Update

Our things are on a moving truck, our floors are refinished, Thomas is 35.

This afternoon, Joo and I are headed to LaGuardia where we will pick up Thomas and Carter and begin the drive to Vermont for Patrick & Kirstin's wedding. Sunday night the three of us will fly back to Atlanta where we will hopefully be able to meet our things at our new house on Monday.

Carter has apparently been having a grand time with his Cart Cart and Nonna. As I hear it, the highlight of his time with them was a trip to the grocery store. Cart Cart said "It was as if he'd never been in a grocery store before!" And, i suppose, he hasn't - not in a real super store anyway. I, on the other hand, was in one of our Brooklyn neighborhood "grocery stores" the other day and noticed, for the first time, that they have a sign identifying what is in the aisle. It said something to the effect of "OILS, BAKING NEEDS, FRUIT, PASTA, SAUCE, RICE, CEREAL, CANNED GOODS, JUICE, CHIPS, BREAD, HOUSEHOLD, NUTS, SPICES, BABY FOOD." Except that it was quite a bit longer than that. I'm not sure you really need a "helpful" sign like this when there are only two aisles. But my point is, I'm not terribly surprised that the size and visual stimulation of an Atlanta grocery was a huge delight for Carter. I just can't wait to go grocery shopping with him in a store that is big enough that he can't pull things off of the shelves on both sides simultaneously!