Neighborhood Play

Wow, what a difference a few days makes. For the first couple of days, the boys wouldn't go outside for fear of the cat and creepy crawly worms. Now we have just the opposite taking place. We've never lived in a place where we've felt safe for the kids to just wander over to the neighbors to play. My sweet neighbor brought Aaron back home about 9:00 on the second night we were here and I had no idea he was even gone. I was busy unpacking. This happened a couple of times and I felt like the worst mom. She wasn't even phased by it. It was totally normal for her to have kids over playing back and forth. I am so used to a scheduled playdate arranged with a mom. I apologized over and over. Now I call every time he's gone and ask if he's over there. She laughs and tells me that he is. She's so natural about it because it's so normal for the neighborhood kids to go back and forth to each other's homes. I think I'm getting better with it and Aaron is getting better and telling me when and where he's going. :) The challenge now is that Isaac wants to run with the big guys. Time to set some ground rules for this new phase of life. We are so happy to be here.