When I was younger I sucked my thumb and I had a silky night gown that I would sleep with.  I would hold the night gown over the edge of my bed to make it cold and then pull it up to my face and go to sleep.

Matt too sucked his thumb and had a softy that he would sleep with.  He remembers putting his softy in the fridge to make it cold.

So, Kalani sucking her thumb doesn’t bother us since we both did that.  And when she rolled down her window and stuck her blanket out to make it cold, we understood.  Who knows what the other drivers were thinking as they saw this small blue blanket hanging out the window…but at least it kept her happy on our car ride.

I guess that the apple really does not fall far from the tree!

Today we went to check out some castles.  As we were trying to decide which castles to see, most of them are either a part of the National Trust of Scotland or Historic Scotland.  As we have yet to get our memberships (which get you in free), we then decided to see which castles could be seen without one.  We decided on the Duff House and Delgatie Castle.

The Duff house is pictured.  We actually got here a little late so we didn’t tour it, but we did watch a free 15 minute documentary.

Delgatie Castle is where Mary Queen of Scots stayed for 3 days in 1562.  We paid for the tour and dinner here, and even danced with Kalani in the ballroom.  It doesn’t look that spectacular from the outside, but it was fun to take the tour and learn about its history.

The wife of one of Matt’s co-workers took Kalani and me to “The Ceramic Experience. Here Kalani was able to pick out something to paint…using those fine motor skills. She decided that she wanted to paint a goblet. Do you know what colors she chose? Pink and Purple of course.

You just go in grab what you want to paint and then leave it on the table once you are done and they clean up for you and put it in a kiln. They have a little cafe inside and a soft play area as well. A great little place. A couple of days later you go back and pick up your item.

Kalani was very proud of her goblet. Hopefully it will not break while we are here or on the flight home.

And we are back online! We went for a whole week without the internet and Kalani was very happy to be able to play her games again. She is addicted to the internet. Maybe she will follow her dad’s footsteps and be a computer programmer.

We have arrived in Aberdeen, Scotland and are doing quiet well. This is a beautiful country. All the buildings are made out of granite, the streets are kept very clean and everyone is environmentally aware. They have a recycle program in full swing here and people bring their own bags to take home their groceries.

I will try to blog frequently, but it is a battle to see who gets to use the computer…the mom or the 4 year old daughter!