15 Oct 06 Maybe the moon is broken
Such is the wisdom of a two-year old. Marley has always been a perceptive little girl. Now with her vocabulary growing weekly, some incredible things are coming out of her mouth. After a fun morning in the playground at the park, we were walking home and she noticed something. The moon was visible in the blue sky. That’s where the sun is supposed to be, not the moon. She pointed and said, “the moon is broken.” Laughter followed. She found it pretty funny that we were laughing so hard.
Marley also enjoys pointing out all of the Halloween decorations popping up in the neighbourhood. She likes pumkins in particular. On our walk home this evening, she kept pointing them out. “There’s a pumpkin. There’s another one.” When we came across a house with two she said, “there’s another two ones.” Somehow it made sense.
We had a great weekend. In fact, we’ve had a great couple of weeks. David’s parents and sister came to visit for a week and a week and a half, respectively. We loved the company. Some recent photos have been added to our Flickr page. It is so much fun showing off our neighbourhood and having such great access to Manhattan. In the last couple of weeks, we’ve explored the city and been to some great spots including the New York Botanical Garden (to see the stunning Chihuly exhibit) and the Brooklyn Children’s Museum. Some of our walks and wanderlust have led us into some areas of Brooklyn that are very different from what we’re used to.
It’s a real adventure. We definitely miss our home in Toronto. The culture shock and homesickness is settling in a bit, but that’s a good thing. It reminds how special everyone and everything is that we’ve left behind in Toronto. If we’d moved here and everything was peachy, we’d worry a bit.
We enjoyed our stay with you thoroughly, and are so happy to have a real sense now of where you are, how your life evolves in Brooklyn/New York, and what really is “just around the corner”. We miss you all very much, but are satisfied that you have adapted well to your American evironment, and seem to be settling in. Brace yourselves – we’ll be back for more.
Much love to you all!