New Routines

Anna & I used to go to the It's A Grind by our house each week before storytime. Now we are going to Starbucks each week before we hit the grocery store. I think in Texas we took Anna to Starbucks a lot when she was under 8 months old but then we switched to the It's A Grind because it was closer to our house. For some reason though she knew the Starbucks logo very well and would point them out whenever we drove by one. There is a Starbucks in every mall here so she always likes to point it out and often asks to go (she typically gets a muffin while we enjoy a coffee). She used to say "Starbucks makes boom-boom inside" which we never did figure out for sure (our best guess was that she was referring to the grinders & blenders making loud noises). Now she likes to point out that the mermaid in the logo has two tails. The other part of our weekly Starbucks & grocery shopping routine is that we must ride on the carousel. We do the carousel first, then Starbucks, then groceries. After a ride on the carousel, Anna spends a lot of time talking about it or Landmark Mall (where the carousel is located).

Hopefully the rest of our new routines will involve some new friends; we're still working on that. We met a couple of nice moms at the playgroup yesterday (there were a lot less kids this time which was really nice) and we're planning to check out the over-2s playgroup tomorrow at the same location. We have met two of our neighbors here in the compound now. Our next-door neighbors have a 4 month old and a 3.5 year old and the other neighbor we met has an 18-month old boy named Theodore. Hopefully we can get to know them and some others better soon. OR hopefully we get moved into our permanent villa soon and there will be some kids near Anna's age there as well. With time I know it will come together, but this is the hardest part, I guess, when moving with a child!

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