In the Navy

So Tony turned 30 last Sunday - it was a great day of celebration. We just finished up with a Save Europe's Children team and our good friend Sara left for Ireland. I got my first babysitter since I've lived here. There is another American family that lives close to us and has teenage daughters and they are awesome. We went with our Greek friends Nina and Thomas (you pronounce the TH when you say it in greek). We went to the only steak place in the city and had a great time. It was election day here so most greeks had returned to their village to vote. There were 2 American ships at the port in Thessaloniki for the weekend pooring about 3000 Americans onto greek soil. Since most of the greeks were gone just about everyone we passed was American. I could understand everyones' conversation without even trying. We spent most of the time explaining the americans to our friends speaking only in greek. It was tough but really fun. The next day we connected with the chaplin and he gave us a tour. Tony was excited because they had Mt. Dew on the ship but unfortunately it was all gone. We took the boys with us to the ship and it was really hot and they were really tired but it was quite an experience. I was holding Mac most of the time because he was so sleepy. At one point he randomly licked my arm.... my whole arm. He said "you taste like playdough mommy".