The Burdine kids: Getting settled in San Francisco

The first couple weeks here in San Francisco have been full of the usual stuff moving involves...unpacking boxes, organizing rooms, and getting utilities set up. The move all in all was a huge success! I mean we really had no huge problems and we were unpacked and getting in a routine in less than 4 days. I hate that I don't have any pictures of that first day moving in but things were a bit crazy and I completely forgot. The kids jumped out of the cars and ran to the new house. They immediately explored every inch of that 1200 square foot house and gave it the thumbs up! I was so happy they were so excited about it. I was nervous that since it was so much smaller and they had to share a room that they would be disappointed but not at all! We got them a new bunk bed before we left so that really helped with the whole sharing room thing and plus they slept together any way back home so I don't think they mind too much. The house has a playroom/guest room downstairs so that really gives them the extra space they made need.
That first night after the kids went to sleep, Lyle and I sat on the couch and just took a deep deep breath. We were finally here. For a whole year we planned this move, stressing about every detail as we tried to figure out the real estate and school systems here in San Fran. We even stressed that our couch wasn't going to fit through the door because our measurements only gave us maybe a spare inch but we had faith and sure enough everything fit without us even having to take the doors off the hinges. We all have felt through this whole process that Eve was watching out for us. We really felt her calming presence.
The lights and water were already on in our new place so that was easy but internet/cable was a whole different story. Comcast earned its place as the #1 company for worst customer service very well. It took them two weeks and multiple phone calls to get someone who knew what they were doing out here to hook us up. But eventually we got everything lined up which really helped us feel like maybe this move was going to work out after all.
Next on the list was getting some food in the house! We scoped out the nearest grocery store and loaded up. I had heard food was more expensive here but didn't know what to expect. I would say everything is at least $0.50 higher....especially the eggs. A dozen eggs for $5.99! What?!! Ridiculous!
Once we started to feel settled, we decided to take the kids exploring a bit. We knew we only had two weeks before Lyle started work so we wanted to do some fun things. First we took the kids on the subway to Fisherman's Wharf. They were dying to ride the subways! They were so funny trying to figure out all the maps and learning the rules to riding the trains. Here is a pic of their first experience:

They were all eyes on that train let me tell you! Lots of "unusual" people. They loved it!
Unfortunately, the sea lions were not out at Pier 39 so we are going to have to go back again some time but it was a good first adventure.
Next up was the beach, we rode the train all the way to Ocean beach and walked around for a bit. We didn't really know what to expect so we were not set up to stay the whole day but kids still had fun and we ate out a wonderful beach cafe on Judah street that we put on our repeat list. The beach was just beautiful and we are dying to go back!