Last week of summer 2013

As we start to find ways to make Eagle River seem a bit like home, we soon realized we were enjoying our last week of summer.  Today, Monday August 5th, the kiddos went to their new day care and Leif and I went to a voluntary new teacher orientation at our school.   This past week we finished our unpacking and spent quality time with the kids.

Each morning, I wanted to see what the traffic was going to be like for a commute into work. So, we drove into Anchorage at 7:00am. We learned it will take us about 15-20 minutes to get to work.  Once we were in Anchorage, we decided we'd head over to Lake Hood - one of Leif's favorite spots.  The kids love the simple old swing set and seeing all the float planes take-off and land. 

We also took nightly walks around our neighborhood - I'll have to get use to street lights and lamps obstructing the view - but it's a very pretty area to live in.

We also found some huge dirt piles at the end of the road by our house. The road is a dead end and so it's very safe to just let the kids climb the hills and play in the dirt.  We had a few odd looks from people who turned onto the last/only street before the dead end - but who cares.  My kids love their dirt!

I find it rather adorable that Leinna would rather play in the dirt than smell flowers and Lukkas would rather walk in a patch of flowers than play in the dirt.  The boy loves his flowers and was in flower heaven when we found this patch of wild daisies growing in a field. 

Our days were busy and with the early morning to get use to a school schedule - it also meant earlier bedtimes for everyone!  Lukkas graduated to a big boy bed since returning from Wisconsin. 

I'm not 100% sure why he likes his blanket over his head - but he's smart enough that he leaves himself a breathing pocket - makes me nervous - but if I try to move the blanket down he just pulls it back over and if I take the blanket off - he's restless - so it is what it is.

It promises to be a week of more transitions as the kids get use to a new day care provider, the dog gets use to being alone all day, and we get back into the swing of school.