New Places to Play!

The boys have adjusted beautifully to a new house. We have not had any problems at bedtime or anytime really with them acting like they are missing the old house or their old room. It is surprising since now they are upstairs at bedtime (when Randy & i are usually downstairs) & we split them up to have their own rooms again. But they must have been ready for the change. If you ask Jackson what his favorite part of the new house is, he will say, "the stairs" & i believe him because he constantly plays cars on the stairs. We are gradually implementing a "toys upstairs rule" which is going well for the most part so far! But those cars keep trickling down the stairs....
When i ask Eli what his favorite part of the new house is, he replies: "katie's house" which is our new little neighbor. She is Jackson's age but a year ahead in school, so she just finished Kindergarten. They have both enjoyed having her to play with outside. She is quite a little fireball & very outgoing. Maybe this will help Jackson come out of some of his shyness with new people!
They have also both enjoyed having a paved driveway. We had a gravel drive before so any chalk artwork had to be drawn on our little sidewalk to the house. Here, they have loved having the drive to ride bikes on & use their new sidewalk paint. Jackson bought his very own "airbrush" for sidewalk paint with the last of his birthday giftcard to Target. (thanks, Debbie- he has loved having his own money to spend!) He was a blessing & shared the paint with his brother which we put in a spray bottle (& that actually worked better than the airbrush!) They had a ball!