I had a long-time reader ask this question.. and a few people have asked beofre, too:
…can you explain what Geocaching is exactly? I’ve looked it up on-line but I’m having a hard time understanding how it works.
Thx Carmen
So here’s your answer!
It’s basically an organized, world-wide treasure hunt using a map or GPS.
So you go to [...]
You know he loves his granddaughters when… lol
Well, Gramma and Grandpa visited for four days last week, and the girls and all of us “big people” had a good time too. We went out hiking (you saw the picture of us all geocaching at Bear Creek below,) and played games around the house. Gramma and [...]
I feel sanity approaching… for the last couple of days the girls have spent at least an hour outside by themselves, mucking about in the dirt. They are working on a couple of vats of dirt soup, and discovered the water standing putrid in the wheelbarrow. You know - kid stuff. Aside from having to [...]
Hmmm… what will I do with the lights off tonight at 8:30pm? Well, my hubbie is out working and my kids will be in bed. So I think I will:
1. look at the stars and enjoy them in a way I usually can’t in the middle of the city, and
2. read a book by candlelight [...]
There is a recent article in National Geographic magazine with beautiful pictures… click on the picture below to see more of this remote region in Ethiopia.
“Gramma” (my mom) has commented several times about how much the girls have grown since we picked them up in Ethiopia those 8 months ago. They’ve grown from toddlers to little girls.
I’ll post some more pictures at the conclusion of their trip, but sufice to say we’re all having fun with Gramma and Grandpa in town. It’s [...]
I’ve managed to string together a little footage of the girls (just being themselves) this month. The majority of it is “silent footage” because they say their names way too often (it’s an egotistical age - plus they’re not big into pronouns yet) but you still get a sense of how they’re growing and developing. They’re quite [...]
Sugar turned down the opportunity to go to the movie store with Daddy tonight, just so she could help Mommy cook a fish!Â
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BTW, have I told you this kid is destined for culinary genious? She tasted my wine a few weeks ago, and for the first time, I asked her “what [...]
This was one of the most specific, but USEFUL! tips we got from a fellow adoptive parent (thanks S!)
They toilet-train kids pretty young in Ethiopia (but breast-feed much longer,) which makes total sense if you think about it. On one side, kids get proper nutrition longer and a safer liquids-source. On the other side, they [...]
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Since we got home, we’ve had quite a few conversations with parents traveling overseas to Ethiopia. A couple nights ago I had a great telephone conversation (ok, so I just babbled on and on!) with a lady who is soon off to pick up her daughters. She actually was calling me on behalf of a [...]
Last weekend we took our first vacation together as a family, and snuck away to Bowen Island for four days. Even though it rained almost the whole time, it was so nice to have a change of scene and get away (from work especially!) Enjoy the pictures!
For the first time I tried yarn extensions yesterday on [edit:Spice! oops - wrote the wrong pseudonym!] Yikes - two and a half Disney movies long!!!! ehhh!!! She did sit still the whole time, though. People ask me how they do that - the trick is, it’s the only time they watch TV. So they [...]
I am SUCH a bad blogger! Last week was the third of my cooking classes at Mission Hill. The first class, I managed to take some good pics and made you all insanely jealous. BUT, the second class (Channeling Julia Child) I forgot to take my camera. It was good. You’ll have to take my [...]
To Spring
by William Blake
O thou with dewy locks, who lookest down
Thro’ the clear windows of the morning, turn
Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!
The hills tell each other, and the listening
Valleys hear; all our longing eyes are turned
Up to thy bright pavilions: issue forth,
And let thy holy [...]
I’m not a beads super-fan, but they did turn out pretty good this week. You learn things from other moms all the time… and I learned if you weight the braids down with more beads, they tend to stay straight and last longer. Who’da thunk…
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