Coming Home Day

Friday was our coming home day. We planned on leaving Aberdeen in the early afternoon, but didn't leave till around 6 because Savannah couldn't tear herself away from her kitten. We kept trying to leave, and would send her out to say goodbye to Baby (that's what she named her kitten). She would be outside for a while, then come in crying because she just didn't know how she could stand to leave Baby. So, we'd let her go back out to play with her kitten a bit more, then we'd repeat the tears again. We would have loved to let her bring home the kitten, but we just don't know how it would work right now. We live in a neighborhood that requires pets contained to your yard, and we all know how cats like to wander. The other option would be an indoor cat, but with a new baby coming in less than three months, now is not the time to be taking on an indoor pet. So finally we convinced Savannah to leave Baby for now, and then when Grandma and Grandpa come for Sara's birthday next month, they would bring Baby for a visit (we can handle a kitten for 3 days, I think).

It was wonderful to come home to our house. The kids were all happy to be back in their own beds, and so was I. But, of course with coming home from a week-long vacation, comes a lot of work. But, since we didn't get home till 9:30, I decided to let that all wait till the next day....