I'm also the one who took one husband, one 5 year old, and one toddler to Europe for 3 weeks. Take a moment and ponder that. TODDLER TO EUROPE FOR 3 WEEKS! Yup. Everyone asks if we had fun and I don't really have an answer. It was hard. Really really really hard. Safiya is one. Safiya is still working on attachment and has major anxiety surrounding food. Taking her in public is hard but taking her to a restaurant is exponentially difficult. And although we had a small kitchen and bought a lot of food in each town we were in, we still had to eat out sometimes.
BUT, we also had an amazing time. We saw so many unbelievable things. I'll try to post a few of my favorite pics in the next few posts. Here are a few to start. How about my favorites from each city:
Barcelona: On the beach. I think everyone in the photo has a top on.
Paris:
London:
In other news, things are going well here. Makenna is getting ready for kindergarten. We buy her uniforms tomorrow. She turns 6 next week and she decided all on her own to stop sucking her thumb. Not before causing permanent, requiring braces damage. But we're still proud of her. It's a big deal. Benjy's contract at work was extended for another 3 months with the idea that he would be offered a full time position. That is so amazing. He has worked 2 years to get hired on at this company. Safiya is growing and become very independent. We're still fighting sleep with her. She wakes up a couple of times a week screaming and it takes a couple of hours to get her back down. Our social worker has recommended that we move her back into our room for the sake of sleep. I'm not loving that idea but we have taken it under advisement. My work is fine. I'm considering adding another day until the speech therapist on maternity leave comes back in January. Not my favorite idea but it may just need to be done.
That's about it. See, in 5 weeks you didn't even miss anything!
xoxo
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