Big news, you guys! (Ha! How many times do I start a post with that exact phrase? By now, you should know that it's probably ONLY a big deal to me and you shouldn't get too excited about it.)
This is a really big deal for a few reasons:
1) Bathtubs are difficult to come by (as an expat, at least!) in Kuwait. We have three bathrooms in our flat and ALL THREE are equipped with a shower instead!
2) Nory no longer fits in the tub she's used since babyhood (SHOCKER!). She probably stopped fitting it MONTHS ago...
3) Do you know a two year old that LOVES showers? Neither do we. And we also have the frustrating issue of our water being either sporadically BOILING HOT or sporadically NONEXISTENT when we attempt to shower ourselves.
But this isn't the main point of this post. The main point is that as we were running Nory's first bath in the new tub, we realized that we needed to throw some ice cubes in the tub, too. With Kuwait being so hot right now (yesterday it went up to 49 degrees!), even on the coldest temperature setting, the water in the early evenings is much higher than Nory likes (or can even handle). So, Phil retrieved the ice cube tray and Nory and him counted out five ice cubes and threw them into the water.
Which got me thinking about how BIZARRE that is.
And how bizarre other things are too.
Like hearing your toddler exclaim "CAMELS!!!!" while driving down the highway. Or hearing them squeal with PURE DELIGHT at the site of GRASS, GLORIOUS GRASS, rather than playing it cool and walking onto the green stuff like a total pro. Or hearing them use the word "Sri Lanka" in conversation (a word I never knew/heard of until I was.........17?).
It's so, so bizarre to me. All of it. Because most of the time, as we work our way through the daily routine of life (work, play, eat, bed), it's easy to forget that we're in a different place. We get so busy with our to-do lists to remember that things are actually different than what we're used to. In an interesting (and mostly good!) way. I suppose I'm sort of "smelling the roses" here.
Another wonderful year in Kuwait is coming to an end. This year, we are so thankful for the outstanding medical care we received in November and December that allowed Juliet to enter this world with full strength. We are grateful for the new friends who have become like family and the old friends that are like family still (and are moving into our building next year, ha!). And we are lucky to have two Desert Babes that we fully understand and support as they go to the freezer during bath time. Or look for camels in a field of cows. Or look like they escaped a psychiatric ward when given a full field of grass to play on....
Canada-bound TOMORROW! xoxo
We got a BATH TUB!!!!!!!
Insert the biggest celebration dance of all time HERE.
This is a really big deal for a few reasons:
1) Bathtubs are difficult to come by (as an expat, at least!) in Kuwait. We have three bathrooms in our flat and ALL THREE are equipped with a shower instead!
2) Nory no longer fits in the tub she's used since babyhood (SHOCKER!). She probably stopped fitting it MONTHS ago...
3) Do you know a two year old that LOVES showers? Neither do we. And we also have the frustrating issue of our water being either sporadically BOILING HOT or sporadically NONEXISTENT when we attempt to shower ourselves.
But this isn't the main point of this post. The main point is that as we were running Nory's first bath in the new tub, we realized that we needed to throw some ice cubes in the tub, too. With Kuwait being so hot right now (yesterday it went up to 49 degrees!), even on the coldest temperature setting, the water in the early evenings is much higher than Nory likes (or can even handle). So, Phil retrieved the ice cube tray and Nory and him counted out five ice cubes and threw them into the water.
Which got me thinking about how BIZARRE that is.
And how bizarre other things are too.
Like hearing your toddler exclaim "CAMELS!!!!" while driving down the highway. Or hearing them squeal with PURE DELIGHT at the site of GRASS, GLORIOUS GRASS, rather than playing it cool and walking onto the green stuff like a total pro. Or hearing them use the word "Sri Lanka" in conversation (a word I never knew/heard of until I was.........17?).
It's so, so bizarre to me. All of it. Because most of the time, as we work our way through the daily routine of life (work, play, eat, bed), it's easy to forget that we're in a different place. We get so busy with our to-do lists to remember that things are actually different than what we're used to. In an interesting (and mostly good!) way. I suppose I'm sort of "smelling the roses" here.
Another wonderful year in Kuwait is coming to an end. This year, we are so thankful for the outstanding medical care we received in November and December that allowed Juliet to enter this world with full strength. We are grateful for the new friends who have become like family and the old friends that are like family still (and are moving into our building next year, ha!). And we are lucky to have two Desert Babes that we fully understand and support as they go to the freezer during bath time. Or look for camels in a field of cows. Or look like they escaped a psychiatric ward when given a full field of grass to play on....
Canada-bound TOMORROW! xoxo
See you all soon. Love you. xo
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