Angolan dog

We made it safely. All went about as smoothly as we could have expected. The boys were good on the plane, and all 31 bags arrived. I was worried about managing the bags once we got here and passing through customs, but it didn't take long before we had many airport workers offering to help. There were no big carts, so we ended up with 4 guys each with 2 carts in tow. It was quite a caravan passing through customs. I made sure the 4 guys knew they were the ones getting paid, so there wouldn't be others jumping in trying to help with a bag or two to get a part of the tip. To my surprise no issues with customs, until a lady came up and wheeled Cheerio off and asked for his paperwork. About an hour later, we got him back for a whopping $35. They joked with us that he is now considered an Angolan dog...I guess he's got dual citizenship! Our driver's name is Filipe. The house is great. We already met some of the neighbors. There's a 3 yr old boy next store that Nicholas has already been running around with. A guy came by last night and said hi. He took me with him to the shopping center to get internet access set up. Another lady stopped by this morning to say hi and took Carrie with her to do some grocery shopping. Then one of the maids from another house came by and left her name and number in case we're looking for some household help. The welcome has been tremendous! Also, we accepted an offer on the house in California. More later.