Day 27 and 28...

Highlights:
1.  Brynn has overcome her fear of public potties. We went back-to-back yesterday in public settings. Her swimming, however, has regressed. Her fearlessness of the water is no more. It is funny how quickly things can change for young children. We are leaving some of her toys in Thailand that we do not wish to return to China. These are toys that we purposefully brought in order to leave, as in a way to clean out some clutter. This is not going over well with Brynn. Many of the toys keep miraculously finding their way into suitcases and backpacks.
2. Aubrey is absolutely wearing Sarah and I out. Along with her poor nighttime sleeping habits (that girl can nap), she is non-stop movement. We can't wait to see her get to crawling on our rug in China. I am going to have to build a fence around our living room.
3. We visited a new location on Tuesday. We went to Phuket Town. Along with a visit to immigration (long story that I will get into in another blog), we also drove around the town and visited a nice mall. We spurned all the fancy restaurants for Whoppers at Burger King and ice cream at Baskin Robbins. Luckily, it was Pink Tuesday which meant that if you are wearing pink, it is buy-one, get-one free. If you know Brynn, you can bet that she is going to be wearing pink somewhere. We enjoyed some extremely cheap treats!
4. Brynn also got three braids put into her on Wednesday. We have some pictures that will be on the blog tomorrow. What color were the braids? Pink, of course. She loves them and sat very still while the lady did her thing.
5. Family pictures were somewhat of a success. Aubrey was a perfect angel and posed on call. We have been working on our "not-so" photogenic daughter Brynn. She is good on candid shots, but not those that involve a pose. After your typical father-daughter meltdown, we actually got a few decent shots, as seen above.
6. Sarah and I made friends with a new lady and her children on Tuesday. She is Taiwanese and her husband is Finnish. She has two boys and they are spread out exactly like our girls, just two months younger. The oldest boy can swim like a fish. He is just about Brynn's size but can dive and swim the length of the pool. He is amazing. He also speaks/understands four languages... English, Chinese, Thai and Finnish. This kid has a bright future.

We also made friends with another Finnish couple on Tuesday. They live here for about six months and then go to Finland for six months. The husband is the manager of a popular nightclub. Sarah and I are looking into our Bibles to see if nightclub managers/owners is a sin because it might be our way to not leave paradise.