Moving USA to UK we are NOT packing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 เม.ย. 2024
- we are moving from the usa to the uk in less then 3 weeks now and we havent packed much and here is an update on why.
Moving the dog to the uk is probably the most stressful thing for us but we need to focus on just getting us there safely and let it all work itself out.
Being a mum of 3 is stressful enough, let alone an international move
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I completely empathize with your reasons for moving and the overwhelm of having to pack. I did the same thing back in 2019, sold everything in CT and moved to my family’s home country in South America. You’re absolutely right about the physical items - everything is replaceable at the end of the day. Before you know it, you’ll be taking a deeep breath of fresh air in your lovely hometown, and everything you’re worried about now will be a thing of the past. Sending strength and positive vibes for these next few weeks!! You’ve got this babes 💪🏽
Oh my gosh what a lovely message Ashley. Thank you so much 🩷 truly there is no place like home is there
This is such a kind and supportive message ❤
This is what I love about you and your videos. You show us that it’s ok to have a bad day and you are not fake. You are real.. thank you! I hope you had a better day after this video
The burrito helped 🩷🩷🩷
@@Mummysflippinhouse food always helps 😊
Yesterday I took my kids to the park in England - it was heaving! Just kids everywhere playing and laughing! I thought you would love it - told my friends about your vlogs- you’ll be so happy when you’re back home 🥰
I found you in on Tik Tok originally and was obsessed!! but love these realistic home vlogs I love so much. Such a safe space, feels nostalgic somehow💛🩷❤️
Aww thank you Hannah 🩷🩷
Olivia seems like the most chill and happy baby ever 😍😇
Omg she is! The most relaxed quiet baby we have had!!
My third baby was my easiest!
She is lovely ❤️👶
Love your videos! But it makes me sad that you live in my home state of MA and feel overwhelmed by guns. IMO , Massachusetts is relatively NOT gun crazy -; but yes, there are some idiots there. But not nearly as many as many other states ( I don't think I have to spell them out😝!😅😅) Im currently in Wisconsin..and some parts of the upper Midwest remind me of the liberalism and relative sanity of much of New England. Happy travels!
Sweetheart you are validated on how you are feeling and you just be yourself. Everything will be okay and you have a lot going on so don’t be hard on yourself. ❤
Oh Debbie 🩷🩷
You’re far too hard on yourself 💗 You haven’t long given birth to Olivia, I know you joke about extending the newborn stage but girlll…. You’re absolutely aceing everything without realising it. You really are doing brilliantly. Materialistic items can always be replaced, safety & security for you, Kyle and your babies can’t be. Before you know it you’ll be at home, at your mum’s and these last weeks will be a distant memory. Not long now, take a deep breath, remember to look after yourself in all of this. And my goodness, isn’t Olivia a relaxed baby?! What a darling. Love and blessings always xx
$200 a box! Sell everything, girl! I wasn’t expecting it to be that much!
I say the same. Nothing you can’t replace when you get home. Plenty of lovely charity shops.
That is expensive, I would be just taking clothes & toys lol
I thought that, In theory everything in the box needs to have a higher total value then $200 otherwise buy it here 🇬🇧
Me either, that's some wild numbers!!!
I love watching your videos because you are funny and so down to earth. I’m sending you a big hug from the UK 🇬🇧
You got this Caroline! It’s ok to not be fun & happy all the time. Life just isn’t like that. And I’m sure I speak for most of your online community when I say that I appreciate the honesty about the way you feel. We all feel like that sometimes, & we should be able to share it. In regard to the move, as long as you, Kyle, the kids & Missy all get here safely, nothing else really matters. And very soon the move will be a distant memory as you start the next chapter of your life on this side of the pond ❤❤🇬🇧💷
Hi! I’ve been watching this on repeat as I get ready today and it just feels like my friends chatting to me and I love it. You are hands down my favorite thing about the internet right now. Thank you for sharing your life and light, it’s appreciated more than you know ❤️
Oh my gosh Madeline. What a lovely message. Thank you so much. Honestly this means the world to me
Good luck on your move! Coming home is always lovely. Love from beautiful, sunny Scotland 🏴
I’m finding these videos and you telling the shipping prices very helpful, leaving the USA after 9 years and heading back to the UK, trying to decide what to donate and what to keep, it’s difficult. Thank you for being transparent about the prices ❤
After we properly move we will definitely do a full run down on prices, visa price, boxes, flights, the dog
Same! We’re moving to Scotland from CA after a decade of building homes here. We’re selling most and starting again, but we did decide to pack a few crates. Hardest decision ever!
