Laowai

Oh what an exciting few days we’ve had. Mom, Jenna and the girls and I headed to Wilmette on Saturday. The girls were so excited when we first arrived – they ran around the whole house from room to room in about 3 minutes flat. Mom and I had a great time looking over the old blueprints of the house after the girls went to bed. I’m falling in love with our house and realizing what a long-term project it will be for us.

We walked down to our little local grocery store. I think I will love it because I can walk there like I did in Switzerland and it’s called Treasure Island (very kitschy). We met some of our neighbors – the neighborhood seems full of young kids. I had to do some errands one day and it was boiling hot so we stopped at the hardware on the way home and bought a hose and a sprinkler for the girls. I love seeing them playing in the backyard. On Monday our stuff that was in storage was delivered. I was reunited with my nice dishes, some favorite knick-knacks and my KitchenAid mixer. Yeah! The girls played in empty boxes and jumped in the mountain of packing paper. In the picture below Jenna and Bea are just returning from a walk in the new neighborhood. They were pleased with themselves – going for a walk all on their own.