Exciting news!

Dan asked if he could take his R&R during Christmas and he CAN! I'm so excited...he's so excited...the girls would be excited if they knew but we're not going to tell them. He's just going to show up at our house or at school pick up depending when he gets in. We were not expecting it since it's a few weeks before his 6 month mark but sometimes it pays to just ask. We have been skyping like crazy. I really miss him. We're approaching 4 months in a couple of days. This is the longest we've been apart at the same period of time. With his last command which was "sea tour" he would be gone for 2-3 months and then be home about 6 weeks...more or less...and then take off again. I think that was worse in a way...you'd get use to each other again and then he would leave. Dan misses his 5 ladies...sometimes we both wonder if we made the right choice...but then he would have been stuck doing a sea tour he wouldn't have been thrilled about for 2 1/2 years. Oh life...good thing is that the girls have been happy. They of course miss their dad but they are so busy with school and their other activities...they don't have time to miss him. It just reassures me we made the right decision in staying here in England.

Bells did ask for him the other day. He was online so she sat and they Skyped for 30 minutes...as in she just sat there and they talked to each other (Bells doesn't just sit usually)...and he sang to her...and she giggled and showed him some of her toys and her Abi. It was one of the cutest things.

What's not so cute...the fact it's 8:37 pm and Bells is still awake. I hear her running up and down the hall...that kid...she's driving me crazy with her ability not to sleep like a normal 2 year old. And so guess what I did this evening...I talked with her teacher and she is now going 3 days a week to the Montessori.