Move to Canada

So I promised my friend that I would start a blog once we got to Canada. So everyone can hear about what is happening in our lives up here.

We made it to Calgary! After many delays with paperwork needed for crossing the border we are here now. We are enjoying settling in. I'm loving having a town house, and the room we have to spread out. And I love having a garage in this cold weather!

In coming to Canada I figured it would pretty much be like the states, however their are some subtle differences that I have started to experience and I'm sure I haven't seen the end of! 

On Sunday night we went to pick up a few groceries for the first time since we have been here. On our trip to the "Real Canadian Super Store" we hauled the boys into the store and I went to grab a shopping cart so we didn't have to carry the boys around the whole store. I couldn't find them at first and then Daniel spotted them in the parking lot. He went to go get one and came back empty handed. He explained to me that you need a loonie to retrieve a shopping cart and then your loonie is returned when you bring back the cart. We had no Canadian money yet. So Judah got to walk around the store like a big boy(which he loved... but made for a lot longer trip at the store) and Daniel had Asher in his carrier and I had the few groceries we were getting. When we got to the check out the cashier asked me how many bags I wanted... how many bags do I want?!? I have no idea how many bags I usually use when buying grocery's and am I paying for these plastic bags? So we figured it out, got the grocery's bagged, turns out its 5 cents a bag I believe. Apparently instead of just trying to convince people to go green like they do in the states, you have more incentive to get reusable grocery bags up here so you don't have to pay for your bags every time. And that was just our first trip to the grocery store! Now I'm just laughing at myself wondering what other things will be surprising me.