Well, we made it to Rhode Island! We are mostly unpacked and settled in. The first two weeks of moving to a new place are always the hardest. Both boys were very emotional about everything. But now they love it here. We had lots of help loading and unloading the truck and my friends Barbara and Sun helped me scrub our apartment from top to bottom. Rhode Island is similar to Connecticut, except a little more crowded. We've also noticed the people are more easy-going and not as snobby. We are excited to explore new places and make new friends. Jared is enjoying his clinical phase at Memorial hospital. He has started working with the patients this week doing pre-operating assessments.
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| Brig cruisin' on the power wheels we scored at a yard sale. |
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| Benson petting a snake at the Plainville family festival. |
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| Some of the primary kids lining up to do a 3 legged race for Memorial Day. |
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| Brig and his friend Charlotte racing. She was heartbroken when we moved! |
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| It was hard saying goodbye to our friend Dexter. |
This is our house we are renting. It's a 1941 Cape Cod style house. It's 4 bedrooms (2 bedrooms upstairs and 2 on the main floor that we are using as a play room and dining room), 1.5 baths and has an unfinished basement and a great secluded back yard. It's cute on the outside, but hasn't been updated much on the inside.
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| Kitchen |
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| dining room/office |
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| Benson thought the marshmallows would make good face paint |
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| play room |
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| living room |
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| living room looking into kitchen. play room, dining room and bathroom are through the open door |
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| Hot dog roast in our backyard, scary makeshift fire pit. |
We attended a fun colonial days parade. It was in celebration of the Rhode Island patriots sinking the British schooner "Gaspee" in 1772. It's known as the first blow of the American Revolution. The parade was an impressive hour and a half long, one direction. It was mostly marching bands and drum and fife corps. Our favorites were the bands dressed as colonial Americans that shot their rifles. Wow, were they loud! Benson did not enjoy any of it. He hid in Jared's shoulder almost the whole time.
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| We went strawberry picking at a nearby farm. Yum! |
