Your place and routine must seem a lot quieter without the little ones there and being so much part of their care, CF. The videos and facetime do help and we're able to keep up regularly with that too, not quite the same as having them with you though is it. We live 3 hours drive from our granddaughters and our plans for visiting among the many cancellations we've had to make but with everyone doing the same have quite easily adapted. Miss not quite 6 and miss very nearly 6 months are quite delightful, their family bubble well and happy which is the main thing. Plenty to keep older one amused, play learning and a very big yard to run and play when she's not amusing the baby with various other activity.
Not so many children around our place, just 2 schoolboys 7 and 16 from 2 separate houses alongside driveway and have only heard the younger one playing with his dad outside. There are usually some loud and boisterous children occasionally a few houses over in another street, think they must just get hyped up with mates and visitors perhaps
Have friends living across from one corner and their young adult daughters have been doing some Irish dance practice on the deck, a familiar sound as ours used to do same back in the day
Peaceful neighbourhood is nice, very few dogs as well but when one barks another does ... and one does like to do a siren impression sometimes
Think perhaps fewer sirens than usual with less traffic etc but still some each day, also the police helicopter a regular around here but feel pretty safe and content enough being a homebody and choice of walks around the block to blow out cobwebs
