Moving- Part 3: Preparing our toddler

Isn't it amazing how much children know? Many times surpassing our expectations of them. Our toddler continues to surprise me with how sensitive and aware he is about what is going on around him and how much he picks up from me and John.
The last time we moved, Isaac was too young to understand (or maybe he would have but I didn't try! gulp!), but now that he is 2.5 we put more effort into preparing him for the transition.

We showed him the pictures of our new house.

We counted down the days until the movers would come to take away all our things and then the days until we would actually get on the airplane to go to Boston.

We also borrowed books about moving.
Check out: Moving to a New House by Nicola Barber which Isaac really liked and related to right away with the pictures of people packing things in boxes.
Do not check out: Moving House by Mark Siegel which is actually about a house that moves.....great story...just doesn't fit the occasion.. (yeah...definitely one of those times i wish i scanned before reading to him....)

Since packing our own boxes was a long process, I think that gave him more time to get used to the idea. We involved him as much as possible in the packing process, such as letting him write on the boxes, and put things in boxes.

Finally, we took lots of pictures of our favorite places in Houston and said good-byes to our friends.

I also told Jonah (our 7 month old), but he just cried...