Those who venture to cross the world with small children in tow area rare breed. Some have large expense accounts and can afford fungadgets and goodies like you find at jetwithkids.com – I mean howcool is a carry-on suitcase that converts to a scooter?! Thenthere's the rest of us. We Read more…
I know some of you have been checking in vain to see news that we made it safely to the ‘other side of the pond’… I can offer no more exciting excuse than that our wi-fi options here are a lot more limited. I will post the travelogue on our Read more…
Today little Anna is 2 years old! Today we are moving out of our house to fly to Africa in a few days! I sit among the piles of mess, as the furniture gradually disperses (yay craigslist!), and realized that we will not be in communication for a couple days. Read more…
One of the things on our ‘to-do’ list before this Christmas isn’t the typical shopping or baking, but preparing to return to Africa in January.Our kids love to have their own carry-ons and put them in the security ‘machine’ just like all the big people in the airport. They are Read more…
I had fun playing with free blog backgrounds, but let me know if this new look is overwhelming. There weren’t any with ‘feet’ for a theme other than baby feet, and we’re just about past those…
This is one of my favorite pictures of James as a baby. There are many, but this little balcony in our flat in France was where he spent his entire first summer crawling and learning to walk. This quizzical look and drooly chin are so precious… especially in retrospect. He’s Read more…
As you probably know, birthdays are more of a ‘season’ than a particular day in our house. We don’t have lots of fanfare, but thought I should at least give credit to my Mom for the scrumptious peppermint ice-cream pie (pictured above). I think it’s technical name is “Fudge Ribbon Read more…
Here is James as ‘Superman’ (homemade edition), Anna as a ballerina (saying ‘soff dess!’ ‘pitty dess!’ – soft, pretty dress), and Joel as ‘Super Police Joel’. The kids have never had any exposure to costumes for Halloween as it is not a holiday overseas. Last year they were more or Read more…
“Man” (with hat) by Joel, age 4 I just have to comment here that I’m very impressed with Joel so far this year in ‘preschool’ (at home). Up until September 1 he was not interested in drawing or coloring at all and just scribbled violently. He’s a boy, so fine-motor Read more…