Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Can you believe my last post was March 30th?? I went all of April and all of May without writing a single blog post. The blog website I use didn't like the newest version of Internet Explorer. I couldn't upload any pictures to the blog. My blog needs pictures! So today I installed a new browser for the sole purpose of writing my blog. Now let's see if I can get you caught up! So much has happened in the 2 months.
At the beginning of April, Erich's dad Will and his wife Beth arrived for a visit. They arrived just in time for the Charlie and Chaney's 7th birthday parties! The parties were a lot of fun. We had Chaney's party on Saturday and Charlie's on Sunday. Lets just say, when the weekend was over, I was partied out and we had a LOT of leftover cake.
Chaney's Party
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| Chaney chose to have her party at an indoor play place called Kid City. All the kids got to play and then we got to go into the private room for treats and cake. |
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| Ready for some cake! (On a side note, there were seven candles on the cake. I promise.) |
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| This is one big slide and is a big hit with the kids. |
Charlie's Party
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| Charlie had his birthday party at the bowling alley. Here is Chaney on the left lane and Charlie on the right. |
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| Once again, I promise there are 7 candles on there... |
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We had a great birthday weekend!
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| They love each other! |
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| Trying out the harmonica he got for his birthday! |
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| Pretty girl with her front teeth growing in! Since this picture is over two months old now, her teeth are all the way grown in! |
That's all I'm going to write for now! I promise to add another post soon. I have to get you all caught up!
My Random Thoughts and Observations...
- They don't say, "My favorite subject is Math." Instead, they say, "My favorite subject is Maths."Even my spell check doesn't like it. That one will never sound right to me. Its so weird to hear one of your kids say, "Today in Maths we talked about shapes."
- We have started leaving a light on on the stairs at night when we go to bed. Chaney has been sleep walking and we don't want her to trip!! Every so often she will emerge from the upstairs bedrooms when Erich and I are still awake. Her eyes are open, she might nod in response to a question.But she is asleep and won't remember it in the morning.
- They don't call it tic tac toe. In Australia you are playing "knots and crosses."
- They don't call them rain boots. In Australia you are wearing "gum boots."
- It's interesting to see some of the same U.S. products here with a different name. You know its manufactured by the same company but it has a completely different name. For example:
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| This is an ad for the toothpaste Macleans. (And by the way, I don't like the name. It doesn't make me want to buy their toothpaste. |
Here is the American version:
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| Aquafresh. Now that's a name of a toothpaste! |
I did notice one difference. The Aussie version calls this flavor of toothpaste "illuminating mint." (I'm not really sure I want my mint to be illuminating.) The American version is called "tingling mint." I would much rather be tingling. Wouldn't you?
