Thursday, April 20, 2006

Common and Uncommon

Since relocating to the Twin Cities, our lives have been an interesting mixture of the very familiar and the completely unfamiliar.

The familiar consists of our little family, with each member's habits, ways, endearing qualities, and . . . errrrr . . . not-so-endearing qualities. Each day we see our Miss Peanut flitting and floating around her brother, like a butterfly sampling a flower:



Everything else in our lives is unfamiliar. Just today, we experienced the city-wide tornado drill, *real* thunderstorms, and the presence of a winding creek and a huge waterfall in the middle of the city.

Little by little, though, these new things are making their way into our everyday lives. Today, we were able to show the Grandparents Peanut some of the natural wonders that surround us, and I was even able to navigate a route to said wonders myself (without the directional help of Mr. Peanut). Perhaps these new parts of our life will become familiar more quickly than I would have thought.

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