Moving. Again.

For the kids, moving out of our house is a mostly an adventure.  Packing up our stuff, playing in the truck, seeing the rooms empty.

There’s a lot of talk amongst the kids about when we live in a house again.  Can we move back into this house?  [Heavens, no!] Can we each have our own bedroom? [Um, a five bedroom house?  Probably not.]  Will we be able to paint the walls?  [I sure hope so, but anything will be better than the wallpaper in this house!]

We’ve been in a rental house, which made the process of leaving a little easier since we didn’t have to decide whether to sell or rent our property while we are gone.  But the process of moving into our caravan has still been hard.  A lot of sorting, packing, moving, and saying good-bye.  By the end we were exhausted and emotionally spent. 

And yet the kids seem mostly unaffected.  As long as we’re together, as long as they are fed and have a place to sleep, they’re good.

All good.

Best drawings ever!

A few weeks before we moved out of our house, Jitterbug (7) created these pictures.  I just love them.  The airplane below represents the first part of our journey, our trip to America.  All of us are in the plane, plus a pilot.  See that red one with the smile on his face?  That’s Jitterbug.  :)

 

This drawing is the next part of our journey.  Our car towing a caravan.  Our car is a gold-ish colour, and our caravan is white.  I love this one.

The kids are so excited about our year to come.  They started packing for the trip the day after we told them about it.   So many adventures in store for them.