The BEST days!

The weather has been beautiful lately and we are sure enjoying being outside! The girls and I have been taking walks around the neighborhood throwing grass in the sea, wandering through ruins and going to cafes for lunch. And sometimes stopping for ice cream.

We don't get too far from home on foot as the little legs I travel with get tired and distracted easily. But we have gotten used to taking taxis around and so are starting to venture out a bit more. On Monday we met with a group of women for coffee. They are officially called the "BG (British Gas) Group" but it is really just ex-pat women getting together. It was nice to finally get there and meet some more women. Unfortunately there weren't any other big kids there but the girls drank their OJ and played by themselves and were great. Hunter was such a big girl, making conversation with two of the women, introducing herself and Elliot and telling them how old she was. I was so proud of her!

The weekend gave us gorgeous hot temperatures so we spent our first afternoon by the pool.

The girls had a great time floating and dipping in the pool, although it was still a bit chilly for Mom and Dad.

On Sunday, Hunter wanted to go to a park, so we went to a park in Sidi Bou Said and played for a little while. We were there early enough, there weren't a lot of other kids there. We stopped at the Salon de The for a snack and then played a bit more before heading to the beach. It was about 27c on the beach and the sand was a little hot on our feet. We don't really have any beach toys yet but the girls had a great time finding shells and playing in the sand.

Hunter did grab an old bottle but we got her to put that aside. Ick! Travis was pretty excited when he saw a guy with a KTM fixing his bike so went over to see if he could help.

He was impressed to see the guy in full gear, fixing his bike in the sand. They ride at the beach every Sunday so maybe Travis will make some new friends!

On Wednesday, the girls and I hopped in another taxi and headed to the Medina! I was a little apprehensive as I didn't know how the girls would do in such a busy place with many nooks and crannies. But they did FANTASTIC!!!

It was a lot of fun actually.

Luckily it wasn't too busy, but there were a few tour buses down there so at times we were surrounded by a lot of traffic. However, nothing got broken and no one got lost!! And we came away with a few little prizes. And I got my shopping basket that I've been wanting since we got here.

It was a long few hours and we were tired but the girls thought it was all very interesting. And when we got home, most of the rest of our furniture was delivered. We still have two chairs coming. And the delivery guy actually told me it would come, "tomorrow or after tomorrow"!! And surprisingly, it didn't come "tomorrow" so who knows when we will get it. Oh well, we have a few more seats in the house now and the house is starting to look more like a home each day.

I'm not sure I wrote about Hunter's haircut 2 weeks ago. I finally decided to take the plunge and just go to the hair salon down the street. I thought we agreed on a few centimetres, shown by our fingers but apparently that wasn't a guarantee. Hunter ended up with an Orphan Annie haircut!!! I didn't quite cry as I was sitting and watching it all happen but I was close. I couldn't believe we had just gone in for a little trim and she got about 4 inches taken off. And I know I said NO to bangs but she sure got bangs. Oh wow!!! Well, at least Hunter was ok with it and only commented that it would be a while before she has a pony tail again. But at least it's easier to brush now!

So, needless to say, I am taking my time trying to find an English speaking hair dresser for myself!