All the best for moving back to the UK
We had considered moving to Columbus for my husbands work, decided to stay in the UK as we wished to start a family and so glad we did!
Obviously makes a difference where you live in the UK, but so happy to build my family here, currently expecting and can’t fault the NHS!
Look forward to seeing your journey back ☺️
As a mom of two kids I relate so much to so much of this video. I’m also moving (not to another country but luckily to a bigger place) but it’s still so hard and exhausting as to, like you said, “be the happy and funny one all the time” because I hold the household together as well and it’s freaking hard. But you’re doing an AMAZING job and you help me be a better mom!
Can’t wait to follow you along in the UK! Spent a few months there in 2022 & 2023, absolutely fell in love. Totally understand what you mean about safety, pace of living & quality of life 🇬🇧
You don't have to be cheery all the time! Your vlogs are great, we'll watch regardless. I'm a nanny and love seeing your parenting style ❤❤❤
It’s hard being fun all the time is the realest thing I’ve heard someone say in a while ❤
I love your nonchalant attitudes. I think I elevate my own stress. You two are a great team. And I love your unscripted and unedited conversations on camera. You two are as real as they come. But seriously, I’m taking so much away from this video. Moving is one thing. But an international move is probably a whole other ballgame and your positivity is applicable to all of life’s grit. Thank you for that! Wish I could have met you for a cocktail before you ditched the states. I hope you keep the camera rolling once you get across the pond.
I love your transparency 😊
You are an amazing family. ❤❤❤❤❤
one of your videos got recommended to me for some reason (I never watch family/child related content) and it's safe to say I'm hooked :D I binge watched at least 8 videos already and I don't intend to stop :D the first thing I noticed and I love it so much that your videos seem so real and down to earth, almost unfiltered version of your days and it's so refreshing! Also the other important thing for me is that you do not use your kids for content, they are there as they need to be. I am so excited for you moving to the UK, I can not imagine how anxious I would be as a mom to have my children in the US in the current circumstances...the only thing is that I need more content on Missy :D especially her move, I would think it's more stressful almost than you moving!
I follow your insta and the whole time was like oh god, they aren’t packing. Honestly, love the approach and it makes total sense not to try with the kids around. I couldn’t believe how chill you were so it’s comforting to see this, so overwhelming but you guys made it look too easy.
We're moving house's with three kids within the UK and I'm so stressed about it, i can't think how difficult it must be across the pond let alone flying aline with 3 small kids. Sending all the strength, snacks and screen time your way!
Also my control freakness is on edge hearing you guys say he's going to pack most of it himself 😅
Completely get the safery thing, i won't move anywhere i don't feel safe. Can't wait to see how everyone finds living in England x
A 'comp' is a 'comparable' property. Best of luck! Thank you for the content along the way. ❤️
If she’s near the beach, they should get a good price. 🙏🏻 prayer to St. Joseph patron saint of real estate.
Absolutely love that Kyle is showing the kids Spiritbox, Courtney is such a talent!
Its so cute that Olivia just keeps on sleeping through all that movement, such a cutie
New to your channel. Loving the content. Excited for you to take us with you when you move! Best of luck! 🎉
Found your social media by chance a love watching your updates. So get your reasons for coming home. Sending you best wishes from a grey and chilly Dartmoor. Good luck for the coming weeks xx
Your doing great Caroline 👍 ❤ hang in there, you have alot going on right now xx we love how authentic you are xx big hugs from New Zealand 🇳🇿 🤗
Those are good reasons to move.
I am an American teacher who moved abroad with family (in South America), and I have similar concerns about raising my 2 kids in the US.
As parents we can choose some of our worries, and, like you, I'm glad excessive gun violence close by is not at the top of my worry list.
Not me from uk googling what a yeti cooler was . Good luck to you guys love watching your progress. X
Love all your videos ❤
I love your authentic-ness haha made that word up 👏🏻 but honestly so normal 2 be feeling overwhelmed it’s a huge challenge and a big change 4 all of you guys! Can’t wait 4 the “we’ve arrived” vlogs ❤
Oh me too. I’m so excited but I also can’t even think about it for too long or my head explodes haha
Glad I'm not the only one who packs boxes like that! 😂 We did our TOR recently, and I'm so glad that's done with. Wishing you well with your move!
