April 18 Life is getting fun!

OK, so we have now introduced a 10 month old into our family in a foreign country in a 500 square foot hotel room that only supplies 4 towels a day and the trash can is the size of a milk carton. Oh, and a load of laundry cost $25 USD and we are on the third floor with no elevators. Needless to say, life is interesting. Ethan and I are literally out of breath all day long. We have gotten into a bit of a routine, wake up at 7, feed kids, drink coffee as fast as we can then put kids in snow suits and head downstairs. Caleb has decided that he cannot walk down the steps, rather he is going to swing from the railing or if we try to hold his hand he lifts both feet off the ground and swings from our hands. Once we get downstairs, the receptionist gives us a dirty look and we drop off the key and then we are out the door. We usually walk for about an hour and then come back to the hotel and eat "breakfast" in the hotel. Next we head to the gym for Caleb to play "basketball". Then we carry strollers and babies back up the steps and Caleb goes down for a nap. After nap time for Caleb (Julia sleeps on the walks) we watch a video (Curious George or Little Einstein as they are the only ones that play on our Region 2 DVD player) we bundle the kids back up in snowsuits and back out the door we go for another walk. This one usually involves stopping at the store for baby wash as somehow Caleb manages to sneak into the bathroom most days and dump the new bottle out in the bathtub. Then we head back inside and fix dinner and try to keep Caleb and Julia from destroying the hotel room. We eat dinner around our coffee table (we have no real table), typically Ethan cooks something in the electric tea kettle (mac and cheese with hot dogs, boiled chicken or ramen noodles) and then we do baths, rock babies and then kids are asleep by 8. We look at each other and just laugh after wards. It is so much fun, but trying to keep them entertained, fed, and bathed in a hotel room is an adventure. Today we were dealing a lot with Julia as she had a pretty high fever and an ear infection (we think), Caleb managed to sneak to the back of the hotel room, stand inside and get to the poopy diaper pail that we have sitting outside on the balcony (don't worry grandmothers, he did not go on the balcony by himself) and he proceeded to start throwing poopy wipes and diapers off the balcony. He has also managed to unroll all our toilet paper. We keep a pail in the bathroom full of soapy water and one of our precious towels to clean up whatever is spilt on the floor throughout the day because we know they will charge us if there is a stain on the floor. Oh, Ethan is doing our laundry now in the bathtub and we are on a plastic bag ration. And one of the funniest things is that Caleb now has developed an incredibly southern accent...His new saying is "I wanna go in dare" and "I wan dat". Our kind travel partners from Boston just kind of look at us when he says that. We think it is charming. Speaking of the family from Boston, they have a 2 year who Caleb loves to play with.I included pictures, also they brought along the grandparents to help watch their 2 year old, but Caleb has taken a liking to them as well, I included pictures of Caleb "swinging" with them.All in all we are having a blast! Family bonding at it's finest.