So let's go back a few months

So now that this is going to be published in our own book, let's start with where we live.

In the spring we moved across the country for Pepsi. We now have the luxury of seeing the ocean every single day. I love it; the rest of the family says they like it, but would like it better if I shut up about how much I love it.

Instead of playing at the park near our house in the middle of our old neighbourhood, we can choose to go to the Pirate Ship park that overlooks the ocean. The kids play for about 5 minutes on the pirate ship, then spend the rest of their time throwing rocks into the Atlantic. It's lovely.

Luckily, we've also had the opportunity to meet lots of new friends. When Rob was at our house looking to buy it, the biggest selling feature for me was not the closet size or kitchen space, it was the fact that there were snowmen in the neighbour's front yard. In this picture, Sebastian is on a little plastic motorcycle that plays all sorts of sounds and music. I think he's learning early that chicks dig guys on motorcycles.

This next picture is from a trip to one of the zoos essentially down the road from where we live. We went with some friends from my new work and their daughters. The highlight of the trip ended up being the sandhill in the middle of the zoo instead of the actual animals, but I think it was just a testament to the fact that this group of kids pretty much instantly got along.

The dirt pile. Notice that Sebastian's shoes are totally on wrong. It looks like Clare is trying to figure out the best way to get hers off. Matthew is using his as a shovel. We call that resourceful, not destructive.

A serious case of the sillies with Anna and Rachel.

Anyway, we're about to enter our first winter in this part of the world, so I'm not sure if that will sour the province for me, but I'm pretty sure it won't. Like it or not, my family is going to have to put up with me gushing about our new community. I love it here!!