Moving...on.

I just realized I haven't even posted the blog about moving. Having a blog for the kids and my blog is hard. Not enough is happening to write on both. But at this point most people know we are leaving Santa Fe for good. It has been almost 4 years and Mike and I thought we would be here until we retired. How things changed when our kids became old enough for life outside mom's cocoon! All of a sudden I didn't want them gone at all from under me.

As fun as Santa Fe is for adults, this is not a child friendly place. Sure I'm overly sensitive to a lot of things and especially when it comes to my children, but I have had my feelings validated by others. Some have already moved away, others are still here, but an amazing opportunity presented itself and it's hard to pass up. We are taking these little cuties of ours and moving them to a more child friendly place, with lots of grass and lots of rain for rain puddles and rain rivers.

Last week I was in Redmond looking for a place to rent, and getting familiar with the clinic Mikey is purchasing. The week before I was driving Isaac to golf camp, and he said: "Mom, I'm so excited to move to Washington. I'm going to have a totally different yard to play in, I will have grass, and maybe even a sandbox!" So I was setup to find something with a playground or a sandbox or a huge lot that they could explore all day in. Oh the things we do for our children....

I'm lucky that one of my BFF's from college lives 15 minutes north of me. We've been staying with them since the first trip in December. On the way from Bonnie's house to the clinic this last week, I noticed two places on the Redmond-Woodinville Rd (Redwood Rd) that teach golf to kids, in fact has private lessons for the entire family. Wherever I look, there are so many things for kids to do. Luckily for the kids, it wasn't too hard finding a house with a playground, about half of the homes I looked at had playgrounds in the yard. It's such a  great thing to know I won't have to be taking them to parks to play all the time.

And talking about time, it looks like I'll be working with Mike in the beginning. So Isaac will be going to school. I'm so bummed about it, but at least there's one advantage: he'll be a scout sooner! He's been bugging me to get into scouts but he's not even 6 yet. Apparently if you're in school you can start Tiger Cubs, so he'll be doing that (I hope). Bella will be going to a wonderful Montessori that is 5 minutes from the clinic.

Oh man...as exciting as it is to be working again, I'm so hesitant to put Isaac in public school. I only hear raves about the schools in Redmond, but I'm so biased against the school system. I feel like I'm going to have to unteach on a daily basis. I actually wouldn't be so against it if he were older, but where as the curriculum and style of learning in elementary is so different than what I teach them, it'll be interesting to see how I can mix the 2 to ensure he gets the right language arts foundation. I have to keep an open mind, maybe it won't be as bad as I think. Looks like I'll be busier than I expected.

I have met a few Brazilian families and in their neighborhood there are about a dozen of them. Most working at Microsoft. All the kids are in Jiu-Jitsu with a Brazilian teacher and love it, I can't wait for Isaac and Bella to have Portuguese speaking friends!