Monday I talked my landlord's wife about the internet not working and she said her husband is out of town and will be most of the week. She doesn't know anything about internet. Mark's sure it's just an easy fix but...
We found that Emma has a molar tooth on her bottom left that came through and appears to have another one coming in. She has been a little extra cranky lately so that must be it.
We picked up FOUR pieces of mail today. It was weird to have mail. I bought a "milkshake" to share with the kids. Before we got to them I let Emma have some. She did NOT want to share.
We typically see at least one cow/bull in some random place everyday.
Emma likes when we walk by these barking dogs.
I love the orange flowers on these trees.
This is the hill we walk up to head home everyday.
Because we don't have internet we stayed on campus late so the kids could work on their learning program IXL. Of course they had a hard time staying focused in the family lounge and I didn't want to fight. Eventually, we made it home and had dinner. Before bed the kids were playing with a jump rope and I showed them how to do limbo. We were having fun until Isaac hit his head hard on the corner of the little coffee table!! Immediately I grabbed him and held him close without even knowing where he had hit. Then I pulled him away to see a nice gash on his forehead and called Mark. He hurried home and we ended up calling an emergency number that sent a security pickup truck to take Mark and Isaac to the clinic on campus. Isaac was excited to ride in the security vehicle. They decided not to do any stitches. I'm glad he didn't hit his eye!
Wednesday I couldn't get Emma to take a nap which was really strange. Probably because of those molars coming in. She would fall asleep on my shoulder but I couldn't lay her down successfully. So, I decided to take a nap with her. Not a bad plan. It was nice except I kept waking up afraid I had overslept to go meet the kids for lunch.
Since I was unable to make bread this morning we went to "the shacks" for lunch and got chicken strips and seasoned fries. After we ate we hung out with some ladies in Mark's class that enjoyed talking with the kiddos. At one point Kari fell and another one of Mark's classmates we knew rushed over. He asked if she wanted an ice cream or a cookie. (His kids are in the states. He misses them and enjoys seeing our kiddos.) She went with him and ended up with a homemade cookie ice cream sandwich that was being sold near where we were sitting. Lucky lady. I should have fallen off the bench! Ha. I don't think it would've had the same effect.
Lexi and Isaac had a science fair today where they presented power points on the projects they had done. It was a bit anti-climatic to me since we did the projects at home weeks ago.
Before bed we played with my phone and took tons of silly pictures just for fun. Most of them are terribly blurry.
Thursday morning I had my first real RSO meeting. I tend to run late for everything but this time I made it to the building with a couple minutes to spare. I took Emma out of the stroller and headed up to the second floor. There I found the rooms occupied and my fellow board members no where to be seen. GRRRR! I was sure they had posted a change of location on Facebook but I hadn't gotten the memo because our internet isn't working!! I was frustrated. I sat down in the hall with Emma and pulled out my phone and waited for it to connect with the internet on campus so I could figure out where I needed to be... I made it eventually...
RSO has a free Roseau trip at the beginning of each semester and Friday was the day this semester. We left around 8:30 and got back about 1pm. It was crazy but I ended up with the things I was needing to get. When we got back it seemed that Emma was constantly getting hurt. She bumped her sweet little head so many different times throughout the rest of the day. Thankfully none of the falls were too substantial and she is fine. I just felt bad for her.
Emma is impressing us as she learns to communicate in different ways. A gal came into the family lounge to get something. She asked Emma for a high five which she didn't want to give. Emma made gestures at her as she backed away. She was telling the girl to come follow her. When they got to the door Emma patted the door and waved bye. She had "told" the girl to leave!! It was kind of rude and absolutely hilarious!!! What a smart little stinky! :)
Our landlord is back and we finally have internet again!!! It was a loonnngggg week without it. It's how we communicate. Mark can't study at home and the kids aren't able to do their homework without it.
Saturday I tried to flood my apartment!! I started filling the washing machine with the garden hose then walked away and FORGOT it! It was pretty exciting. Mark stepped out of our room into water uhhhhhhh..... That's a problem. We grabbed brooms and started sweeping it out the door. I grabbed dirty clothes to stop the water from going down the hall. The water was about halfway through the kitchen. Thankfully it didn't cause any real damage. It was just a big water mess! Never a dull moment! :)
