HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND NEW YEAR 2009 !!
OK - so it's not exactly a wintery Christmas picture, but I thought it was fun
in that it was taken at the Posada Santiago (well known to many of you),
and is one of very few with me included.
It also seems appropriate as a family picture because I am hanging onto that Tommy boy - who is always WAY out there, close to escaping - and then there is my Jessenia, quiet, shy and hiding in the background.
And me in the middle, just trying to figure out how to best navigate
what life throws at us, provide my children opportunities to learn and
grow and feel part of this community called our world, while
somehow managing to stay sane, make a living, keep the house
reasonably clean, buy groceries, you know, keep up with the details of life. ********************************************************
Ok - so last nite the kids had a friend over, a very sweet girl I particularly enjoy because they all three play together so well. So, they are playing house and Elena is the mom. Joey and Tommy are being themselves and she is trying to get them up for school and they are arguing and fooling around not getting up - even more so than in real life - and I'm in the kitchen listening to this young 11 year old girl sound EXACTLY like me, but with more patience than I have (I would have told them I was getting out the wooden spoon by now and then I'd be calling the police to haul them off to jail because that's what happens to kids who won't go to school) -
and I started laughing. It was so funny to listen to this scene
(as all parents know, it is not so funny when you are one of the players)
and then I hear Tommy yell - PULL MY FINGER PULL MY FINGER!!!
And then Elena, with total panic in her voice -
NO NO !! IF YOU PULL HIS FINGER HE'LL FART !!
By this time, I am practically on the floor with tears running down my face
I'm laughing so hard. So where did this come from ?? Yep, David at the Posada taught him that little trick. Not only that, but he and Keith take Tommy out
squirrel hunting, while Jessenia goes along to protect the squirrels.
Just one of the many things we love about our life in Guatemala.
As all of you know, because you've spent time with us in Guatemala,
the journey for us has not always been easy,
but it is NEVER EVER boring!!
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OK - so it's not exactly a wintery Christmas picture, but I thought it was fun
in that it was taken at the Posada Santiago (well known to many of you),
and is one of very few with me included.
It also seems appropriate as a family picture because I am hanging onto that Tommy boy - who is always WAY out there, close to escaping - and then there is my Jessenia, quiet, shy and hiding in the background. And me in the middle, just trying to figure out how to best navigate
what life throws at us, provide my children opportunities to learn and
grow and feel part of this community called our world, while
somehow managing to stay sane, make a living, keep the house
reasonably clean, buy groceries, you know, keep up with the details of life. ********************************************************
Ok - so last nite the kids had a friend over, a very sweet girl I particularly enjoy because they all three play together so well. So, they are playing house and Elena is the mom. Joey and Tommy are being themselves and she is trying to get them up for school and they are arguing and fooling around not getting up - even more so than in real life - and I'm in the kitchen listening to this young 11 year old girl sound EXACTLY like me, but with more patience than I have (I would have told them I was getting out the wooden spoon by now and then I'd be calling the police to haul them off to jail because that's what happens to kids who won't go to school) -
and I started laughing. It was so funny to listen to this scene
(as all parents know, it is not so funny when you are one of the players)
and then I hear Tommy yell - PULL MY FINGER PULL MY FINGER!!!
And then Elena, with total panic in her voice -
NO NO !! IF YOU PULL HIS FINGER HE'LL FART !!
By this time, I am practically on the floor with tears running down my face
I'm laughing so hard. So where did this come from ?? Yep, David at the Posada taught him that little trick. Not only that, but he and Keith take Tommy out
squirrel hunting, while Jessenia goes along to protect the squirrels.
Just one of the many things we love about our life in Guatemala.
As all of you know, because you've spent time with us in Guatemala,
the journey for us has not always been easy,
but it is NEVER EVER boring!!
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