I fell behind on the blog due to the football game, homework and vacation adventures. Here is a two-day update on the Perdue vacation to Thailand!
Highlights:
1. We MIGHT have won a victory with Brynn this week. Potty training has been a major success. We are not ready to claim victory but accidents are not occurring. She also is telling us when she needs to use the potty. This morning we had No. 1 and No. 2 back-to-back!
2. Aubrey's sleeping habits still stink. She is an extremely light sleeper. She does good at night from about 8PM to 1 or 2 AM, but then she can be off and on until about 6AM. Lack of sleep stinks, but Sarah keeps pushing through!
3. Funny things from Brynn...
- When you ask about the location of China or Alabama, Brynn points to the sky.
- When we are at pool or beach, Brynn always says "that boy" or "that girl" followed by some random comment about their appearance or what they are doing in an extremely loud voice. If we were in America this would be awkward, but luckily everyone here speaks Russian.
- Brynn has informed us that she wants a big girl bicycle, roller skates, barbie doll and watering can (what?) for her birthday.
- We stopped by the 7-11 as we left the beach to pick up some snacks and drinks. I took off my shirt because it was extremely hot. When we get inside, Brynn realizes that I am shirtless and informs the 7-11 cashier that "my daddy is naked".
- Brynn kept staring at our waitress at the restaurant on Tuesday. We did not know why, but kept telling her to stop because it was rude. Finally, we figured it out, as Brynn told her "I like your teeth". The lady had braces and Brynn has never seen them before this trip.
4. My children are 2/2 in their birth years for Alabama national championships. Aubrey continued the streaks of Perdue girls being born in title years. Hopefully, the streak will continue in 2013 without Perdue No. 3.
The game was everything that I expected and wanted. Alabama was the better team in November and proved it without a doubt in January. This was a special football team. The defense will go down in history as one of the best ever while the offense was blessed to have one of the most truly gifted running backs to ever play the game in Richardson. Next year, Alabama will have a lot of new faces on the field, but I do not think expectations for the team will be anything less than a trip to Miami.
Now that Aubrey is mobile, we are devising creative ways to keep her contained. This is our makeshift playpen on the couch.
This is the second giant jellyfish to come up on shore within 20 meters of our beach chair. I had the camera on hand for this experience. The people did not speak English who found the jellyfish but kept telling me that it was "bad".
Brynn made a 1/2 Russian, 1/2 Italian friend on the beach. It was pretty impressive watching them share and play without communicating verbally!
1. We MIGHT have won a victory with Brynn this week. Potty training has been a major success. We are not ready to claim victory but accidents are not occurring. She also is telling us when she needs to use the potty. This morning we had No. 1 and No. 2 back-to-back!
2. Aubrey's sleeping habits still stink. She is an extremely light sleeper. She does good at night from about 8PM to 1 or 2 AM, but then she can be off and on until about 6AM. Lack of sleep stinks, but Sarah keeps pushing through!
3. Funny things from Brynn...
- When you ask about the location of China or Alabama, Brynn points to the sky.
- When we are at pool or beach, Brynn always says "that boy" or "that girl" followed by some random comment about their appearance or what they are doing in an extremely loud voice. If we were in America this would be awkward, but luckily everyone here speaks Russian.
- Brynn has informed us that she wants a big girl bicycle, roller skates, barbie doll and watering can (what?) for her birthday.
- We stopped by the 7-11 as we left the beach to pick up some snacks and drinks. I took off my shirt because it was extremely hot. When we get inside, Brynn realizes that I am shirtless and informs the 7-11 cashier that "my daddy is naked".
- Brynn kept staring at our waitress at the restaurant on Tuesday. We did not know why, but kept telling her to stop because it was rude. Finally, we figured it out, as Brynn told her "I like your teeth". The lady had braces and Brynn has never seen them before this trip.
4. My children are 2/2 in their birth years for Alabama national championships. Aubrey continued the streaks of Perdue girls being born in title years. Hopefully, the streak will continue in 2013 without Perdue No. 3.
The game was everything that I expected and wanted. Alabama was the better team in November and proved it without a doubt in January. This was a special football team. The defense will go down in history as one of the best ever while the offense was blessed to have one of the most truly gifted running backs to ever play the game in Richardson. Next year, Alabama will have a lot of new faces on the field, but I do not think expectations for the team will be anything less than a trip to Miami.
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