A week of "city living"

October 29th, 2013

Our lifestyle is very different here.  I love it.  But, city living does have it's challenges, especially with two small kiddos {and a gigantic car & stroller}.  So far, I think we are all doing a good job at turning the challenges into adventures.  

Grocery shopping is quite an exciting {and exhausting} undertaking.  Let's just say, I'm very thankful we have an elevator, and two cute little 'helpers'.  

My car - it is so huge, it's ridiculous.  Definitely not a car meant for driving around and parking in a big {old} city, but we are surviving.  Lindalee laughs at me every time I try to pull in or out of a crammed parking space {seriously}.  Instead of getting angry at the parking spot or my beast of a car, I have to laugh with her.  

  We have a doorman in our building.  I really like it.  They are ridiculously friendly and helpful. I find myself taking the kids down to check the mail just so I can have a conversation with an adult.  Today, our doorman buddy, Kyle, showed the kids a bucket of Halloween candy and asked if they were allowed to have some.  Christian said, "No".  I was impressed.  I've got that boy 100% brain washed.  {Don't worry, Meme, I let him have a piece, and I would have let him have the whole bucket if you were here to chase him}.

Apartment living has it's perks.  We have a great gym set up.  I had my first "real" workout in 1.5 years.  There's an enclosed playroom attached to the gym.  There's tons of toys, which is especially nice since we have none right now.  There's also a nice little pool, bar, movie theatre, game room, all kinds of fun stuff.  All of these things should come in handy on freezing cold winter days when I don't want to go outside.

The dog.  I don't think it would be such an issue if we didn't have two small kids, but Zoe is a bit of a handful here.  For starters, Lindalee is OBSESSED with her.  She likes to poke her eyes and 'honk' her nose.  Sadly, I really don't trust Zoe with her, especially at face level.  In Charlotte, Zoe spent most of the day outside sunbathing or in her cozy little "room".  I try to stay outside of our apartment as much as possible {easy to do living in Boston} because when I'm here I feel like all I do is chase Lindalee around buffering her harassment of Zoe.  Zoe probably loves the attention {maybe not the eye pokes}, but I hope Lindalee's obsession would subside someday soon.   Before we moved to Boston, and had Zoe in our living area 100% of the time, Lindalee called her "dog", now she refers to her as "dada".  Same thing she calls Chris.  Hmmmm.....

Thankful for the experience of "city life" {and knowing that it's not permanent}.