PCS #5: Big changes!

Wow! It has been awhile since my final spider web log post. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot has happened since then. We are inwards the midst of a PCS, 1 of those military machine moves where nosotros won't live at our side past times side destination for months together with nosotros are living amongst relatives together with traveling to watch friends. These are all skillful things, but it has been exceedingly stressful planning this out amongst 4 children. On top of the craziness of getting our employment solid ready to live packed out, nosotros are making this displace amongst a flavor change: wardrobes for ii seasons for our household unit of measurement of vi amongst a cross province drive at the destination of these duad months. We convey been consciously trying to pack our asset inwards a means that we hope volition check inwards our vehicles when nosotros drive from the due east coast to the due west coast (and trying non to stress out over a five twenty-four hours drive amongst 4 children, inwards the meantime). I packed our wintertime clothe lightly, amongst the promise that the wintertime volition wrap upwards soon. I'm relying on layering together with the 1 wintertime jacket I brought for each household unit of measurement member. It is the showtime twenty-four hours of saltation together with snowing hence it seems my skillful intentions are for naught. My children are going to live shivering for the side past times side duad weeks! Could it delight warm upwards soon?!?!

This PCS was 1 of the craziest PCS's nosotros convey made. I think I said that final fourth dimension every bit well. When I showtime got married, I recollect that beingness a whirlwind. California to the New Hampshire/Maine edge inwards Feb was a daze to the system. After that, nosotros were e'er moving amongst children. We had at to the lowest degree 1 kid for our side past times side 4 moves. I recollect it beingness busy. When nosotros moved across town amongst 3 children, I was ready to delineate my pilus out, but nosotros withal managed together with my parents came to assist us unpack. When nosotros moved to South Carolina, nosotros withal had 3 children, but this fourth dimension our twins were toddlers. I had them play on our patio every bit nosotros unpacked the employment solid together with nosotros managed to unpack quickly. PCSing a household amongst children is non convenient, past times whatsoever stretch of the imagination, but withal do-able. I search for the do-able.

I'm non for sure why it was hence difficult on my emotions together with my stress flat this time. I struggled a lot. While my hubby together with I worked on 1 surface area of the house, the children were destroying the other side of the house. I expected that, but I withal institute the flat of mess that they were able to brand inwards a curt fourth dimension difficult to handle. One twenty-four hours spell nosotros were ikon chairs, they "went camping." The 3 of them stripped their beds together with stuffed their pillow cases together with duffle bags amongst their entire wardrobes, their favorite puzzles (poured into the pillow cases, out of their boxes), together with Playmobile people. I was mortified to notice this mess together with it took us nearly an hr to create clean it up. Afterwards I felt horrible because their lilliputian faces were hence poor that I was upset. They were having such a overnice fourth dimension camping ground together with I lay a kibosh on the whole thing because of the mess.

Mentioning ikon the chairs brought inwards some other novel element: DIY projects. My hubby together with I convey never PCS'd amongst 4 children. We convey also never tackled the let on of DIY projects nosotros did this time, all the calendar week earlier our pack out. Since nosotros are edifice a employment solid at our side past times side duty station, nosotros convey decided that nosotros also desire to decorate it nicely. I did some thinking together with browsing of my favorite designer sites together with blogs together with decided that I had a multitude of pieces I wanted painted or fixed upwards for our side past times side house. My hubby together with I discussed if nosotros wanted to pigment them inwards our electrical flow duty station or hold back until nosotros brand it at our side past times side duty station. We decided-- since he volition live reporting to a boat at our side past times side duty station addition unpacking amongst 4 children-- that nosotros should tackle every bit many DIY projects every bit nosotros tin before the pack out since nosotros volition withal convey much to create in 1 trial nosotros arrive. (I desire my hubby to construct us a duad pieces of article of furniture every bit well.) Looking dorsum at how nosotros spent our fourth dimension earlier the pack out, I tin confidently enjoin that nosotros undertook means besides many projects. It was hence stressful managing these projects every bit good every bit the children. I told my hubby this together with he agreed-- it was besides much. However, he also pointed out that it would either live besides many DIY projects before our pack out or besides many DIY projects afterward nosotros brand it at our destination. I receive got on that. He also said that at to the lowest degree this way, it is all finished. I also receive got amongst that. So, I don't know. Maybe at that spot simply isn't the "best time" to larn a lot of DIY projects done amongst children together with amongst a PCS; I tin enjoin I am excited to decorate our house.

...and our house. That was some other first. This is our showtime fourth dimension buying a employment solid plus nosotros are edifice it. It is all novel to us. That has been stressful every bit well, but non nearly every bit stressful every bit my hubby together with I sentiment it would be. I think what helped us is that nosotros were on the same page almost the whole employment solid buying process. We institute what nosotros were looking for. We liked our realtor. I was far to a greater extent than nervous approaching this than my hubby was (he wanted to purchase at several of our final duty stations) together with nosotros did convey a let on of disagreements. I think I simply expected much to a greater extent than disagreements than nosotros ended upwards having. I am really nervous almost selling when nosotros PCS side past times side time, but I'm putting that inwards a bubble together with letting it go. We volition cross that span when nosotros larn there.

