A fairly mundane but good none-the-less kind of week. We made ice-cream with the mother's group at the start of the week which was very yummy. Was nice knowing exactly what went into the ice-cream and having none of the additives and chemicals. And it was delicious! We may have to think about buying an ice-cream machine for ourselves in the future.
Pete had car problems Monday night which unfortunately meant he didn't make it home in time for our Skype session with Grandma and Grandpa and Nanna and Gramps. The girls and I still enjoyed having a chat with them all. Naomi had been playing phone calls all day and had been pretend calling Grandpa. The cutest bit was she kept bursting out laughing. Grandpa was obviously telling her something very funny in her imagination!
On Tuesday Pete had a meeting in Washington but instead of making the trip down there, he got up before 4am and telephoned into the meeting from our basement. So with such an early start he was finished early too which meant he could pick Naomi up from childcare which she loved. I went to the gym and did my first group exercise class in a long time. It was a strength training class and I could barely walk for 3 days afterwards. Going to attempt it again this week and I'm hoping the recovery will be a bit easier. Lydia was less happy in the crèche though. The afternoons are really quiet but the mornings (when the group classes are) are a bit more hectic and so she gets a bit more upset. Hopefully this week it won't be as much of a shock to her.
I also went to a knitting session this week. It was some of the Mums from my mother's group, most of who wanted to learn how to knit. I already know but it was nice to be there with everyone and to spend some focussed time trying to finish off the blanket I started about a year or more ago. I think we're going to meet up once a month to do this which will be fun.
We're also incredibly close to unpacking all our boxes finally. I'm hoping by the end of next weekend they'll be done. I did a few boxes during the week and a couple over the weekend. But Pete spent an evening and a lot of Saturday unpacking and did an excellent job. It's so nice to not have boxes to look at everywhere. Making the house feel even more like home. We just have the guest room to do (including building the guest bed) and then we're done. Phew!
Naomi is doing really well with the potty training again. Such a relief. She has decided she wants her privacy and independence so insists on going by herself now. She still needs some help with wiping (not that she necessarily wants the help) but we're so much closer to getting it now. She hasn't had an accident for over a week (apart from at childcare where they insist on not putting a nappy on her at lunchtime and then she has an accident in her sleep).
Mum and Dad have booked flights out to see us in April/May which I'm so excited about. I've basically got February and March to get through and then there are lots of good things happening. We have our holiday to Mexico at the start of April, then my parents arrive and shortly after they leave Pete's parents arrive. That takes us through to the middle of July. And then we'll be in Alaskan summer which will be good to experience. Hopefully we may get some more visitors at that time (fingers crossed).
It's been a tough time settling in here, particularly for Pete and myself as a couple. Those of you who are married have probably fallen into the trap at some point of taking out your stresses on each other. So we've decided we need some focussed time for just us. We're trying to make a date night once a week, although we won't necessarily go out every week. This week we played some board games together which was good fun. Pete won one game and I won the other so the battle is on!
This weekend we went to a 3 year old birthday party which was fun (Naomi had to dress as a princess so she looked great). We also all went swimming together after church which was fun. Naomi is going down the water slide practically by herself now. She goes to the top with Pete, pushes him down and then follows him, with Pete catching her at the bottom. It's great to see her confidence in the water growing. And if she has a hold of the side she can work her way along the edge and get herself out too, so that helps us as parents feel better too.
We also took her ice-skating today. I watched with Lydia as I would have been a hindrance not a help. Pete can ice-skate so he went on the ice with her. Was funny watching her try to get her balance. She fell over a lot but didn't really complain. She didn't want to stay on for very long but at least she didn't throw a tantrum and complain. Hopefully we can take her some more and she can get the hang of it soon. There were some other little kids zooming around the rink with no fear at all. They can't have been older than 5.
So our weekends are turning out very nicely at the moment. A good mix of achieving those things that need to get done in life and having some fun together as a family. Now to the next week. Pete is heading to Houston tomorrow morning so it's just the girls at home for the next 3 days. Pete gets back in the early hours of Thursday morning so we'll get to see him when we wake up Thursday. I hate this feeling when he is about to go and I know I have to cope on my own. I know I can but I still don't like it. My inspiration this week will be one of the ladies from the church Mum's group whose husband is in the air force. He's just got back from 4 months away from home. I have no idea how she did it but if she can cope for 4 months then I can do 3 days. I'll let you know how it goes next week...
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