Telling the Kids

We wanted to have some fun in telling our kids we were actually going overseas.  We wanted them to think about all the good times they've had here as well as the exciting opportunities of living abroad.

Candace did a great scavenger hunt around the house for the kids.  Each clue took them to another place our family loves to spend time.  Once they got there, they had to each write down a favorite memory of that place before they got the next clue.

On the trampoline

 Suitcases in the bedroom from our vacations

The music room 

 In the kitchen

 Favorite places we've gone in the van

Finally, in the play room to watch the video.  This is everyone right when the video started:

And here's the video telling them where we're going:

It was really fun watching each of their expressions.  Our daughter was jumping up and down in her chair the whole time with a huge smile.  Our 2nd wasn't quite sure how he felt and our oldest was obviously quite sad. We talked about it after they watched the video about how it's perfectly OK to feel excited and sad.  Those are normal feelings and that we'll have this great adventure together.  

We also showed them a 15 minute video from a school they might attend.  They cheered up at that and were anxious to call their friends to share the news.