Olivia is SUCH a chill baby!!
I love that I found your channel and thank you for sharing all of your feels with us 😍
What an honest vlog. But as you say it doesnt matter, its just things. But feeling overwhelmed is so understandable! All the best with the move back here, to home ❤
Fellow American here. Just found your channel and could NOT comprehend why anyone would choose living in the US over the UK. Happy for your big move! I want to move too 😂😭
As an American in the U.K… there are many reasons! The national health service is failing, there’s a housing crisis. Wages have been stagnant for years. It’s not as glamorous as the movies I’m afraid. :/
Also not the best stereotypical but the weather where I am is horrid. A lot has changed in 5 years since I first moved here.
kyle’s “please take someone” made me laugh, pure desperation! so happy for you guys that you get to go where you’ll be more comfortable :)
Keep plodding on! You’re doing amazing 😊
Thanks hun. We’re trying x
I miss waking safely, nice garden centres and parks too, here is such a stark contrast
I know you are worried about the moan. However you are honest and truthful and it's a privilege that you share these parts of your life ❤
I just moved from a 2500 sq foot house in the middle of PA to a 750 sq foot apartment in NYC so I feel your pain! Take deep breaths, it will all get done (your husband has this sorted 👍💪).
As far as selling the house, I hope it: 1) sells in a day 2) you get a glorious bidding war 3) it appraises for the exact amount you want it to 4) the inspector is an easy breezy dude who thinks the house is perfect and needs zero repairs 🤞🤞🤞
For your travel: I hope the kids nap like angels and that your flight is full of happy old ladies and pleasant flight attendants who want nothing more than to help you and let you relax ❤❤❤
All the good vibes to you!!!!
Oh my gosh thank you for all these fantastic vibes! I’m manifesting all of this 🩷🩷🩷
Hello from Williamsburg Virginia, hope you enjoy your visit!!!
Retired military person here and Kyles logic resonates with me... Have no fear dear Caroline... he'll get it done... #notworried 🙂
You’re doing an AMAZING job!!! Keep it up girl!!
Your bound to feel overwhelmed, it is a big thing but it's also an important thing for you and your family. Breath through your anxiety, there's loads of breathing exercises online. As we say in the UK "You'll get there love" 😂❤❤❤❤❤❤
That collapsible bucket is the best ever! I got one the other day from Amazon !
I tell everyone about it 😂
I’m not surprised you feel overwhelmed! I can get stressed packing for a weekend away with the kids! 🤣 x garden looks great
Hi 👋 from London
Packing is never easy mateee!
Newly to this channel …. Love the banter! Kyle is giving me Jim Hopper from stranger things 😅
I’m soo invested in this move lol. Can’t wait to see if the yeti and snowboard make it to England!
I would literally be less stressed if I just left most of everything and started over once I got to my new home. You’re very patient! Yes, you are right, everything is replaceable! You and the family are all you should truly worry about getting to England. It’s just too much to handle if you try to concern yourself with all of it. ❤
Please keep showing us all the realness of life, it’s not all rainbows especially when having 3 young children and moving house not only a couple of miles away but thousands of miles back HOME where you will have all the safety and support your little family need x
🇬🇧 is waiting for ya!!!! Countdown is officially on! By Christmas it will all be a distant memory! 🎉❤ Whole lotta love Caroline
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OMG! Yes!... Always look the bright side of life ❤
Bulkheads are the doors that open to the outside from your basement. Wishing you best of luck and Godspeed with your move. Lovely family ❤
It’s funny she said the kids used them as a slide. We did the same at my cousins 50 years ago! 😂
MOnty Python had me creased. Hope you feel a bit better. Good luck with the packing and you will be back here soon.
Was just watching Holy Grail 😂
Wow! Talk about incentive to be very particular in what you pack in the boxes!
I’m so happy you have a home in the UK because if I did we would run 🏃 hahaha. Where I am in HoneyBrook Pa - there is never a soul at the playground / parks , it’s like a ghost town / but there are sooooo many children so it doesn’t make sense. Idk 🤷 it’s just really sad. I try and get my kiddos out in the yard but cars zoom 🏎️ by so fast like you mentioned so we don’t last too long. Don’t worry , like you said it’s just things , it will all be okay ❤ sending you love 💕
It is hard being fun all the time. Don’t feel like you can’t be stressed or down, or just be having a quiet day. That’s okay.
