Final Semester Break

Cally leading her daddy through the jungle

Well this last break has gone by fast and we have been enjoying the time having Eric home.  We have been enjoying going on daily walks, playing with and singing with the girls.  We enjoyed having family eggy breakfast every morning, going for long walks, having family nap time, coloring many pictures and cuddling our girls when they get tired.  Our main objective during the break was to just relax and go with what we were feeling like doing for the day.  It has been a very nice quiet break but it always seems to go by very fast.

Cally has become quite the funny character.  She loves to make funny faces in the mirror, dance to Elmo, sing songs and try to help her sister do things that she is doing.  Cally also enjoys going for walks in the double stroller with Sairalyn and, of course, having her Elmo at her side.  Cally is very much in love with Elmo…have you guessed?  She loves her movies too.  Her favourite movie right now is Sesame Street: ‘Follow That Bird’.  Cally loves to be outside. It will be nice to, hopefully one day, have a back yard without rusty, jagged garbage or an overgrown jungle, for the girls to run around and play in.

Sairalyn is growing very fast…much faster than we would like her too!!  She has outgrown her vast size 2 diaper supply.  She is beginning to eat some finger foods.  She is sitting up all by herself now, and is almost about to crawl. She rocks on her hands and knees but hasn’t got much further than that.  She has mastered rolling so that is how she gets around the room.  It is hard to believe how fast these two little girls are growing.  We will soon have a 2yr old and a 1 yr old….crazy.

Eric is about to start 5^th semester.  So that means our time on Saba is almost done.  We are hoping this semester won’t be too hard and that Eric will finish his Saba journey with top marks.  It has gone by very fast, but I guess that is what happens when you are busy with kids everyday.  We are looking forward to the next journey after we leave here and where it will lead us.  It should be a great new family adventure come the new year.

We will be going to Phoenix after we leave Saba.  Eric will have about 4 months to study for the USMLE Step 1 board exam and also write a research paper before he can move onto clinicals.   We will have to spend a few weeks in Canada prior to Eric beginning clinicals, because of visa issues.  We don’t know where we will be going after we leave there.  It will be nice to have some more fun in the sun in Phoenix and get prepared for the next big move wherever that may take us.

Well that is it from the Keil’s for now.  We will try to keep you all informed as things happen.  We will just be enjoying our last bit of time on Saba until we know where we will be afterwards.

Enjoy some pictures!

Cally blowing out the candle on Eric's birthday cake

Sairalyn likes her Jolly-Jumper

Sairalyn getting some Vitamin D on the porch

Cally being a helpful big sister

Sairalyn in her UofS onesie

Sairalyn getting exposed to her parents favourite sport

Cally in her Scottie Pippen dress

Sairalyn in one of her Michael Jordan onesies

Cally admiring her new Winnie the Pooh quilt that Julia made

Cally rocking out in daddy's headphones

Late night with Sairalyn

The family on the way down The Ladder

Cally and daddy down by the ocean

Julia and Sairalyn on the way back up The Ladder

Pool time on the porch

Cally is very proud of her Elmo

Elmo finally arrived on Saba

Another late night photo opportunity for Sairalyn and her dad