Once upon a time there was a little girl named Skye. Her mommy and daddy were enjoying a tv show while Skye played quietly on the floor on the other side of the couch. All they could see was the top of her sweet little head and they couldn't believe she was being so quiet and playing for so long. Mommy wanted to see what had her little angel so pre-occupied, was it the new play food or perhaps a doll? Nope. It was the soft-spout sippy cup full of yogurt smoothie. Little sweet Skye bit a hole in the soft spout and had poured the contents of the cup on the floor and was in her stomach pretending to swim in the sticky, milky mess. She saw Mommy and Daddy looking at her and said "hi" and tried to run away but couldn't get up off of the slippery floor.





Of course Mommy and Daddy weren't very happy but Mommy just had to get the camera to capture Skye's first big mess. Skye couldn't let the milk be the only thing to get photographed, she loves the camera and had to get right in front of it and make her "cheese" face. Her adorable face almost makes you forget her milky shirt, diaper, arms, and legs.




Daddy went to get a towel and told Skye she had to help clean up so she stepped on the towel a few times then ran away with the towel dragging milky towel mess into the kitchen.



Then Daddy got paper towels and some cleaner to get the sticky off of the floor. While he was on his hands and knees Skye decided to get the paper towels and "help' some more. She unrolled all of the paper towels and rubbed Daddy's butt with them then she ran around rubbing everything else in the living room with them. Daddy had a very exasperated look on his face but Mommy thought it was kind of funny.

Playtime at the mall

Today we went to the City Centre Mall and played in the kids play area for awhile. Lexi played video games and did big girl rides with Daddy for awhile then they joined Mommy and I in the tot area. I had a lot of fun running around and climbing, jumping, running, and pretending to wash my hands in the play kitchen. I also went around and hugged a lot of kids, some of them cried and some laughed at me and hugged me back. I also wanted to show the kids their noses and eyes but Mommy told me to stop touching people on the face, they don't like it for some reason. I went down a big tube slide with sissy. When we got home we had some mail and it was the play food and dishes that Mom and Dad got me for Christmas!! I have had fun playing with them so far, they said they also got me a kitchen but it didn't ship because it is too big so they are finding out of the company with ship it fedex instead...I hope so, I really love play kitchens!

Some pictures from my travels

Hanging out at the Bowling Alley while Uncle Jason bowls in his tourney...I was less interested in watching and more interested in all the racing games!

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Getting a bath in the sink...the tubs have glass screens that go halfway across them so it is hard for mom and dad to give me a bath in the tub.....the kitchen sink seems to be a perfect fit for now though!



Eating a local favorite........and a new favorite of mine and moms..............the shawarma! This one is chicken..it has some yogurt sauce, chicken, a pickle spear, some cucumbers and lettuce and sometimes tomatoes on a flatbread thing...YUM!!




We finally made it to Bahrain after a few troubles with our travels. I am so happy to see my Daddy! I snuggled and kissed him for quite a while!



We had to wait outside in very cold, rainy weather in Washington DC. Our flight was canceled and they gave us a hotel room but we had to wait outside for the hotel bus thing. It was pretty miserable.

A local favorite becomes one of my favorites too!

One of the cool things about Bahrain is the food. This local favorite is a shawai'ma or shwarma. It is a thick flat bread with either lamb, beef, or chicken, veggies, and a cucumber sauce. I love them so much. Whenever I see them or smell them I go bonkers until one gets cut up for me. Of course I would rather eat them whole but mom doesn't like it when I stuff half a shwarma into my mouth. Here I am enjoying a chicken shwarma, this one had fries inside of it too. This is kind of like the Bahraini version of fast food, kind of like their version of a gyro or burrito. And you can have them delivered, actually you can have any food delivered here. I can't wait to have another shwarma and lucky for us the place that was voted best in Bahrain is very near to us on the road that daddy calls "heart attack row" it is where all of the American fast food places are.............even burger king, dairy queen, and mcdonalds deliver here. We never eat at those places though, why should we when the local food is so much better!

On being an expat baby

Here I am in Bahrain. We came here to live with my daddy, he has alreay been here for a year. I like it here a lot. Everywhere we go I ooh and ahh over the things I see! In Bahrain one this is for sure, they love kids a lot in Bahrain and everywhere you go there are tons of fun things for the kids to do. In the big City Centre mall there is a massive kids area with games, a playground, rides, a huge merr-go-round, one whole part of the mall is all kids stores and toy stores even! The people are so friendly to me too, they always say hi to me then call other people over to look at me and say hi. And at Rics and Fudruckers the waitresses cleaned me up with wet wipes after I ate and picked me up and carried me around showing me off. I don't understand what they are saying but I am very young so I am sure I will come to understand a bit of their language as I grow. I like the food here a lot, mommy was worried that the flavors would be too different but I have enjoyed shawai'mas, lamb kabobs, beef kababs, persian chicken with rice, sweet melon juice, a wonderful gumbo made by my new Uncle Jason, and warm fresh flatbreads with hummus and cucumber garlic sauce which I really loved. Mommy says she is happy that I am so young because I will really grow up with 2 cultures and have a good start on living a diverse and open-minded life. I wanted to show you some new pictures of me but the pictures won't upload right now so hopefully I can do that later.

It's been awhile

It has been so long since I updated any of my blogs, a lot of things have been keeping me busy but once I get settled in my new home in a few weeks I will be back to updating reguarly.

Experiencing new things......

I've been neglecting the blogs lately, life has just gotten in the way. I spent two weeks with stitche in my right hand so that slowed me down a bit. I did take plenty of pictures though! I got this great one of Skye laughing at Lexi. Her face is hilarious. She is also learning to feed herself with a spoon. She likes eating with her fingers but always tries to take my spoon so I gave her one the other day and she did a nice job. She took her first steps yesterday, I wasn't quick enough with the camera. They were wobbly and she looked down at her feet each time, after 5 steps she reached out for me and I clapped and cheered. I also got her a little guitar the other day. The strings move and make noises too. She put held it the right way the very first time, I think she has her Daddy's talent! Ever since then everytime she even lifts her foot up she claps and cheears!! I have my video camera charged, hopefully she will take more steps soon!