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March 15, 2009
Every scene of home is different now, yet familiar.
The little house is back by popular demand…our tiny time capsule, when entered could be our Chicago home or our River Forest Home. I think it’s helped both kids feel comfortable in our new home.
Miika in her new bunk bed…sleeps under HOT steam pipes…so we open the window even on frigid days.
Since moving here, Miika has watched WAAAYYYY TOO MUCH TV. So this week I finally got rid of it. She’s fallen in love with the Chronicles of Narnia. Paul’s been reading them to her at night. And I play them on CD in the afternoons after school. This way she can do he homework, draw or sculpt while she listens. When I was a kid, my mom got rid of the TV when I was 7. I learned how to listen and work with my hands. We might just keep it put away indefinitely. It’s just a time waster anyway.
I didn’t clean up for any of these pictures because it’s just about life and the new things we see every day.
Miika sits here for every meal and when new students arrive, we show her where they came from. She’s getting a grip on geography.
For now, my office is the corner behind the couch.
Nathan’s new eating spot too.
This is what we see when we look out our living room window. We can see when Grandma’s train arrives at the station. This is also the Park District office and the hub of a host of family activities. I pinch myself every day, happy that we’re here. To the left of this picture is our playground and soccer field where we’ve been meeting our neighbors and Miika’s classmates’ families. Basically, it’s a kid magnet.
All of us are very happy about this new chapter.