It's good to be back home

Whenever we come back from a long trip, we walk the kids around to each room in the house and say "hello" to all our favorite things. We started doing this when E was a baby to help him understand that we were back, and the ritual has stuck. As the kids have gotten older, they've started to really delight in it, and seem to have their own ideas about what we need to do to extend the ritual.

After we did the rounds this time, the kids went into the living room to play with toys a bit before bed. Within minutes it seemed like every toy in the house was strewn across the floor as the kids revisited them all. We ordered some pizza, gave everyone a bite to eat, and all went to bed early. The kids were so exhausted that they slept really well, though two days later we're still getting some night waking and baby D still wants to eat all night.

Thursday morning when E woke up (early), he insisted on going for a drive "to see Seattle." P took him in the car and drove him all around. When he was finally satisfied, he said "I want to eat my Seattle Pancakes." P & I were surprised, given how tired of eating in restaurants both kids were by the end of the trip, but D and I drove down to meet them at Coastal Kitchen and we all had a great meal. What a nice way to return to life as usual.

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