A bit over 2 weeks since our final departure…..some highlights
Tahoe Evacuation: we started with 'evacuation camp' in the mountains given our house wasn't available yet (with the accelerated departure)
Featuring our 'Half assed home school'
Art...
Science…
(Thanks G'mom & G'dad for the belated Christmas gift - a fab 'school project'!)
Roller Rink & Pine needle PE...
Recess...
Teacher break...
Wow! Did we swing the pendulum moving to California:
Fresh fruit - we bought these on the 14th - they were PICKED only 3 days prior!
Seriously Eco - we went from having to go out of our way to recycle, to eco solutions being brought to us...
The bathroom at the community center where Zoe takes dance...
Even better - our garage! The cans they pick up from our curb…..
(trash + recycling AND compost. I LOVE it!)
But all this comes at a cost...
Warn against invisible evils - seriously, Starbucks telling us about the risk of chemicals in coffee??
(Wouldn't you keep that on the down low?!)
No Wild West in the west - gone is the parking flexibility…
But one really can't complain with this kind of scenery….
We also enjoyed Quincy turning 11 on this side of the pond
A split birthday brunch with 'Puncle Peric'….
Breakfast & presents in bed….
A ride on Cable Car #11 to sundaes on his 11th!
Now we have shifted to:
Settling into new normal
New Schools: Quincy & Zoe got into a great school in the Marina…
Even more color: while 'international' has been our recent norm, Xavier's school shows us super colorful. It is like the United Nations - people are from everywhere!
New Standards: Zoe came home day 1 with a huge pack of homework & reports "this is WAY harder"….
We also got a "please help your child learn to count money over break" note from her teacher. (Zoe can tell you the exchange rate between US dollars and hryvnia but doesn't know a nickle from a dime :0)
So while we are having to adjust to some new, we are enjoying the color too!
(a local wig store - 2 blocks away in case we get into a hair pinch)
Here's to enjoying the new and hoping the 'new normal' isn't too normal!
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