I’m feeling a little homesick for Fairchild…..I know many of you might think I am crazy, but I do. In the five years that we were stationed there, it became our home. Although the people regularly changed, the place itself remained the same. It was comfortable there. I loved waking up and knowing what the routine was for the day. I loved walking Logan to school most days, and interacting with those that we met along the way.
Here we are really isolated, especially living off of base. I guess that might be a good thing, it definitely makes me focus on finishing up school…fewer distractions.
I hate though, how it takes at least 20 minutes to get anywhere. I also am having a hard time adjusting to Logan’s new school. Is it customary for 2nd graders to just be “let loose” after class? There is no direction or monitoring as to where the child goes after they are released for the day. I appreciated how at Michael Anderson the children were better monitored. They weren’t just left to fend for and figure things out for themselves (particularly "little" 7 year olds). Maybe I am being a little overprotected, but still, it makes me uncomfortable. I guess time will tell. The good thing is that we won’t be here forever. Is it bad that I am already looking forward to the next place we will be?
Anyway, other than my annoyance with the supervision, Logan’s doing really well so far. He was nervous (as expected) on the first day, but after that he was excited. I am so thankful that he is so capable at adjusting to new places and new situations and new people. He truly is remarkable. I don’t think I would be so adaptable had my parents moved around when I was a kid.
He is such a big kid.
xoxo
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Settling into a routine, that's always the first step at making a new place your home.
I'm sure once I adapt to this place I will be homesick for it also when we leave.
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Here are some pictures I grabbed this week....
...Enjoy!
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| Isn't this the cutest? Caught her sitting with and loving on her bear yesterday. |
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| She's rubbing her face on the bear's tummy. xoxo |
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| When we go in the car, Remy and Scarlet often hold hands as we drive. I hope they never stop doing this. |
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| I love how she sits like this. |
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| Any suggestions on how to get rid of the pacifier? I think we might go cold turkey after his birthday. |
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| Loving this girl! |
Hope you all are having a good week, and I hope you have a good weekend too!
We are dealing with the pacifier thing this week. NOT fun. I read somewhere to poke holes in it. Try it on one you dont care about and try it, because its hard to explain what it does in type haha! I don't know if its really working, though. He still seems to love it. I started just not giving it to him at naptime, then once he falls asleep easily during the day without it, we will take it away at night. That way (in an ideal world) most of the adjusting is hopefully when I am awake and not laying in bed at 1am listening to him cry for it. I've also heard of exchanging it for something they really want, which may work with Remy since hes older- like (darling idea) they "pay" the cashier with it for a toy they were begging you for at the store. Or just go to the store and have them pick something out and tell them it costs three pacifiers lol.
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