My family and I have relatively recently moved back to Sydney, Australia from Indiana, USA. There were many reasons why we were looking forward to moving back. And one giant reason why we were not looking forward to moving back – 3 flights with 3 young children, including a 3-month-old baby! We went alright though, as it turned out that the baby was actually the easiest to travel with. He spent most of his time in a Peanut Shell sling, either nursing or asleep. The real trouble was with our 4-year-old and 2-year-old, who were so full of energy, yet were so incredibly tired. Why do kids do that – the more tired they are, the more wild they become? After running around the seats at the gate in San Francisco’s airport during our 5-hour layover, they finally fell asleep in those seats – my daughter’s face was buried under her arms, and my son fell asleep bent over the seat, with his feet still standing on the floor. It was a nightmare, the whole entire trip, but it still went better than what I thought it would have.
We just had to keep looking on the bright side – our plane finally touching down in Sydney.
We’ve been back for about 7 months now and it feels like we never even spent those 3 long years in the US. Even though we did spend all that time there, we didn’t make many friends and we didn’t know our neighbors very well; we didn’t even get out much (but there’s so much more to do here than where we were in Indiana). Here, we are lucky to have some great neighbors – one of them even grows their own fruit and vegetables, organically, and are kind enough to share their bounty with us, such as butternut pumpkins, persimmons, plums, lemons and limes. I’ve made pumpkin bread, persimmon bread, a lime tart, lemon melting moments and lemon butter with some of these fruits. It’s great to bake with fresh food that I know is free from chemicals.
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