May 20 to June 1

I drove back from Seaside on a Saturday night, in a thunderstorm, and then on Sunday Mat and I continued to move All Our Junk from one house to the other. Not something I plan to do again any time soon. Movers came for the big stuff on Friday. My mom was supposed to come on Tuesday but I begged and pleaded and she came on Monday instead and got us into shape.

In our new digs, smiling for Courtlyn.

This captures the whole process pretty well, I think

With Mrs. Jennifer, his preschool teacher, on moving day. Pete was obsessed (unsurprisingly) with this ramp.

New room! We got Pete's room unpacked first, so he'd have a place to sleep.

New (smaller!) backyard

There were a lot of these vans in our lives for a week (easier than loading up our cars).

Pete loved them.

We couldn't find Zocalo at the old house. And finally we did, curled up in the back of the bathroom closet.

Surveying his new estate

He has to have what we have. In the morning he gets milk in a mug with a drop of coffee. In the evenings, if we're having wine, he gets a wineglass with fruit juice and ice. It's pretty cute.

Bookshelves unpacked!