What's up with Elisabeth & George?: Storybook Farm, Take 1

Monday, September 28, 2009

Storybook Farm, Take 1

We went to "Storybook Farm" at the Children's Museum earlier this month. Teddi, her daughter Lyric, sister Nicole, and nephew Frankie all joined us later, but by then I was kind of done taking pictures, so unfortunately I have no shots of the other kids.

Regin LOVED hanging out with the animals. Not the chickens, he can see those anytime in Walsenburg.

Not the sheep so much.

And not the bunnies, ducks, or pony.

No, what he loved, loved, loved, were the goats!

Oh my oh my! He loved the goats! Followed them around everywhere, petting them along the way.

Makes me want to get a little dwarf dairy goat. How fun would that be? And free goat milk, fertilizer, and lawn mower to boot! Stupid neighborhood would never allow it though. Sigh.

They had a storytime where they told his FAVORITE story: The Three Billy Goats Gruff (is that why he loved the goats so much?)

We also got to sit on a tractor.

You can see more photos from this trip in the September 09 album on Facebook.

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How we're doing right now.

April 6th, 2009
Oh man, moving back home has been quite a transition! For Regin especially. It has taken him three months to return to being fully, or almost fully, potty trained. But we're home and happy to be with friends and in an environment where things are easier.

But of course, not everything is easier. George's first day back to work he learned that the company was exiting the business and he and all the other people that work on that product (including all those people he trained in Penang) were told to look for other jobs.

His last day was March 31st. No time for that cozy little 'sabbatical' though; after he finished his last day of work, his family called and told us they are coming (from Florida) for a visit on the 10th! This would be no big deal (other than being terribly exciting) if we were fully moved back in, but of course, until now, we've had VERY little motivation to fully unpack! So now we're preparing the house at warp speed!

You know, I do miss Penang. Hard to say what I miss exactly, because I know it's more than our friends there, but I feel a certain pang. And all the time we were there, other than missing family, friends, easy living, and snow, I never once actually missed 'Colorado.'

When we got back to Colorado, I expected to have a new and complete love for the place. I do appreciate some things a lot more, especially visual things. I see beauty where I didn't before. But it hasn't been the feeling of home that I expected, and I still have some of the same issues with the place. But what I do love IMMENSELY and will always love IMMENSELY is the people we have here. And it's been absolutely amazing to see how Regin has picked right back up where he left off with his loved ones here. There's no doubt in my mind that he somehow remembers them.