Monthly Archives: January 2015

Of course in Ali fashion, Malcolm’s birthday has to be celebrated for over a week.  For Malcolm’s first birthday we wanted to have a special party to celebrate the wonderful year we had with him.  He is such a curious little peanut we went with a Curious George party.  It was a really nice brunchContinue reading “Curious Malcolm”

As far as birthdays go, I think Malcolm had a pretty amazing first one.   As Randy and I sat on the beach in Halong Bay watching Adam play in the sand and Malcolm took a nap on me after exploring a cave on a deserted island with limestone cliffs all around, I turned toContinue reading “Happy Hanoi Birthday Malcolm!”

The next morning we woke up, had another long, yummy breakfast and headed out to Halong Bay. Randy had thought it was an hour drive from Hanoi.  While I wasn’t looking forward to being in the car again with a one and a three year old I figured an hour would be a piece ofContinue reading “Romance all around”

After an early morning bike ride we gathered up our growing collection of bags, balloons and children and drove the four hours back to Hanoi.  We got in just in time to check in, change and head for dinner.  Both boys took naps in the car so we thought we were safe.   Malcolm decidedContinue reading “Asleep at midnight”

Early the next morning we left Hoi An and took a flight to Hanoi. We shopped for some hats in the airport but with limited choices like this one we left empty handed.  Well we did pay ten bucks for a book to replace Adam’s balloon that was confiscated at security. In retrospect I guess weContinue reading “Mai Chau”

After Ho Chi Minh we took an early flight to Hoi An. Ho Chi Minh was the most southern city on our agenda so we knew that the weather would get cooler from here on out.  Although I think we all have become truly tropical and while it was probably around 50 at the coldestContinue reading “Santa and his buffalo”

Randy has wanted to go to Vietnam for so long and I just didn’t really get what all the hype was about.  Well, now I know.  Vietnam was amazing.  Every single place we went to was beautiful, interesting, full of yummy food and warm people.  I loved every second of this trip! Even when itContinue reading “Ho Chi Minh – we love you!”

Is there anything better than watching children on Christmas morning? I think not! These two cuties woke up on the late side which was a Christmas miracle in itself! A little peanut in our big bed, that doesn’t seem so big when these two are in it. The first thing these two ran to whenContinue reading “Merry 'Christmas' from the Alis!”

I’m going to out of order here a bit and skip Vietnam just for a couple of days.  There are just so.many.pictures I need to go through. Some great ones and I can’t wait but in the meantime I figured I would jump to Christmas. Before we left for Vietnam we made sure to celebrateContinue reading “Santa's Elves”

We are so behind! I have so much to catch up on, especially our trip to Vietnam (oh Hanoi Sofitel, why do I not live permanently in your breakfast buffet), but let’s start off where we left off.  Adam’s third birthday party! For Adams third birthday we decided to combine all of his loves: horses,Continue reading “Happy Farm Birthday!”