Semana Santa and the Easter Bunny

Posted on March 31, 2010 - Filed Under Culture Clash, Guatemala | 6 Comments

When I was growing up, we knew what Easter was about, Jesus dying for our sins and being resurrected. We dyed eggs and sometimes my mom hid them. Once, my grandmother sent us an Easter basket full of candy and with a stuffed bunny for each of us. My pink bunny is still in existence, [...]

Hearing Loss?

Posted on March 30, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 9 Comments

Yesterday, I posted about Dante’s regression of speech clarity and received a comment that made me think we need to check it out further. I started doing some research and discovered all KINDS of stuff! Dante also started drooling again about 7 or 8 months again and I found info that this, in conjunction with [...]

Going Backwards

Posted on March 29, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 2 Comments

Dante took forever to start talking, as I think many second borns do. He spent his first couple of years grunting and pointing and totally uninterested in using words. Then he had a word explosion about 6 months ago and started speaking in sort of sentences and explaining things to us.
It was great, I loved [...]

Overheard Outside My Window

Posted on March 28, 2010 - Filed Under Fun, Kids | 5 Comments

Dante: “Help! Help me!”
Dorian: “To infinity and beyond!”
Dante: “Tank you, Buzz Lightyear!”
Dorian: “You’re welcome. To infinity and beyond!”

Hello, World!

Posted on March 28, 2010 - Filed Under Personal, Simple Life | 5 Comments

Wow, some of you must think I’ve given up blogging, huh? Considering I rarely go a day without posting, four (or is it five?) days of silence is pretty strange!
The truth is that I’ve been working . . . . on existing client stuff, on writing my own ebooks and also on Squidoo and article [...]

You Are Gorgeous

Posted on March 25, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 6 Comments

I don’t usually post videos here, though I do have a few of the boys up on my personal YouTube account. I’m trying to put more up because if I lose everything again, I want to have them somewhere. On the laptop, I lost some really cute videos of Dante dancing salsa . . . [...]

I’ve Got Nothing

Posted on March 25, 2010 - Filed Under Personal, Simple Life | 2 Comments

to say, that is. I’ve been trying to blog but have writer’s block in this area! You might say “Write about your life, that’s what you do, duh.” But there’s nothing to say!
The past few days have been a bit of a struggle. We’re just dealing with the aftermath of the cursed week and I’m [...]

Dante’s Shoes

Posted on March 22, 2010 - Filed Under Kids, Simple Life | 9 Comments

I think one of the best things about being a mom is being able to watch my kids learn about the world around them. The other day, I was watching Dante fool around in the yard with some milk tins and I got this series of photos.

In that last one, he was checking his foot [...]

A Sign from Above

Posted on March 21, 2010 - Filed Under Guatemala, Mom Stuff, Personal | 4 Comments

After what was a truly lousy week, we’re on our way back up. I hope. This weekend, I basically just chilled with the boys, which was wonderful and we all enjoyed it. I literally could NOT work, and while I was waiting the 24 hours for Google to possibly release my account (they did, btw), [...]

From Bad to Worse

Posted on March 19, 2010 - Filed Under Personal | 12 Comments

So, in the past 24 hours, things have just spiraled downhill. Quick recap of the past week.

Car not working, mechanic is baffled by the bizarre electrical system and is looking for a diagram that will magically tell him how the wires should be connected from the 2009 engine to the 2007 computer. I’m thinking if [...]

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