What’s That? Bacon and Egg Ice Cream, You Say?

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Nutella and chocolate-flavored ice cream at Creamery

It’s 10pm and both Logan and Katelyn are sleeping.  I should be sleeping, but instead I’m writing to you about ice cream.  Priorities. Continue reading →

Phuket with Kids Done Luxe

Trapeze flying, batik painting, and organic vegetable planting.  Milk and cookies at turn-down.  A  bakery with a selection of old-school American candy.  A pool with water fountains, giant turtles, a life guard-assisted slide, and continuous bubbles.  Free popsicles from noon until three every day.  Two baby elephants walking the resort’s extensive property and occasionally playing in the surf.  A newly-renovated kids club.  Giant scoops of ice cream atop home-made waffle cones.  You guys, this is the place:  the JW Marriott Phuket.

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Atop Ya-Ya at the JW Marriott Phuket

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Beautiful private beach at the JW Marriott Phuket

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All Good Things Must Come to An End: Dropped Nap Update

Well, it’s time to confess that my almost three-year old’s naps are pretty much over.  I was so proud that we were able to bring them back after some struggles at two and a half, but that only lasted for a few months before we went into total “I don’t want to nap AT ALL” mode.  Luckily, a dear friend shared her experience of “catch-up naps” with me, and that seems to be working for us, creating a delicate balance whereby Logan gets just enough sleep not to break down completely at the end of each day (thank you, Rattana).   Continue reading →

In Asia, It’s a Fair-Haired Child’s World

I’m guessing that many of my readers in the region will be able to relate to this piece about what it’s like to raise fair-skinned babies in Asia.

Many, many thanks to World Moms Blog, a “Must Read” by the New York Times Motherlode and listed in the Forbes Top 100 Websites for Women 2012, for publishing my piece.

In Asia, It’s a Fair-Haired Child’s World – via World Moms Blog

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Kate making friends in Chiang Rai, Thailand