Living...

I saw this little "postcard" floating around and it really grabbed me.  Here we are living so close to beautiful beaches, castles, museums, in a new country with so much to see and explore.  And where do the kids want to spend this sunny Sunday?  At the pool in our little condo 'hood. 

We loaded up the car and headed down to Lisbon to watch a parade of Tallships heading down the Rio Tejo into the Atlantic, to continue their race up to Dublin.  Really cool I thought.  The only thing that was of real interest to L & Z was the possibility of cotton candy.  Of course I had my moment of maternal eye-rolling and I bit my tongue not to reply to their requests "No Way - we're going to that museum and it will be way more fun then eating cotton candy and churros on the boardwalk  ---don't you want to see some of the amazing historical....."   and bought the cotton candy.

They've just run home from the pool, happy and cooled off, so I'm contemplating what "living" really means - checking the boxes on my Grand Tour list of things to do, or letting Zach and Lauren take their time in this new life of ours.   Hmmm...