Along amongst my hubby together with I's emotions approaching this PCS, our children's emotions genuinely came inwards to play this time, much to a greater extent than than final time. Our oldest had simply turned five when nosotros moved to South Carolina. He was nervous almost leaving his friends together with cried all the means from North Carolina to South Carolina; it was heartbreaking. This time, at vi years old, he had a lot of anxiety approaching the move. He remembered PCSing together with didn't desire to go out his friends. He ofttimes complained almost his tummy hurting together with his emotions were really upwards together with downward the weeks earlier nosotros moved. That was really heartbreaking. Our twins are almost 4 years sometime together with by together with large fed off of the emotions inwards our house-- my stress level, their older brother's stress level. They had really curt tempers together with at that spot were a lot of tantrums to debate with. In general, at that spot was a lot of conflict betwixt all the boys, much of it to larn our attending together with much of it because they all weren't for sure how to procedure what was going on around them. The babe fed off my stress flat at times, but he was by together with large grouchy because, of course, he got sick. (And did I refer that 1 of our boys caught a tum põrnikas days earlier the pack out? Yeah, horrible timing.)

Now that nosotros are settled inwards my parents' house, nosotros genuinely made a huge alter together with enrolled our oldest inwards kindergarten here. He started on St. Patrick's Day together with volition complete out the twelvemonth here. This is a large alter for us every bit nosotros homeschooled 5-year sometime preschool last year and kindergarten this year. We had started feeling God lay the possibility of traditional schoolhouse on our hearts several weeks ago when our oldest was having such a difficult fourth dimension amongst the incertitude of our upcoming move. His anxiety together with upset tum genuinely broke our hearts. Since he is a kid that loves together with craves routine, nosotros started thinking that schoolhouse would live a slap-up alternative for him side past times side year, for showtime grade, afterward nosotros brand it at our side past times side duty station. We felt that the routine of schoolhouse would live skillful for him amongst the ups together with downs of submarine life; no affair what the boat schedule is, no affair how uncertain our days are, he would convey the consistency of his schoolhouse routine. We felt similar that would live a skillful alternative for him together with felt that nosotros would simply go the residuum of this twelvemonth together with this summertime to hand on to pray almost it, marinate on the idea. I, for one, loved the flexibility of homeschooling. When my hubby together with I discussed school, it basically came downward to homeschooling plant best for me together with traditional schoolhouse mightiness piece of work best for our son. Anyways, hence the children together with I moved to my parents' employment solid together with settled in. We had been hither for 4 days when I saw the stress starting to peek through inwards his behavior. I called my hubby together with nosotros decided to enroll him hither at my parents' house, where I volition live living until this July. We also felt that beingness inwards a identify he is comfortable together with familiar amongst mightiness live a slap-up identify to larn his feet moisture amongst traditional school. My hubby also sentiment that it would live a slap-up identify to attempt it out because at that spot are hence many adults living nether 1 roof-- enough of people to assist amongst baked goods, carpool pick ups, together with volunteer days-- together with enough of people to brand for sure I places on time. Also, similar a shot that he's started, when nosotros create larn to our side past times side duty station together with enroll him inwards showtime grade, he volition know what to await from school; it won't live hence unusual to him.

We are all settling into this novel temporary routine. The boys are all also enrolled inwards a gym programme hence nosotros convey enough of infinite to larn the wiggles out. The toddlers convey peculiarly enjoyed taking wages of the opened upwards play hours inwards the afternoon spell our oldest is at school. I've enjoyed taking them to it as, spell my parents' employment solid is quite comfortable, the opened upwards play tin adapt them much amend than this shared infinite (and at that spot is no possibility of them breaking anything!). It is unusual going out amongst 3 children instead of 4. I'm constantly feeling similar I left someone. I convey to admit, it is overnice doing activities geared towards our toddlers without feeling similar it is besides large for our toddlers or besides immature for our oldest. Our oldest is also peculiarly tall together with strangers are often reprimanding him for beingness inwards places that are "too immature for him," when actuality, it is geared for his age, if non his height. So far all of the boys seemed really pleased amongst our novel routine. Our oldest is loving schoolhouse together with its accoutrements. We bought him a novel tiffin pail, appropriate jeans (how create every pair of his jeans convey holes inwards them?!), together with he loves toting his things to together with from schoolhouse inwards his backpack. He loves his instructor together with classmates. He loves showing us his piece of work at the destination of the day. It is a large alter from homeschooling, though I'm feeling peace almost the decision. I was exceedingly poor together with shed many tears when nosotros moved inwards this direction because I sentiment nosotros would live homeschooling him for at to the lowest degree 1-3 to a greater extent than years, but this was the fourth dimension for us to displace inwards a dissimilar direction together with nosotros convey all embraced it well. I'm for sure I could write much more on this topic, but the boys are starting to larn restless.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of large changes at our house. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of novel routines. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 lot of changes on the horizon. For similar a shot nosotros are focusing on enjoying our fourth dimension amongst household unit of measurement earlier nosotros displace to the due west coast; I'm eagerly planning visits amongst friends earlier that displace every bit well. We are taking 1 twenty-four hours at a fourth dimension together with next where God is guiding us!

****P.S. During this PCS, nosotros convey switched to disposables. I know I've written several spider web log posts on fabric diapering, but I could non figure out how nosotros would deal fabric spell living amongst household unit of measurement for several months together with making all the trips nosotros convey planned to watch friends. If yous are a fabric diapering military machine family, did yous fabric diaper spell PCSing? Even amongst a TDY? How create yous grip fabric spell traveling?

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