Okay, this is Gabby, Tiki, Dax and Dax's friend, Jude playing inside on this snowy day. Hysterical that they are all being superheroes and playing so well together!
On another note, I thought of some stories from our trip to put on "paper."
Tiki went through a three day spell where he was talking about his "parents in Africa." It was so strange. Some of the stories were believable and many were TALL tales. So, I'm not sure what of the stories I can hold on to as fact (I know that I can NOT hold on to the story where Tiki met a moose who spoke English and whose name was Dax), but the stories flowed for three days. It was weird how jealous I got of the "other" mother. Weird. That is NOT the reaction I would have guessed that I would have had (I guess it proves that I'm a selfish human). If any of the stories were true, then it makes me think that he may be older than they say he is. Who knows. I hope that as his English improves, I can pursue these stories further and see what he does remember. I sort of think that all of the traveling mixed with the airlines and customs officials using his "other" name made him a bit nervous and insecure and so he may have felt like he needed to talk about his "other" life and make up stories. Its a mystery.
Dax. . .this story is probably not as funny in a blog as it was in person, but it is worth telling, if for no other reason, then I can laugh about it in years to come. So, our over the water hut we stayed in at El Nido had a loft with spiral stairs. Andy and Gabby and I slept downstairs and the other four kids slept upstairs. Well, one night I hear water leaking--a lot of water leaking--I was so tired and I couldn't really figure out what was happening. I didn't know if it was storming outside and the roof was leaking or if the toilet was overflowing. . .I was in this weird jet-lag induced haze and my mind was not putting everything together at all. Well, I started up the stairs and realized that Dax is sleep-peeing. He is standing at the top of the stairs (thinking it is the toilet) and he is doing his business. . .all over the stairs, the floor, the desk under the stairs--everywhere! It was so funny. . .he had NO idea that he had done it either.
Hays & Maggie worked so hard while we were in the Philippines. Hays helped build houses. He built a porch and painted homes. Everyone says that he was such a hard worker. I am so proud of him! Maggie got to work in a medical (dental) clinic and she got to play with the town children. They both really enjoyed the mission work! I am so proud of them!
And Gabby was a resort hit. I think every single honeymooning couple at the resort has at least ten pictures of and with Gabby. Strange. I cannot imagine taking pictures of someone else's child, but they will go home with tons of pictures of my daughter. Hummmm....
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Today the schools were in lock down because apparently some elementary (yes, I said elementary) student had "weapons" on one of the buses. It was a student headed to a different elementary school (there are 5 elementaries in the Durango school district), but they put the entire district on lock down. This is the second lock down they have had this year. The first was for a huge bomb threat that threatened all big public places in Durango and at the college. The kids have also been evacuated for potential structural damage due to snow load and they were evacuated for a gas leak. Crazy things happening! But I love it here!!! :)
Andy and I have been having great phone dates (via Skype) every night. It has been really fun! I wait up until ten (seven in the morning for him) and we chat. It is nice to have that to look forward to while he is in the Middle East. He is really enjoying his time there! He went "sliding" yesterday. . .you drive to the top of these huge sand dunes and point your car down the dune and then turn it off and slide down. He had a blast!
Well, that is more than enough for now. . .this post just started as pictures of my superheroes. Oh well.
On another note, I thought of some stories from our trip to put on "paper."
Tiki went through a three day spell where he was talking about his "parents in Africa." It was so strange. Some of the stories were believable and many were TALL tales. So, I'm not sure what of the stories I can hold on to as fact (I know that I can NOT hold on to the story where Tiki met a moose who spoke English and whose name was Dax), but the stories flowed for three days. It was weird how jealous I got of the "other" mother. Weird. That is NOT the reaction I would have guessed that I would have had (I guess it proves that I'm a selfish human). If any of the stories were true, then it makes me think that he may be older than they say he is. Who knows. I hope that as his English improves, I can pursue these stories further and see what he does remember. I sort of think that all of the traveling mixed with the airlines and customs officials using his "other" name made him a bit nervous and insecure and so he may have felt like he needed to talk about his "other" life and make up stories. Its a mystery.
Dax. . .this story is probably not as funny in a blog as it was in person, but it is worth telling, if for no other reason, then I can laugh about it in years to come. So, our over the water hut we stayed in at El Nido had a loft with spiral stairs. Andy and Gabby and I slept downstairs and the other four kids slept upstairs. Well, one night I hear water leaking--a lot of water leaking--I was so tired and I couldn't really figure out what was happening. I didn't know if it was storming outside and the roof was leaking or if the toilet was overflowing. . .I was in this weird jet-lag induced haze and my mind was not putting everything together at all. Well, I started up the stairs and realized that Dax is sleep-peeing. He is standing at the top of the stairs (thinking it is the toilet) and he is doing his business. . .all over the stairs, the floor, the desk under the stairs--everywhere! It was so funny. . .he had NO idea that he had done it either.
Hays & Maggie worked so hard while we were in the Philippines. Hays helped build houses. He built a porch and painted homes. Everyone says that he was such a hard worker. I am so proud of him! Maggie got to work in a medical (dental) clinic and she got to play with the town children. They both really enjoyed the mission work! I am so proud of them!
And Gabby was a resort hit. I think every single honeymooning couple at the resort has at least ten pictures of and with Gabby. Strange. I cannot imagine taking pictures of someone else's child, but they will go home with tons of pictures of my daughter. Hummmm....
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Today the schools were in lock down because apparently some elementary (yes, I said elementary) student had "weapons" on one of the buses. It was a student headed to a different elementary school (there are 5 elementaries in the Durango school district), but they put the entire district on lock down. This is the second lock down they have had this year. The first was for a huge bomb threat that threatened all big public places in Durango and at the college. The kids have also been evacuated for potential structural damage due to snow load and they were evacuated for a gas leak. Crazy things happening! But I love it here!!! :)
Andy and I have been having great phone dates (via Skype) every night. It has been really fun! I wait up until ten (seven in the morning for him) and we chat. It is nice to have that to look forward to while he is in the Middle East. He is really enjoying his time there! He went "sliding" yesterday. . .you drive to the top of these huge sand dunes and point your car down the dune and then turn it off and slide down. He had a blast!
Well, that is more than enough for now. . .this post just started as pictures of my superheroes. Oh well.
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