Tears and Giggles

I can always tell when we have letters from the kids in Lafayette. Kevin comes out of the post office with a big smile on his face.

Haylee writes often with her mommy's help. Today we had letters from Hannah, Andrea and Evan.

It's one of those up/down moments.

We love to hear from them and the letters are always filled with pictures and funny little things they say.

They're also sometimes filled with pleas for us to come home to Indiana. Today's letters were that variety.

I see Kevin's eyes fill with tears when Hannah's letter starts with "Nothing will be the same without you" and Evan says "I don't want you to stay in Ohio forever."

I remind him that farther into the letters the kids tell us they are having fun and making new friends in school and daycare.

That makes him a little more tearful. They are moving on without us, just like they're supposed to do, but it's still hard not to see it on a daily basis.

Hannah ends her letters with a joke. She thinks she's terribly funny and I can picture her giggling as she penned her letter.

What side of the chicken has the most feathers?

The OUTside!

Kevin laughed out loud through his tears.