Time to pack up

I can't believe it but it's almost time to head back to Texas. Wow! Where does the time go? We've had a great experience here and have made some great new friends. It's going to be tough on Clyde when we have to pull him away from Lila. They see each other almost every day and, although they bicker like they've been married for fifty years, love each other dearly.


Claudia screams for Lila whenever we go somewhere she's been to with us. I do believe that, in Claudia's case, Lila encompasses most of the Lowell family. She can say Eli but mostly she looks at the poor kid and shouts 'Mine' as she grabs something from him. Luckily the boy is so mellow he just smiles and picks up something else.


I can't believe the changes I've seen in the kids over the past couple of months. Both have grown considerably. Claudia's vocabulary is increasing every day. Clyde's is expanding as well. He sometimes sounds like a little old man. Clyde has become obsessed with death and Heaven and God. All concepts that I try my best to explain to a nearly five-year-old who ALWAYS has a follow up question. Not easy. As for now God is a ghost who is whatever color he wants to be at whatever time and lives on a cloud.


Claudia is a little spit-fire. She will smile at you and then do exactly what you've told her not to. She's my runner. If given the chance she'll bolt. She's very skilled at it, even uses distractions! She's moody but her smiles and hugs help make up for it. Clyde has begun copying some of his sister's tactics and seems surprised when there are consequences.


We will definitely miss it here but I think we're all ready for our own beds.
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