blogs for each of the boys (let me know if you want it on those!) took up most of the interesting moments, too.  One day, though, I imagine I'll want to look back and remember that for three years straight we went to story time every Tuesday.  We did play group on Thursdays, errands on Mondays and Wednesday, and we usually stayed home on Fridays.  Each boy got three books before nap and bed, and breakfast was muffins every day for months straight.  Devin worked 80 hours a week but almost always made it home by bath time--even if it meant he went back to writing notes as soon as it was done.

But, all of that is going to be changing in big ways in the coming months.  We are working to sell the only home Calvin and Clark have ever really known and planning our trip to look at new houses in Georgia for next month!  Then, there will be the actual move.  We'll leave behind our friends, our backyard, our library (yes, it really is ours), and our parks.  The grocery store won't miss us, but we will miss the people who knew us and talked to us every week.  Of course there will be a new library, and there will be amazing parks.  But, Calvin won't have conversations with the librarians like the old friends they are...at least not for a couple years until they are old friends.  The park will be a place for meeting up with new friends, too, instead of the friends my boys have learned and grown with for so long.

All of this is really to say, though, that I'm really wanting to get back to keeping up this little corner of the internet.  The days may be long, but the years are short.  I don't want to let them get away.