1/18 - 9 Days to Go Until We'll Be in Latvia!

We talked to the kids again today and they're both very excited. Kristine is still counting down the days...now 9 days until we'll be in Latvia. She also informed us that she has a new best friend. She didn't elaborate but simply told us that Agnese was no longer her best friend and she'd fill us in when we're in Latvia. Now she has a "new" best friend named....guess what?.......Agnese. I'm sure everyone will probably be friends again by the time they get there. There's always lots of drama involved when you're dealing with pre-teen and teenage girls.

Kristine wants us to take her and "new Agnese" to Livu Akvaparks when we're in Latvia. This is a huge indoor water park that the kids love. I'm sorry, but the thought of going to a water park when the temperatures are below freezing outside just doesn't sound very appealing to us. Since it's an indoor water park, it should be warmer but we'll see. We just told her that we'll have to wait till we get there to make plans. I'm trying to play up going to the zoo in the hopes that they'll forget about the water park. Don't think that will work though. Come to think of it, if the weather is below freezing, I'm not so sure I want to be wandering around outside looking at animals either. We'll figure it all out when we get there.

Our focus will be on spending family time with Kristine and Olegs. They'll both have to realize that we can't necessarily take all of their friends everywhere we go and spend lots of money for their entertainment. That's not saying we won't do anything...just that we'll have to be smart about it.