The boxes are back and so is Mark.

As I hinted in my last blog, Mark went on a trip to the E. Coast for a job interview. It went pretty well and we should know more by the beginning of February. Keep your fingers crossed that it all goes well. It looks like we will be moving to Princeton, NJ by the next school year, although it could be as early as
May. Mark's interview will determine how he is funded and when he will start. We are pretty excited. Princeton seems like a nice, if schmancy, college town and there is direct train service to NYC. We will also be close to Philly. Mark was able to check out the housing situation. It seems there will be lots of young families like ours.

On the homefront, I handled the girls on my own for 4 days/3 nights. It went pretty well. I'm proud of myself because this is the first time I've managed without anybody flying out to help. I stayed home from work and we had lots of fun playing together. Even though the girls are a lot to handle during the day, they go to bed by 7pm. So, it was pretty fun for me to have some evenings by myself. It was almost like being home alone. Neither Mark nor I have been alone in our house for more than couple hours in 16 months. Isn't that weird?


Here are the girls and I modeling our tshirts from Daddy's trip.


Closeup of Elsa's shirt.


The boxes are back. The girls have been playing with the diaper boxes all weekend. I had a box set aside for recycling. When I came back to the room, they were both in it. (Lily L, Elsa R). How fun!


Here's Elsa in her box. They keep inventing games with boxes. Sometimes they put things "in" the box. Othertimes, they push the boxes up and down the hall. And they also like to use the boxes as drums. They are so creative.


Box races in the hall. Elsa front, Lily ledge.


More fun at the tot lot. The tot lot is about two blocks from our house. Its where all the neighborhood toys are put to pasture. Since the girls don't go to daycare, I've been trying to have them interact more with other kids. They are still on the young side for the tots. But, they have a good time. Here's Lily filling her tank.


Elsa is on the rocking horse. She got on the horse all by herself!


Lily trying to figure out the pushtoy. She doesn't get the "pushing" part. She tends to "carry" the toys around. She walks around the house holding the giant ball and also the diaper box.

The girls are getting so big. They turned 16 months last week!

We will update the internet when we know more about the timing of our move. Hopefully, it will be soon as we are both anxious to make plans. For now, good-bye from Limbo-land.