Ah, it honestly feels great to be home.
The day of travel yesterday was more or less un-eventful. (The way we like it.) I have to say, I didn't LOVE traveling with 3 (not 4) kids and all that luggage, but we made it!
Nick loves the new house. (I still love the new house.) The boys seem to love the new house. In fact after bringing him into his new room, Nico said, "Mom, we keep this room forever! Okay?"
So... let me give you the rundown of our life and schedule for the next few weeks.
When I say, "We're home." I mean in Haiti-- not actually in the home we're going to be living in after a few weeks. We came straight to the Pye's house (HCH), where we will stay for the next almost 2 weeks. They are being the greatest hosts and have moved back into their guest room to make us feel very comfortable. Leann had fixed a fantastic meal for us when we arrived-- we simply could not have been welcomed better. :)
Tomorrow Nick and Danny are going into Port Au Prince for 2 days to work on getting some of our furniture and appliances purchased. They will be working on our apartment in Port Au Prince (where we will move halfway though May) to do language training through the end of June.
So-- between now and then, we're getting our Jacmel house all settled in while we stay with the Pyes. We'll be returning to Jacmel most weekends during language training so our kids can feel like they have a home base.
And we're actually going to be jumping in with both feet as the Pyes are going out of town for five days on Saturday. So we're in charge of their home and 23 kids (plus our THREE-- not 4.). Scary thought.
Today Nick and Danny are taking all the kids out for the morning (apparently that's Danny's Tuesday morning ritual.) I may go over to the house to unpack-- or I might just sit and breathe. Either way, I am looking forward to it.
This weekend should provide some excitement. Or at least that's what a guy we met in the airport said, as May 1 is Jacmel's birthday and there's a big party. Cool.
Alright, gotta go get going with the day.
One funny story. So Nico is really LOVING being here. I think it's cool for him to finally NOT be the minority. And he notices it. In fact every person he sees here he calls "A Haiti." As in, "Look mom, there's a Haiti!" (as he points to someone.) Yesterday we were driving through Jacmel and we were stopped at a corner. Nico looked out of the truck to a guy standing on the corner and said, "Hi Haiti. How are you? I'm a Haiti too."
Cute, huh?
