Monthly Archives: April 2016

Long work week over!  Buddha morning sun salutations Pajama giggles New Shirts from Grandma!  A winner!  Birthday Party Styling!          Smiles “I own this ballpit!” Waiting…waiting…waiting…for cake. Finally!!  Naptime…. Taking a break Morning cuddles Sickly movies and popcord More waiting for cake Pool time Les Mis!

We had a couple days in Bangkok at the end of our trip and we’ve already seen a lot of the traditional sightseeing spots we decided to focus our time in Bangkok on some fun activities with the boys.  First stop, where else, the aquarium of course! The aquarium in Manila is one of Adam’sContinue reading “Dinosaurs, sharks and penguins, oh my!”

Sometimes parenting is hard. This past weekend both boys were recovering from strep (aka- still a little whiny), Randy was working in Papa New Guinea and Maria, our trusted nanny, was also down with strep. I’m always hesitant to complain about parenting since we are lucky enough to have a full time nanny who livesContinue reading “Sharing the Load”

Our first stop in Laos was Vientiane. It was a small city that felt like it should have been hours away from the airport but was so accessible.  It had a small town vibe, relaxed and a French influence. My favorite type of town!   Quick story for you all to enjoy. We got inContinue reading “Temples, Croissants and Suitcases”

1. How far and wide his love of batman is. Malcolm for some reason has decided that Batman is called ‘Yellow’. We’re not sure why, but it’s very clear when he yells Yellow, points his hand  and shoots his grappling hook (daddy has explained in painstaking detail what the grappling hook is) and then runsContinue reading “10 things Malcolm Learned on Vacation”

While we were in Laos we had to opportunity to ride elephants.  Randy and I had ridden elephants nearly 10 (!) years ago in Chang Mai and we were pretty excited to be able to experience this with the boys.  Unfortunately, Randy had to go to Bangkok a little early so it ended up beingContinue reading “Mae Buakham”

One of the things I love most about traveling is experiencing museums that give you such insight into a country. The national museum immediately reminded me of museums in Russia. It has that old socialist feel of Russia. The museum is two floors and the rooms are the size of a small bedroom. The museumContinue reading “U.S. Imperialists”

This vacation to Laos and Thailand Adam was suddenly very into photography and wanted to take pictures of EVERYTHING. We’re going to have to get him his own camera since every time he heaves up our heavy Nikon I’m terrified that he’s going to drop it! He managed to take some cute pictures of us.Continue reading “Through Adam's eyes”

Yes, vacation photos are coming….but in the meantime here is a super exciting post about chalk. Actually this is more a post about what to do in the Philippines with toddlers…is Adam still a toddler? what comes after toddler? kid?? tween??. There are very few green spaces in Manila and it is often hard onContinue reading “Chalk Fest 2015”