I am sitting in our living room watching the aqua waters in the Gulf of Tunis. It is a little cloudy today so the water isn't as clear as some days. But I can almost make out the individual white buildings on the other side of the Gulf, on the peninsula called Cap Bon. At least, I'm pretty sure that is what I see.
Every day this feels more like home. I am used to the ugly tile in our bathrooms, and the broken side walks. The girls really like walking on the street like the locals instead of on the sidewalks. It is easier as there are usually cars parked or trees growing on the sidewalks anyway. The food is looking much more familiar and going shopping isn't so scary and overwhelming. I haven't really learned to make much Tunisian food, but that will come.
Elliot's exciting news is that she is potty training!! Yay!! We bought a potty a while ago but she wasn't too interested until a couple weeks ago. Suddenly she told me she had to go and went!! We were so excited! And she really enjoys our cheering and praise of her. I think she will probably be pretty much all trained by the end of our visit in Canada this summer. But we'll see.
We registered Hunter at the American International school for Kindergarten in the fall. We were very late getting her in so she is 1st on the waiting list. I am sure someone will move or be transferred in the next couple months so she can get in... but if not we will probably send her to a French school for Kindergarten instead. I don't think it would hurt her at all to get a good base in French for a year and I'm pretty sure she could catch up in anything she missed in the American school. So we will see how that all works out. We booked out flights home before registering Hunter so her school starts the day after we get back. Oops! But they will need to do testing on her to make sure she is at the Kindergarten level so she will start a few days later anyway. There are so many kids from all over the world and so many different kinds of schools that no everyone is at the same level as the other kids their age. I have heard it is quite common to have a two year age gap between kids in the same class. I'm sure it makes for interesting dynamics. Oh, and the principal of the elementary part of the American school in Canadian so it was very nice to meet her.
Hunter and Travis had some kind of stomach bug this past weekend so we didn't get up to too much. Hunter was fine on Saturday so the girls and I went to a friend's BBQ which was fun. There were about 6 kids so they were well occupied and I had a good visit with a few of the women I'd met at different functions. We had been invited to another BBQ on Sunday, Father's Day, but since both Hunter and Travis weren't feeling well, we stayed home. Elli and I had a fun day going out and about together. We went for a little workout session in the morning and then went for a juice date and groceries. In the afternoon we were going for more groceries and ran into friends so went for ice cream with them. It was fun to just hang out with Elli on her own. And Hunter and Travis got some good snuggle time watching movies too. Luckily, by Monday everyone was feeling better... and Elli and I didn't end up with the same bug.
Tonight I am going out with my friend Ania to her Capoeria class. I took one class in Calgary about 7 years ago and loved it but never went back. So it will be fun to try it again. Remembering the class from so long ago, I know I will be sore tomorrow!