Category Archives: kids

april break

Posted on 18/04/2010 by

april break is coming to an end. and we did a bunch of nothing. or at least i did. the oldest two, c16 and c13 went on a mission trip. they spent a week in two villages in northern thailand. … Continue reading →

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and none of the same symptoms

Posted on 10/11/2009 by

it’s 9p on nov. 10 and i have to post something because of noboplomo.  so here’s nothing something. today all three kids were home sick.  two – a12 and s10 – stayed home and the nurse called to ask me … Continue reading →

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i get real jittery when i think about it

Posted on 07/06/2009 by

this time last year the summer loomed in front of us.  a tortuously long summer with no idea what we would do with ourselves.  we did have that trip to penang to be excited about – we were wrong to … Continue reading →

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i’m not a sentimental person

Posted on 29/05/2009 by

i’m the kind of mom who thinks kindergarten graduations are stupid silly.  i mean, i didn’t see my children’s completion of their first year of school as a reason to go all cap and gown crazy.  i sort of expected … Continue reading →

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medieval day

Posted on 28/05/2009 by

today was the fourth grade’s big end of school year hoorah.  they celebrated with a medieval festival and spent much time preparing.  they’ve been studying this time period for a while. they’ve broken into groups and built castles. *s9′s group’s … Continue reading →

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today we songkran!

Posted on 13/04/2009 by

as soon as michael told me he was going to be out of town for all of songkran i started to dread it. that meant i would have to escort the kids out and about all on my lonesome. and … Continue reading →

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hoppin’ down the bunny trail…

Posted on 11/04/2009 by

today was our second easter egg hunt here in thailand.  i think it’s pretty impressive that we’re starting to repeat annual activities – makes me feel like one of the old timers.  sort of.  okay, not really.  but this year … Continue reading →

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flight of the gibbons

Posted on 10/04/2009 by

we saw no gibbons.  not one.  but if we had, i don’t think they could possibly have flown as well as we did.  we were awesome. started out bright and early.  we met the bus at 6:30am for our one … Continue reading →

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khun tan

Posted on 04/04/2009 by

i just got back from 3 days roughing it with 31 6th graders.  and had a blast.  and learned some things.  we went to khun tan, a mountain here in northern thailand.  we spent 2 nights in cabins and even … Continue reading →

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hey – I have a blog??

Posted on 23/02/2009 by

turns out I haven’t got much to say.  shocking, I know.  well… there was Thai day at the kids school. all three kids performed with their classes.  a12 was less than happy about her costume.  and the costume for S9, … Continue reading →

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