I Want to Go Back to the Red House

Well we are experiencing how difficult the move has been on the kids. One day driving "home" from somewhere Ally asked, "Are we going to the RED HOUSE?" After probing a little bit - that is the house by Jimmy and Johnny and Hank. Our house in STL had red shutters. I thought that was what she meant.



The poor little girl is so confused. Are we going to the small house in WI, or grandma's house, or the house by grandma's with the cows???? When we travel back to IA, she is comforted to know she is going to sleep in her pink butterfly bed. The only thing to Ally that is familiar.

It brings tears to both of us to think about what we are doing to them. We can't wait to be somewhere stable and not traveling back and forth just to stay as a family. They should break ground today (Friday) which means 4 months until our new house.

Ally is also sooooo excited about going to school. She starts preschool with me in the fall. Our rooms will be down the hall from each other. She is talking about her backpack and the stuff she will do at school. She asked if I was her teacher. I teach BIG kids I told her. She asked if another big person will be her teacher. She misses friends or playmates!

Drew on the otherhand doesn't seem to be experiencing any heartache - except grandpa withdrawl. Believe it or not - he gets to start preschool when he turns 2. Can you imagine Drew at school????