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While Hazel naps in the morning, Max and I like to read books and do “projects” together.  Sometimes this means baking, sometimes playing a game, and sometimes it means artsy crafty things.  I am not crafty at all, but he enjoys it.  I try to find things in advance that aren’t too involved but often weContinue reading

Exploring and climbing.

Exploring the other playground on base.  This is our 6th house since Ben and I have been married.  Max had three homes before his third birthday.  And we’ll probably move back to the U.S. next summer.  Before our couches and beds and picture frames even arrived in Okinawa, we had a notice on our door (ofContinue reading

Typical Wednesday.  Hazel still takes a morning nap and an afternoon nap, so our days are pretty choppy.  Most days we try to squeeze in a run after breakfast before morning nap, and then we have 2.5-ish hours to eat lunch and run errands and maybe have some fun before afternoon nap (for Hazel) andContinue reading

A typical Tuesday around here.  Max has been curious about jellyfish lately, so I showed him a livestream from one of my favorite places, Monterey.  The aquarium there is pretty cool, and Max watched them for a solid 10-15 minutes.  Later, errands to the library and grocery store.  They are loving that double cart lately.Continue reading

Wild Thing

More playground shenanigans.  Hazel is obviously very, very mobile now.  

Our neighbor came home from a festival with chicks this week.  Everybody’s excited, except the chicks.  

Where you’ll find Max after rest time until dinner time.  Every day.