Monthly Archives: August 2016

Guess who came back to the Philippines! Secretary Kerry! The last time he was here I was seven months pregnant with Malcolm and it was my second day of work.  I was asked to fill in for a sick Public Affairs officer and ride along with his motorcade. Pretty exciting, except I had absolutely zeroContinue reading “Kerry & Me”

I have been so lucky to meet some great moms in my building. They are not from the embassy and its’ nice to have a different group of friends to grab a drink with or talk with. They are all wonderful moms and I love spending time with them, with kids or without.  All ourContinue reading “Go for Gold”

First day of school this year. Adam is back in his Pre-K class and Malcolm is back in his toddler class. I am so glad they get another year at this amazing pre-school. It is at the other Embassy compound, close to the embassy where we work so we are able to join for activities.Continue reading “One for the Albums”

Grandma is in Manila! We’ve been keeping busy! We took her to our favorite pizza place- Motorinos. We styled all the new clothes that Grandma brought! We showed Grandma all the new places that have opened in our neighborhood since last year. We took Grandma back to the Mind Museum which has a new dinosaurContinue reading “Grandma Gertch comes to town!”

We had one week after Italy before Grandma Gertch came to town. We needed to defeat jetlag and get back into the swing of Manila life! Some highlights- Late night ice-cream to keep everyone up past 6 pm.  A note on jetlag and how we defeat it, we keep the boys up as late asContinue reading “Jetlag”

I know you’re all sad to hear this but here it is, we have finally reached the very last of our Italian post. For the end of our trip we piled up our stuff into the car and headed to Rome. It was a five hour drive so we needed lots of snacks and kindles. Continue reading “Roma”

We are nearing the end of my Italy posts.  Maybe you are all ready to move on but I am not.  Looking at the photos from our trip I can’t help but be nostalgic so you will have to bear with me on my last few Italy posts. And since I love lists and amContinue reading “Pinball”