Ready To Go

Last night we took the girls out to my parents to eat and then took my parents over to see our new lot. They could have driven there, it's only 10 minutes from their house, but of course they use any excuse to see the girls..... Plus, B and I had no plans and knew this would occupy the girls for a while, too. When we got to the neighborhood, my aunt and her hubby came over to see us (they live there) and we all walked around the lot and talked about where the house would be and stuff. Eventually almost everybody in the neighborhood was out there talking to us. It was so cool. Almost everyone is our age and has kids the same age as ours. In fact, there are sisters down the street who are exactly the same age as my 2 girls. Annelise and Emmaline made fast friends and they cried when we had to leave. All the neighbors were so nice and were already welcoming us to the neighborhood. We have never lived in a hood with kids before- even growing up I lived in the country, so this is all going to be new for us. The thing we love about this neighborhood is that it is just one street and everyone knows everyone. So, when my girls go running down the street to go play at so and so's, I can watch them walk there and know the parents they will be with. It also means there is hardly any traffic, so the kids just play in the road and the driveways without much concern for cars. There are only 20 lots, total, and right now there are only 10 houses, so we really liked that. Now, the people living across from our lots just moved here from California. They seemed nice, but a little on the strange side. The husband came out of his house and was yelling at us to get off the property because it was private property, etc etc. I think he thought we may have just been a group of people wandering around (there were about 8 of us out there at the time) or maybe he was joking, but he apologized after my aunt went over and explained that we had put a contract on the lots and would be building on them. He was nice after that, but I'm not sure the common sense elevator goes all the way to the top, ya know what I'm sayin'? To add to it, he came out wearing one of those white v-neck undershirts and shorts and sandals with socks pulled up to his knees. (And he's only about 40...) His wife was really sweet and quiet and they have 2 kids, one daughter Emmaline's age and a little boy who is 2. So, not sure how we will groove with them as far as personality- but I think we'll be fine as neighbors. Otherwise, everyone else was really friendly and the kids played together like they had known each other forever. So, we left with a warm fuzzy feeling and knowing that this move is going to be great for the girls. I was so happy that when I got home I celebrated with some fat-free vanilla ice cream- which is not half bad, but got even better when I mushed up a piece of chocolate cake in it. Mmmmm. All in all a nice, fun evening. We are so ready to begin on this house!