Life on the LRAFB

It is so weird living on base again! We are in TLF and we are in walking distance everything and there are always people around. It is kind of exciting and Jack is sleeping SO much better here. He is even talking in his sleep and it is SO funny. Early this morning, Garry disturbed him when he was getting dressed and Jack rolled over and smiled and giggled and said "That is so funny!" and laughed some more. It was so cute. Change is really hard for Jackson but he absolutely loves living in the "hotel-ly room". When we moved to LRAFB, we stayed in this same building for about a week and Jackson loved the little park outside that is fenced off so that only the kids at the hotel can use it. Ever since then, he has begged to go play there every time we pass by but I have to tell him that it isn't a park he can use. Well, after he got home from therapy, I opened the door that leads outside to the park and told him to go see what was out there and he just gasped for joy and ran to play, haha. It was so cute!

Today was his last day of therapy at Arkansas Children's Therapy Group and they gave him a gift, which I thought was really sweet. He is going to miss his therapists there so much, especially Ms. Quinn and Ms. Synde. Hopefully we find people who love and care about him as much in Germany as we have had here in Arkansas.

Garry had his squadron going-away party at the bowling alley on base and it was a lot of fun! Jack had some trouble bowling and threw his ball into different lanes a few times. Ooh it made him so mad!! It amazed me how far my little guy could chuck an 8 pound ball and it was more like shot-put than bowling for a while. We ended up setting him up with a ramp though and that seemed to work out a little bit better. He got a nice signed photo from his squadron and everyone made speeches.

Bless his heart, Jack was so dirty and tired when we finally settled back in the hotel room. I gave him a bath and the water was gray when I finished! Yuck!

Goodbye Reveille Circle

The movers came to take our stuff today and I am so RELIEVED! Finally, finally, finally we have taken the last step toward getting out of here and getting to Germany! To keep Jackson out of the way, we set him up with his ipad in the master bedroom and he was occupied for a really long time, which is unusual for him.

Of course it couldn't go seamlessly though. Arkansas has been under a major drought for quite some time now but it decided to rain on all of our stuff, so the movers just put it back in the garage or covered it up and had lunch under their truck and waited for it to pass.

*sigh*

It finally got done though and in good time. They were super nice and one of them even used to work with Jack's former pediatrician who is a completely quack. He is a registered nurse and he said that the mistakes that this guy made were the reason he quit and decided to work in his family business. Crazy, huh? I knew that pediatrician was a horrible doctor! Anyway, they got everything on the truck and estimated that we have close to 8000 pounds!  Yikes!! I think we need to get rid of more stuff once we get to Germany.

Bye bye stuff! Jack had a hard time putting down the ipad to go to therapy but we finally talked him in to coming with us and I snapped a few photos of the little waiting area and so I could remember the uncomfortable red bench where I spent SO much time, haha! Just kidding -- it wasn't so bad. We are going to miss our friends there though! They helped us so much! As we were leaving, it was raining again, so Jack decided to catch raindrops on his tongue. It was run-off from the roof of the building, which is gross, but I guess it was a cute moment anyway. ;)

It is kind of funny what kinds of things are left over in the aftermath of a move.  Here I found a "thank you" note from my sister from her baby shower almost 5 years ago:

A tiny shoe and broken shovel:

These flip-flops are the ones I wore to my own baby shower when I was pregnant with Jackson.

And for anyone wondering what the heck is all over my garage floor, it is kitty litter that we put there to soak up some oil that spilled when the used oil container cracked. Yuck.

It was a funny moment when we were pulling away from the house for the last time, we got in the car and the song "I'm Sailing Away" by Styx came one. I just started laughing because it felt like something that would happen in a cheesy teen movie, lol. 

One thing I have to say about TLF at LRAFB is that it is pretty nice and it is big! It is so nice to have a full kitchen with a table and a decent sized living room and bed. I think that everyone was happy to have the most stressful parts of the move over because Jack and I slept better than we have in a month.

Obligatory cat photos:

Play a game called "Find The Heffer"! Hefty was really scared of the movers and found a hiding spot. Can you find him?

One Week..

Finally...finally I can say that we are down to a week. Seven more days in Arkansas and we will be on our way to Texas and then to Germany. And finally I can say that it has started feeling like an adventure! I was pretty unhappy about the whole thing until the movers came and packed us up. My house doesn't look like "my house" anymore! And I can't believe that this is my last night to sit and enjoy the back porch. I will miss this most of all! My current view:

Jack got to go visit his school for the last time last Friday and and he said "goodbye" to his teachers and some of his friends. We are so glad that he had the opportunity to go to Pre-K this year because he is a completely different kid than he was at the first of the school year! I had to get a 'HECK YEAH!' photo in front of the school, haha.

So, last weekend, Jack had his Grandmama in town too and they played a lot. They threw the little firecracker snapper things, played with toys, read books and had a good time. He was impressed with her "sharp claws" that she used to open toys, lol. He was also relieved that Grandmama bought a little aquarium and took our 7 fishies home to live at her house. :)

He blew glitter at me....

On Tuesday, the movers came to pack up all of our stuff and someone had to be there with them...but Jack had therapy too! We ended up being dropped off at 11:30 and we had to stay till 4:30 because I have no car (GRRRR) and Garry was busy. That made a 2 1/2 hour gap where we had nothing to do so we walked down to Wendy's for lunch and then to Hastings bookstore. Here are some magazines that were in the children's section that Jack almost picked up. Classy, huh?

On our way back, he got tired of walking. "Oh nooooo! Not 1/4 mile!! "  :P

Daddy taught Jack to play violin and he took a squishy baff (yes that is what it is called)...

Hmm...I guess that is about it as far as catching up goes. It took me forever to add these photos! The sun has gone down and down and down. I surely will miss this back porch. The last photo was taken just as TAPS from the base played the last note.