Well, a huge change to report. We have moved to New Mexico! After arriving in late July, we have gotten the kids settled into school, we are in a nice neighborhood with very nice people. The weather is amazing!
Talk about HUGE change, however. My daughter is pretty sure that she and her brother are the only vegetarians in their school. Oh, and don't get me started on the reward system at school. Every time a child or a classroom accomplishes something, the reward is always either a candy (not vegetarian although I don't think any of the teachers would even know that), a gift certificate to some fast food restaurant, a pizza party, cupcake party, rootbeer float party, etc. It's ridiculous! I am quickly realizing why there is such a huge health problem in this country. People really don't seem to be paying attention to what they are eating at all. It's amazing! There's sugar in everything....from spaghetti sauce to peanut butter. (Even the organic "healthy" brands are sweetened).
Anyway, I am sure that my challenges here will be even more fun to hear about here than the West Coast of Canada. I feel a bit like Dorothy.
The landscape here is absolutely beautiful and I really look forward to exploring it. There are some really amazing people around...it'll just take a bit of looking to find them. We have already found a Meditation center that has kids Dharma classes every Sunday which is super exciting.
I'll keep you posted.
Thanks for listening,
Kasandra
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