We're here! Posting's been pretty light since we started the move to Boston. We are getting ourselves settled in to our new surroundings and took some time off to do a Father's Day tourist activity - the Museum of Science. It's a great museum - very kid friendly and interactive. My favorite was definitely the Archimedean Excogitation by George Rhoads. You could sit for hours watching the chain reactions as the pool balls travel through the ramps. Hannah  loved the weather exhibit where she could create rainstorms by pressing buttons and "feel" a  simulated tornado. Lucy liked pressing all the buttons - and chewing on her shoe.

Hannah's doing pretty well with her adjustment to Arlington. We've been taking little walks each day to explore the bike path that runs along the back of our yard. She's constantly reassuring herself. "It's fun to go exploring, mama. Mama, is it fun to go exploring?" She has made friends with the neighbor's grandsons who are close in age. They ride bikes up and down the street and play tag. And she starts dancecamp tomorrow morning - a short 3-day minicamp for 3-year olds. While still in Chicago, we told Hannah that she could take ballet lessons and this is all that's available in the summer. She's a little worried about it, I can tell, but I think she'll be fine. We talked tonight about how it's okay to be a little scared when something's new, and that seemed to reassure her greatly. You can almost literally see the little workings of her mind as she makes sense of all of the change around us. She asks if people from Chicago can come visit and protests that they have a car when we say that it's too far. Before, far meant non-walkable. Now, far means non-drive-able. So that's taking a little time to sink in.

Lucy, on the other hand, seems to be oblivious to the change and happy as a clam. She is so close to walking - she takes about 3 steps and then drops to her knees and claps for herself. She loves tackling us and giving kisses. And boy does this kid eat like a champ. It doesn't matter what it is - salmon, swordfish, lasagna, cheese - it all goes in fast and she's looking for more. About the only thing Lucy definitely does not like is driving in the car. Which is troublesome when mommy misses her turn in the traffic circle and gets us lost for the third time that day. Luckily we just got a GPS. Hannah has named the lady's voice who gives us directions on the GPS Sally.

All and all, Trapper and I just can't help but feel like we've hit the jackpot here. The house is absolutely perfect, and made all the better by the nice neighbors and awesome neighborhood. Literally within walking distance, I have a gym, post office, ice cream parlor, old-school diner, Italian deli, Panera, and Trader Joe's. The path leads to the Reservoir, which has a little filtered kiddie-beach that will open this week. If we had to move from all of our friends and family in Chicago, we couldn't have found a luckier place.