daddy and kids

bring on the rain!

all smiles!

these guys crack me up!!

Really, is there anything more fun than playing in the mud?

crawl, zach, crawl!

And he's off!! Zach is army crawling! He's not yet doing the real deal crawl, but it won't be long as he's already pushing up onto his hands and knees. What this means? MORE mopping!!!!

fabulous foods

Yummy Lao Bamboo Soup!!
This is a very common Lao food, which Nathan and I used to eat frequently, but in recent years with kids, not so much. It's one of those foods that can either be very delicious or very awful, depending on a variety of factors. Thankfully, it's usually eaten w/ sticky rice, which is very helpful in case the soup happens to be the very awful variety. :)

We've been trying to get more traditional Lao foods into our diet lately, so we gave this one a try the other day. We made it at home and didn't add any of the fermented fish paste, which kept the soup a pretty green color instead of turning it a scary brown color. The kids surprised us... we thought this one would be a challenge for them, but they absolutely loved it! Elijah was eating so fast, the soup was running down his belly! ha!

Eva was actually drinking up the last bits from her bowl! This just goes to show me that I probably put the blame on the kids for a number of things I don't do. I keep telling myself that we'll eat more traditional Lao foods once the kids are a bit older, when most likely they'll do just fine, and it's just me who needs to get back into it!! ha! Well, I've been challenged. I'll be posting some more shots of delicious Lao food as we begin eating them again!

First Day Of School - Ever!

Eva in front of the school bus

Getting on the bus

Back home from her two hours of Lao language pre-school.