What's up with the "M"s

I am finally have a calm moment after a few months of traveling. We spent a month in California in March. My boys got really spoiled by my parents. Mattie thinks it's normal to ask for one candy a day or sometimes a candy a meal. I have to correct that thinking when we got back to Toronto. The boys loved San Diego -- Mattie still remembers the fish from Sea Life, Bob the Builder from Legoland and Bosco from Uncle J. Micah loved all the FOOD. He enjoyed every meal and can't wait for all the food to be served. He finally got his second set of teeth two days after we returned from California.

After we got back, we took a trip to Buffalo and Pearl River, NY. For the first part of the trip, I had my second interview with U of B. It was weird because they asked me the same questions and it seemed like they would make an offer in early June for a July 1 start date. I am not sure if they are truly slow or if their first candidate rejected them.

After my interview, we went apartment and house hunting. We had no luck for 3 days... the apartments were either too rundown, in bad neighborhood, no parking, or really old bathrooms. We were very discouraged. We almost signed a 2 bedroom, Ok apartment out of desperation, but my inner instinct told me we would not be happy if we did. Luckily, we found a realtor through past fellows in Peter's program. We called him before we left Buffalo telling him what kind of housing we would like and would like to line something up on our return from Pearl River.

Then we set off to my friends' wedding. It was beautiful day and the wedding went perfectly overlooking a golf course. My boys had a blast on the dance floor flirting with all the girls. They were not shy trying to show off their game. Mattie's newest trick is to stand on one leg. For whatever reason, he feels that makes him very funny. Then I had a great time catching up with my friends after the wedding. Thanks to my wonderful hubby who took care of the boys for the night.

On our return to Toronto, we spent another night in Buffalo and checked out some properties. Unfortunately, the realtor was a bust, but we found a house we really liked from craigslist. It's a 2 bedroom house with an attic and basement for storage. It is owner occupied so everything is in great shape. They plan to leave their furniture, but we could move anything we do not want or need to the attick or basement. Now I am trying to get all the cute things to set up my new home. I am starting with the boys' room and playroom. I found a craft table and chalkboard and bookcase set from Pottery Barn Kids for less than $200 and got some cute curtains for the boys' room (all I need is to hem one panel to the same length as the other because they were on clearance so can't really choose the lengths)

So for now, we are just busy packing away things and trying to get things ready for our new home.