El Nino's Big Adventure

Ugh, houses are ex-pen-sive in this area. I thought we could swing it but got pre-approved for a mortgage and ran in the opposite direction with my tail between my legs. I realize now that we will have to move much further from NYC in order to own a comfortable home without breaking our necks paying for it. As a consequence, el's mom and dad have come up with a two-year plan. We hope at the end of two years we'll be able to afford a home. But if we can't, we're moving anyway to a bigger apartment with room, room, room. So we will suck it up a while longer and live in our cozy nest.

Taking any and all suggestions for a good school system in a reasonably priced area (preferably accessible by metro-north along the Hudson River) within 2 hours of NYC. Or we may pick up and go somewhere else entirely. We had no idea two years ago that we would have el in our lives. I doubt we'll be able to forecast what the next two years will bring.

El continues to crawl and stand. He's very mobile and very proud of it.