Home is nice

We're buried in partially unpacked suitcases. Home is such wonderful place.

I was pleased as we pulled up in the dark --our tree and plants although leafless and suffering, were not completely dead. Everything just wanted some tlc and it was clear that the plants were sad. It will take a few days to rescue them. I don´t know why but I feel the need to maintain everything up until we leave. It feels like home when the yard is clean and I think we need to feel like this is home right up until the end. I'm going to leave believing that the proprieter will maintain them after we've gone.

The kids did really, really well on the flights home. I know it is´'t easy on them so I was really proud. The ten hours from Paris to Mexico went well and was pretty much stress free and I only had three drinks spilled on me. My latest flying with kids tip is to dress them head to toe in polar fleece because it repels water. I´m not joking. Oh and let them drink out of bottles-sippy cups if they are anywhere under age ten. We changed Little S's clothes twice. Little Charlotte slept at least seven of the ten hours in her airline-bassinette. Those things are great. When she wasn´t sleeping she was feeding. I think she ate her weight in breastmilk.

We spent Easter Sunday relaxing and grilling outside. Little S had a lot of chocolate from France and then a surprise, a bunch of presents from his Aunt Jane. My sister always spoils him and sends present boxes for his birthday and Christmas and then sometimes "just because" Since we´ve been in Mexico she hasn't been able to mail anything because the postal system in Mexico is virtually non-existant. So when Seb returned from the cat delivery* he brought back a load of gifts she'd been stocking away for him. The gifts were Thomas the Train themed and all of it was in wood. It's all gorgeous and he feels very, very spoiled even if we're a little overwhelmed with the abundance of it and what to do with all of it. Seb and I both grew up with very few toys so we can't believe how much our kids have. In my entire childhood I did have the amount of toys Little S has at age three.

*we had to get our cat to Florida somehow before we left for three weeks so Seb flew her to my parents two days before we left for France--expensive kitty sitting! she´s staying with them until we leave Mexico for good.