We've pretty much been teaching Sina her ABCs since she was born. Because all of her books and toys are still in our household goods shipment, we bought her a Winnie the Pooh ABCs book to keep her busy and she's been through the book about a zillion times already. The other day, I decided to go through the book with her again and gave her an apple for A, just to make it more practical. I also had a teddy bear for B. In any case and to no surprise, she grabbed the apple and immediately tried to eat it. Of course, I couldn't help but take a few pictures.
Don't tell me that these pictures didn't put a huge smile on your face! She just makes us so happy :)
On another note, this morning, we had to drop Sina off at daycare because she wasn't permitted to come on a hospital tour that we went on today. First of all, we had to get up at the buttcrack of dawn this morning to catch the bus all the way over there--the child development center is on another base and is straight across town. But most important, when we got to the daycare and the provider picked Sina up out of her stroller, she was all smiles. She looked at the lady and immediately put her hands on her cheeks as if to say, "I'm ready to stay here and have fun today!" It was the cutest thing. See? Doesn't she look so happy?
When we picked her up, she was sound asleep and stayed that way the entire bus ride back to our hotel. Although she's not going to be in daycare full time for at least a few more months, it broke our hearts to let her go even for those few hours. We're so glad it was such a success.
We sooooo can't wait to get our car. It's here in the shipyard, but we can't get it until we take the driver's test and get our licenses. We will attempt to to this on Friday morning. Let's hope that at least one or the both of us will pass because it's been snowing like crazy and hella cold outside. We're tired of having to wait for the bus in it!
Today, as a part of our inprocessing, we went on a hospital tour to get us familiarized with the local hospitals in case we ever need to get treated offpost. We were very impressed. One or two were your average hospitals, but the others were the most beautiful hospitals you've ever seen. Some, you'd be sure to mistake as fancy hotels. These places were huge and built mostly of glass, with indoor fountains and fresh flowers everywhere. So beautiful. I'm thankful for the tour. Now, the thought of visiting a German hospital doesn't seem so intimidating.
Anyway, it's almost Thursday for us over here, but happy hump day to you guys in the states!
