A Visit Interrupted

I am sitting here at midnight on Day 5 - *trying* to keep on top of this writing!!! Between being busy all day and then sitting up chatting til midnight with Sharla, it is really hard to find time to fit this blogging in! But I am determined - therefore, sit up to midnight and beyond, I will!

Yesterday we lounged around in the morning and then took the children to Chuck E. Cheese's for lunch. I planned this based on what I remembered from when I was a teen. Boy, was I disappointed! Things have certainly downsized from when that chain first opened! But the kids still had fun. They all got their cup of tokens and played video games, rode rides (the little ones) and then had pizza.

Briton went on all the little rides and it was very sweet when he got on the Stuart Little ride. He immediately cuddled his chin right up to Stuart's chin in a hug.

My Buddy Stuart

After that we went to Children's Place for their sale. Well, I got the sale, but the unfortunate thing is there were only 2 things on sale that I liked! The rest was wrong size, shape, colour etc. I did find a bunch I liked in the regular stuff. Talk about cute! It is weird when you have to buy *everything* - socks, underwears, pajamas, shorts, tshirts, dresses, playclothes, church clothes - *all at once*. Plus I was trying to buy into the fall where I could find it. Just enough to get us started. After that I am hoping I will luck out on hand-me-downs (to some degree). I will always love clothes and will want to buy some cute stuff, but hand-me-downs would be very helpful!

That night after we got home, Sharla's husband Mark, very kindly took the older five boys out to see Narnia's Prince Caspian. This gave me and Sharla the evening to put the little ones to bed, so we could sit and chat.

I have to tell you, we chatted and chatted and covered so many topics, but it sure feels like our visit was interrupted. There were so many topics that we were in the middle of, wanted to get to, needed to return to, and they all had to stop. It is odd living 8 hours from a friend. Actually, it is the story of my life!!!! One of my good friends lives in Ontario, one in Tennessee, one in Cranbrook - noone closer than 10 hours from me!!!

I am not talking of aquaintences or 'friends'. I am talking of people who *get me*. Who know me in and out. OR who are totally into the adoption world. That is a world unto itself! *smile*

It just stinks that I keep making friends with people who live so far away! Now that I have made this roadtrip to connect with them all, *they* have to make the road trip to come our way and see our lives! :o)

Before we left early this morning for our next stop, we took pictures of all the kids with "their" age buddy. It was neat how everyone paired up with someone.

We had a wonderful time and Sharla's family were such great hosts!! We can't wait to be able to reciprocate.... *smile* It was very fun taking a friendship from email to the 'real thing' and getting so much more than I imagined.