It is a huge logistical nightmare moving your lovely family back to England, but you will do it. The end is in sight xx
I needed this, you so funny!
7:18 coming from someone who has flown with camera equipment Kyle is right you just pay for oversized luggage basically. It’ll be annoying actually checking it in and collecting it on your own but a Yeti cooler is a manageable shape so you can fit it and golf clubs or the snowboard in one trip if you use a trolly. Plus if you are flying into Heathrow they have services to help if you are desperate.
10:16 Mulch is less of a thing at home because we have a very wet climate. Mulch helps your soil retain moisture. Areas with sandy soil need it but areas with clay (like London) don’t. Since I’ve started gardening I’ve found out the soil you want is called loam lol
It’s okay to feel stressed. Moving is one of the most stressful things. ❤🤗
I’m from Williamsburg va it’s a nice area.
I hope packing is going well. Doesn’t matter how you pack as long as it gets there
I'm stressed just watching. 😂 Moving is a pain in the butt. You don't realise how much "stuff" you have accumulated until it's time to pack it all. Good luck 👍
Definitely! Luckily we’ve only been in this house for two years and in the USA for 5, I can’t imagine people who have been in a place for like 10 years plus and moving countries 🫠🫠🫠
I love a good storm cellar! Here in californium you can't even find a decent basement.
Love watching your videos! Wish there was more. I’m British and my husband is from Mass, we met in Dubai and still live here now, so I instantly feel connected to you babes 😂
Also Charlie is the cutest child in the world, his smile fills my heart!
Omg we are almost the same!
You’re right. Doesn’t matter. As long as the humans a dog are happy and safe… job done.
I think you are delightful!!
When we moved back from the US to the UK my son and I came back on the QM2 . You could take as much luggage as you could fit in your cabin and it was easier than flying and no jet lag . My husband came later luckily the company paid for the move so we were able to take what we wanted .
I know somebody who worked for American Airlines, and when they moved from Surrey to Dallas, all their furniture and stuff got moved for free by plane.
Yeah a lot of the times if you move for a company they pay. It’s part of the moving package. Same as when we were in the military and we got out they paid for our move from Virginia to Boston. Was great
i ugly laugh at your videos, thanks for being a bright light ♥️
Love your Falmouth sweatshirt! It’s my happy place!
Just keep walking. You are doing great. 👏
Cellar 😉
The packing random bits in a box set my ocd off, I'd have to pack room by room. I packed my flat up in 2 days with a baby 😂 but I was moving across the road. Now I've an extra kid it'd no doubt take me forever.
I can't imagine to stress moving across the pond as they'd say
If you don’t want to buy new bottles just keep a few of the USA measuring scoops and use them for the UK formula 😅
The measurements would be different I mean the formula not the scoops
My husband’s British. I’m from California. He moved to California for 14 years. We’ve now been in the UK for the last 7-8 years. I feel for you with moving. Packing is the worst just for a trip! Packing our house for this move was a nightmare. And we still have boxes in the garage here we’ve not unpacked because we’re doing things to our house. NIGHTMARE 🤦🏻♀️🤪
Got excited that you had a Falmouth top (I live in Falmouth, Cornwall UK), forgetting that there's probably one in the USA too 😆 I just wanted to give you a cuddle, make you a cup of tea and she's some cadburys chocolate with you whilst watching this! Can't believe how close the move is, you will be FINE, I have every faith :) xx
I tell my kids all the time “if you get hurt you’re going to ruin the whole day so let’s not mmkay”?? 😂
YOU GUYS GOT THIS!! - said in motivating voice.
Ahhhhhhhh - in a pumped up voice jumping in the air haha
You're a breath of fresh air. Happy new sub
7:16… Sitting here painting my nails like a fly on the wall is so funny lol. You guys are super sweet and I think Kyle is going to slay like cray.
I’ve seen some of your videos before though never subscribed (yes, yes, I have now!), but this one has to be the most relatable for me, at least concerning the stress of moving. 6 years ago I split with my husband, we’d been married nearly 30 years with 3 adult kids, and I’m a childminder so was moving my business with mountains of toys, car seats, buggies etc as well. Due to the crap house selling process in England and solicitors apparently incapable of doing anything properly, it took 5 months, we exchanged contracts on a Tuesday and moved house on Friday of the same week. Bad enough packing up a house you’ve lived in for 28 years in only 3 days whilst working 7.30am-6pm looking after other people’s kids in the house you’re meant to be packing, but throw in the fact of a marriage breakup, with my ex husband taking the family dog with him, my kids never having lived anywhere else so allllll the memories, (we’d also done a massive renovation and two extensions 5 years before and I loved that house) and moving to a grotty house half the size needing a full makeover so trying to declutter ruthlessly as I packed. I think you can tell why it rates as the single most stressful experience of my life. But it was worth it in the end 😅
The $200 per BOX made my jaw drop. Makes sense that it would be cheaper to sell/get rid of almost everything and buy new once you arrive. You go, mama. You're killing it.
