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Po Po comes to town
Po Po means grandmother on your mother’s side in Cantonese. So that’s what my mom, Candace is called. She came to visit us for November & December. We had planned a trip to Bolivia to see the Uyuni Salt Flats, La Paz, and Lake Titicaca; however, we had to cancel our trip due to the… Read more
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Ultimate Frisbee
Our Sunday mornings are usually spent at Parque Paraíso. I play Ultimate, and Riki watches our three kids, plus often three extra (older kids). When my mom was here, Riki played for two weeks, and even bought cleats. Ultimate is so fun! It’s hard on an aging body, but so far I have not sustained… Read more
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Princess (phase?)
How does it happen? How do young girls decide they like princesses? I mean, I know, media, Disney, but we’ve been trying to limit those influences. Jade has seen 4 movies so far in her 4 years of life: Incredibles, Incredibles 2, Monsters Inc, and Moana. She doesn’t watch any tv or videos on youtube. We’ve… Read more
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Piano recital
First piano recital, after which he said he wanted to keep taking piano forever. Then 2 weeks later he decided he wanted to stop taking lessons. But he did play while we sang Cumpleaños Feliz to Jade. Read more
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Chimborazo
On Sunday evening, Riki and I had the opportunity to attempt to summit the volcano Chimborazo, Ecuador’s tallest volcano at 20,534 feet. The summit of Chimborazo is also actually the closest point to the sun (closer than the summit of Everest), because of the bulge at the Earth’s equator. I wasn’t too sure about our… Read more