6 people 12 times September

 

September found us at a new park making new adjustments and trying to find our footing there. We were spoiled in Sacramento. Everything was a few minutes away. We were close to so much. Gluten free vegan food was just down the road.

We ended up at two different parks after leaving Sac. The first one was ant infested. I cried for two days. It was a night and day difference from where we had been. We ended up at Casa de Fruta and while there were no ants it was for sure different from where we had been. We became really determined to make the best of it. There were peacocks at the park and we were able to get a library card at the local library.

Dan started a new location and after walking in the first day he said "Let's go back to Sacramento", somehow he pushed through and found his groove. We still attempted to get date time together but we missed our Starbucks across the street.

B, continued to fall in love with hooping. In the middle of the day I loved to look out and see her spinning like there was no one around for miles. I began to really see how much she missed her friends and the familiar things. We did find her and T a youth group to attend at a local church and that helped a bit.

T, turned 13 this month. He celebrated by going to Alcatraz with his Dad. He loves those stolen times and I can see that Dan's long hours affect him. He misses his dad time. I was able to steal away for a little bit with him on his actual birthday. He wanted to go to In n Out and Target. For his birthday cake he chose chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting.

S, found a mancala game at the thrift store for $3. She loves games and she's good at them. She beat us all pretty much every time we played. When I would take the older two to youth groups she would tag along with me to Starbucks while I studied she would sit quietly and not talk at all entertain me.

C, missed the swimming pool at our first park and found little of interest to her outside. She began to fall in love with coloring and built lots of fun things with Legos and her big brother. We also painted her toenails in rainbow colors one day and she loved that.

After settling into our new location we were able to explore the coast a bit. We went to Monterey Bay one day and Santa Cruz.  The NorCal Ren Faire was also in our backyard and we picked the hottest day of the month to get dressed up and go over.

Over all it was a month of learning. Of perseverance. It was a month of settling in and finding a whole new pattern. It was a month of getting more solid in who we are and what we want for our life on the road, and life in general.