The Travelogue – II

Last we saw our favorite family of five, they were walking into theAmsterdam airport having flown half-way across the world instead ofsleeping… now for 'the sequel'. We were all thrilled to walk around freely and be out of theairplane. Amsterdam is one of our preferred airports because it iswell-organized and Read more…

The Travelogue I

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…

We made it!

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…

Travel Girl

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…

A new look

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…

Mr. James

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…

His & Hers Birthdays

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…

A singular holiday

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…