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Of all the interesting shopping opportunities in Chennai, Cotton Street has to be my favorite.  It’s a dusty dead-end street with tables lining the side.  …

We have tried every year to teach the kids that Christmas is, first and foremost, a celebration of Christ’s birth.  Giving gifts, decorating trees, Santa …

It has been raining a lot here for the last few weeks, and has been a few degrees cooler as well.  We have even managed …

For all you wannabe copy-crafters out there, here’s the info I used to make my projects.
Tutus:  I kind of pieced together from different blogs to …

I recently discovered a whole new world on the internet.  This world consists of people (mostly women) who are extremely creative and have really clever ideas.  They make stuff, take pictures along the way, post it on their blog with detailed instructions, and call it a TUTORIAL.  Then slackers like me, who have no interest [...]

Well, it wasn’t the usual Halloween for us here in Chennai.  No ward party, no trick or treating.  But we were able to make some of our own fun, thanks to the school and the Robertsons.
On friday, the kids dressed up in the afternoon and did a costume parade around the school.  I brought Lauren [...]

We had lots of fun celebrating Diwali this past week.  As far as I can tell, it takes all the best festivities from other holidays and puts them together.  Fireworks?  Check.  Gift-giving?  Check.  Tons of candy?  Check.  Plus, add to that getting to dress up in pretty clothes and have your hands decorated (Mehindi).  Needless [...]

Well, as Lauren turned three we finally came to a crossroads.  It was either teach her how to change her own diapers (I’m pretty sure she could do it!) or teach her how to use the toilet.  For some reason Gavin wasn’t even willing to give the first option a chance, so we opted for [...]

Lauren officially turned 3 today and so we now expect that she will no longer throw tantrums.  She will smile politely at all times and only speak when spoken to.  Starting tomorrow.  That’s the plan.  I’ll let you know how it goes.
We had a lot of fun celebrating.  Lauren told me last week that for [...]

Mr Josh has been playing with a loose tooth the last couple days.  While we were recording his video journal entry, he let me take a little pull on it.  I felt the resulting video was entertaining enough to be posted.  Click the picture of the gap toothed kid to watch the video.
Enjoy!

The kids have found a new “food” to love (can’t decide if it really qualifies as food).  I’m not sure if it was our little trip to Brussels or all of the European kids at the school, but the new obsession at our house is Nutella.  They are spreading it on bread, toast, and crackers [...]