I checked a Yeti knockoff (RTIC) from Taiwan to Malaysia as excess baggage (full of frozen breast milk, no less) , and it made it and shockingly looked no worse for wear!
Oh wow! I will tell Kyle this!
The P..P..P..Puuh..Packing has me cracking up....Caroline, NO, shhhhhh I'm the only one awake😂 And yes, the internet will panic for you
I’m even avoiding saying the word haha
You’re visiting near me!!! I’m sure you’ll be busy, but we have lots of toys if you get bored 🤣❤️
Hey, thought Id mention - I moved from NY to Dublin Ireland and used USPS / Fedex and it was much cheaper than $200 per box!
I have zero kids and not having any anytime soon and I will probably never move out of the country BUT I love ur vids lmao they’re relaxing to listen to while I do dishes haha
We are moving to the uk in august we can’t not do the gun violence anymore and want are boys to be safe while at school I love your videos it help us get ready for for the move 😊
Yesss when I moved back from the US to the UK i sold 90% of the stuff we had and just bought forever things when I arrived. Its going to take a MASSIVE load off your plate!!
We live in Yorktown, Va! My husband is military. It would be so neat if we cross paths while you’re here! Safe travels
I am so attatched to objects that I could not leave my things behind. I'm being tested for ADHD, though, I absolutely crumble without familiarity. Hats off to you.
I'm in shock that you're sending it box by box! I looked into moving my things from the US in Florida rather to the UK and for a small container it was $4200 from door-to-door
Cars flying down streets is an excellent reason to move to U.K. I'm visually impaired which why I want to move. The walk ability in U.K. is perfect for me.
I’m moving from France to the USA in 3 weeks! I’ll think of you ❤️
how exciting! welcome to the US!
Im also feeling overwhlemed and sad today for different reasons tho. This made me feel less alone.
Shoot! I'm sorry you landed in a town that wasn't a good fit. Hopefully your move goes smooth and you settle in happily in your home country! I grew up in the u.s. midwest in a wonderfully safe and family friendly town. I moved to a rural area a state over and while it's still plenty safe, the serious lack of nearby, cheap or free, kid activities is maddening. Miss my parks and hiking trails! Hoping to move my family back to my hometown or a town thats more supportive of families. Love living in the country but a kid can only eat rocks and play with cows for so long before they need to socialize with family and friends. Living in the middle of nowhere is not conducive to that 😅
I’m just so sad that I found your channel after you moved from Virginia. I would have loved a meet-up or hang. I relate to you and your family so much on every level. -Signed, still watching from Virginia!!
Awww we loved Virginia. In hindsight we should never have left. Apart from the heat haha. I think we would have always ended up back in the uk though but yeah much preferred it there then MA x
@@Mummysflippinhouse I am an American who is ready to pull up anchor, so I don’t blame you. I wish my family could end up in the UK, especially after this election season. I am from Florida originally, and moved to Virginia as an adult, and Virginia beats Florida every time. So, I am grateful the military brought us here, it beats the alternative. BTW…full fledged all American “tuna jacket” convert here. It’s delicious!!
Love these vlogs!❤ instagram reels are great too, but it’s fun getting more footage.
Your thought about the bowl, means just donate it. It is overwhelming to judge what to keep but sweet lady if you aren’t worried about it making the trip in 1 piece don’t pack it.
I got to w&m in Williamsburg and make sure you take the kids to colonial Williamsburg to see the baby sheep !!!! There’s typically some down Duke of Gloucester street!!!!!!!!
Loving the packing content. I’m just thinking with the baby but a scenario and you said you had to buy all new ones because of the fluid ounces being different. Could you not just bring the scoopers with you and then you could keep the bottles instead of buying all new ones just a random thought I had one I’m lying here in bed in cold England with the heating on on the Sunday afternoon. Xxxxx
Yes, makes so much sense