Week 176 and Week 88.5

Yay - we get to stay (for now!).  We are here in Macau, Matt and I are doing our own things, and things take time to resolve if you do (actually true if you don't too).  We are not alone in having to go to and from Macau as our immigration status is sorted.  Matt of course thinks we are crazy as we moved here basically with no work for either of us - I mean who does that really?  I know people who will always have a job - get a job and then quit first job sort of thing - but we are indeed crazy for just up and moving to another country.  So, as I was saying, our status is in process and we hired a lawyer this week so we can stay till the end of October - yay!  Because uprooting is a splendid idea until you add kids and schooling and their general stability into the mix.  Well, at least we are all crazy together.

We are in the process of testing out pools (which I mentioned before) - I think we will end up at the Westin because there is golf there, and this is a golfer's town (and Matt is a golfer).  Plus there is tons of green space and pools and playgrounds.  It is like going on holiday without leaving home. 


The girls have a friend - Arian.  He is our neighbor who goes to Charlotte's school.  The kids and Imee and Daisy (his nanny) all ride the bus together.  Arian kisses Sophia goodbye when he goes into the classroom.  Nobody told him to.

I had a parenting win not too long ago.  Charlotte was inconsolable because she did not want to listen to Gangnam Style when Arian was over one morning.  Just a sloppy, grumpy mess.  So I took her to her room, let her cry out her angst (and tried not to be undone by it) and told her that she does not get to act that way when friends are over.  She was consolable and ok with it.  Yay!  If only I could be this patient all the time!

No major bumps or bruises or lost teeth this week.  We have finally met up with Caleb and Cooper - Melanie and Tom are long time friends who have had kids at the same time we have.  Caleb and Charlotte even share the exact same birthdate!

Sophia unhappy.  She does these backwards bends writhing in unhappiness.  She also bumps her head on walls.  I hope this is a short phase:

Testing out the slide at the Westin - made even more exciting by a slanted floor:

Cooper!

We went with Uncle David to the Macau Tower for dim sum - the best in Macau I think so far!  We blowed bubbles afterwards.

We had a BBQ with Cooper and Caleb at our house.  Except our BBQ did not work.  So it was Matt as stove master (not pictured here):

Now both girls are eating in high chairs - much more manageable!

The girls want to read to Arian:

Sophia is nodding "Yeah" here: