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I am thankful that we have such a wonderful smart boy who loves fishes and dinosaurs and is so generous with his toys, his time and his love.    I am thankful that Adam (and soon Malcolm!) goes to such a wonderful school with teachers and classmates who love him so much and give himContinue reading “Thankful”

One of the perks of working at the Embassy is when President Obama comes to town is that we get to attend a ‘Meet and Greet’.  It’s a pretty amazing opportunity.  When the President came to Manila last year I took Adam and Malcolm and we were able to get a blurry picture to proveContinue reading “Meeting and Greeting”

This past week was APEC week in Manila. For the rest of the world this doesn’t mean all that much but for us is Manila is was all consuming. What is APEC? Well I’m glad you asked. I was voluntold to appear in two videos ‘All About APEC’. Every time I appear in one ofContinue reading “Hello President Obama”

Adam’s school has been into astronauts for the last few weeks and I was able to join their Astronaut day recently. They practiced moon walking in the pool and repairing important space parts (aka – legos) underwater.  After a couple of sessions of swim lessons Adam can already keep his head underwater for a longContinue reading “Astronauts”

I was able to take the morning off of work a couple of weeks ago to join Adam and Amerikids on a field trip to the zoo. It was a moment of reckoning when Adam hopped onto the bus and decided he wanted to sit next to Tyler.  It was one of those moments whereContinue reading “Field Trip!”

The day after we flew home Adam started school. I debated not sending him until jetlag had work off but since I had to go to work I figured he had to go to school. Just kidding! We actually thought it would just be easier for him to stay awake around his friends.  This wasContinue reading “First Days”

We were lucky enough to get to trick or treat two times! Adam’s new favorite is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle after a visit with his friend Vincent in Staten Island and since purple is still his favorite color Adam was of course Donatello and Malcolm went as his trusty sidekick Michelangelo.  The first trick orContinue reading “Trick or Treat!”

I think I owe alot of Staten Islanders an apology. I always judged the people who decorate their homes elaborately for every holiday. Like this:  But you know what, the older the boys get and the more excited they get about holidays the closer I get to that giant pumpkin on my lawn (well, weContinue reading “Giant pumpkin, here I come”

Daddy went to the US a couple weeks ago and we were forced to occupy ourselves for 11 whole days.  Dressing himself Breakfast on a rainy day Styling Boundary testing Working lunch Early morning Early but not so early morning UN Day Market Day Haircuts Traffic We were all pretty excited to see daddy andContinue reading “11 days Without Daddy”