Fun things.... Life updates...
- Aberly has decided that Daddy is her new favorite play partner. Although I feel badly for Colin knowing how tiring it is to be "the one" for your child, I am secretly dancing inside getting a break from being "the one" for so very, very long.
- As children do, they imitate, and being ever eager to learn, Aberly imitates us quite often. This past weekend we were driving home from a trip to the souk and heard her talking to her baby. "B a b y..... (totally annoyed voice), don't do that!" "Don't bonk me!" "Time out!" She was also forehead-to-forehead with her baby giving baby very serious eyes while disciplining baby for her naughty actions. She has also picked up saying "Darn" when frustrated or dropping something. She has a very distinct annoyed voice.
- Aberly LOVES having us read books and is always excited when I bring her new books home from the library.
- We have been in the process with the school for submitting our requests to move next year. They finally put out the new available units and we went on a house tour last weekend. We felt like we were on House Hunters International as we toured three different homes. I totally regret not realizing the opportunity we had at hand and should've totally filmed it and made a mock House Hunters episode with the footage. Even the other families on tour joked how much the tour was like the show so I know they would've been great at playing along had we brought a video camera. Oh well. Anyways, we are hoping to get to live on campus so Aberly has instant access to the playgrounds she loves and can live closer to her friends. However, we only think there will be one open unit and most likely that will go to another couple with more seniority than us. We are crossing our fingers the school decides to let us have it or a second unit opens up with someone surprisingly moving off campus. If not, we will most likely be living on the other side of the highway in a four-plex, but still very close to the school, up on the hill. It has great views, 5 bedrooms, three levels, and a large shared patio around the building which is walled in for safe playing for Aberly. However, being on top of a hill, the walk would be very difficult for our nanny to take Aberly to the park. We will hope for the best!
- I joined a private Pilates class with some other teachers and moms. It's been a great class for me to tone up a bit and get some of my muscles back in shape. We meet once a week.
- Despite being in a great school with great benefits, we are still hitting that wall where you start to count down to school being over. I think it's just an universal thing that all teachers and school workers get no matter how good the school. We are also starting to miss the comforts and ease of home and are itching to get back. I installed a little "countdown" app on our laptop today so we could have it ticking away and tracking how many days till we come home. 47!
- Aberly has once again changed overnight and has started speaking in much more full sentences. Instead of "mommy work?" she would now say "mommy going to work now?" It's been fun to hear all the new things coming out of her mouth. She also has many "favorites" and lets us know whenever we come across it. Milk, a certain toy, a certain book, clothing item, and on and on.
Okay, I think that is about it. Colin did have a crazy adventure with his eye but I will let him write about that one. He promises to blog about that within the week.
Oh, P.S. I broke our camera. Well, technically, the shutter button popped off on it's own and I did my best to get it back in with a touch of glue but that permanently wrecked it.... So no new pictures at the moment. We do have some on Colin's smartphone and I'll try to get those loaded soon.
All our best!
- Aberly has decided that Daddy is her new favorite play partner. Although I feel badly for Colin knowing how tiring it is to be "the one" for your child, I am secretly dancing inside getting a break from being "the one" for so very, very long.
- As children do, they imitate, and being ever eager to learn, Aberly imitates us quite often. This past weekend we were driving home from a trip to the souk and heard her talking to her baby. "B a b y..... (totally annoyed voice), don't do that!" "Don't bonk me!" "Time out!" She was also forehead-to-forehead with her baby giving baby very serious eyes while disciplining baby for her naughty actions. She has also picked up saying "Darn" when frustrated or dropping something. She has a very distinct annoyed voice.
- Aberly LOVES having us read books and is always excited when I bring her new books home from the library.
- We have been in the process with the school for submitting our requests to move next year. They finally put out the new available units and we went on a house tour last weekend. We felt like we were on House Hunters International as we toured three different homes. I totally regret not realizing the opportunity we had at hand and should've totally filmed it and made a mock House Hunters episode with the footage. Even the other families on tour joked how much the tour was like the show so I know they would've been great at playing along had we brought a video camera. Oh well. Anyways, we are hoping to get to live on campus so Aberly has instant access to the playgrounds she loves and can live closer to her friends. However, we only think there will be one open unit and most likely that will go to another couple with more seniority than us. We are crossing our fingers the school decides to let us have it or a second unit opens up with someone surprisingly moving off campus. If not, we will most likely be living on the other side of the highway in a four-plex, but still very close to the school, up on the hill. It has great views, 5 bedrooms, three levels, and a large shared patio around the building which is walled in for safe playing for Aberly. However, being on top of a hill, the walk would be very difficult for our nanny to take Aberly to the park. We will hope for the best!
- I joined a private Pilates class with some other teachers and moms. It's been a great class for me to tone up a bit and get some of my muscles back in shape. We meet once a week.
- Despite being in a great school with great benefits, we are still hitting that wall where you start to count down to school being over. I think it's just an universal thing that all teachers and school workers get no matter how good the school. We are also starting to miss the comforts and ease of home and are itching to get back. I installed a little "countdown" app on our laptop today so we could have it ticking away and tracking how many days till we come home. 47!
- Aberly has once again changed overnight and has started speaking in much more full sentences. Instead of "mommy work?" she would now say "mommy going to work now?" It's been fun to hear all the new things coming out of her mouth. She also has many "favorites" and lets us know whenever we come across it. Milk, a certain toy, a certain book, clothing item, and on and on.
Okay, I think that is about it. Colin did have a crazy adventure with his eye but I will let him write about that one. He promises to blog about that within the week.
Oh, P.S. I broke our camera. Well, technically, the shutter button popped off on it's own and I did my best to get it back in with a touch of glue but that permanently wrecked it.... So no new pictures at the moment. We do have some on Colin's smartphone and I'll try to get those loaded soon.
All our best!
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