Say, "Cheese!"

This is Trevor Bug...

on a date...

with Mama...

listening to music...

dancing in the coffee shop...

making sure people were watching him...
playing on the iPod...

saying "Cheese!"...

I HEART him!

 

Rain Comes…

So at the request of a friend in the states, I am posting another update on the rainy season here in PP…this was a few days ago, mind you, I went for my run in the morning, sweated my butt off, was ANNOYED after my shower because it was so hot and then like out of the blue, the trees start shaking, blowing out of the ground and the rain comes…NOT that I mind…I love it…I love everything about the rain…but here is a taste of what rainy season in the tropics is about…

Russian Market

We hit the Russian Market for some trinkets to take back to the states with us…and can I say…it is TOO freaking hot for that crap!!

We trotted around the outer perimeters and then hung out in the food “court” for some fresh squeezed OJ…

 

Trevor wouldn’t wear his shoes…so 1) those suckers were scrubbed raw when we got home and 2) mama got some new Cons in KL!…

Waiting for that OJ…

They ARE hot and sweaty…but not as sweaty as they look…we keep a bottle of water everywhere we go (and I always get teased for it) and the boys get cold water on their head to cool them down!!  See the smiles…they love it!

Oh, yeah…gimme the juice!

Dirty little feet heading home (I’m actually surprised they aren’t FAR worse…if you’ve been here, you know!)

Rain has Arrived!

Rainy season has arrived…

If you know me, you know this makes me VERY happy…

The days cool down…

The afternoons are cozy…

The pitter patter of rain makes me relax…

My morning runs are a little bit fresher…greener…cleaner…

My boys and I play in the rain…

Mochas that are not iced…

Fresh pots of coffee at 2 PM…

We love our rain and how it makes our house cozier and makes it feel just right to pop a bag of popcorn, cuddle up with our blankies and watch a movie together…

…Because this is what it looks like if you try to go outside…

…and then an hour after it stops raining…the streets are empty of rain and people…

I heart the rain…

Dance Party...

We are a house of dancin' fools!  You get a song on and the boogying starts! 

Guitars, drums, air pianos, feet tapping, booty shaking, head banging, hand clapping...we have fun...and that's how it's supposed to be!

(Sorry Dada...couldn't resist!...although I think he secretly really wanted me to put this up...he said he's been checking every day and hasn't seen this video up, even though I told I was going to put it up!)

Too hot…

Love the ease of being in SE Asia…if I am by myself and feel like I have run too far…I just flag a moto down and for a buck…I am home! 

This day…it was HOT HOT HOT!  We headed out, felt good and got about 5 miles in and I realized…”I’m DONE!!!  That tuk tuk is taking me home!” it was heaven to stop then…I don’t think I could have sweated another drop!

Brotherly Love

Twins have a special bond…and these boys are no excpection…throughout the day, you can catch quite a bit of this…

Even after quite a bit of this…

They play together…

Yep…these boys are pretty special! 

Party Time!!

It’s not secret…I HEART these boys!!!  We had a birthday party to party at…and my boys looked so sweet in their little collared shirts and jeans…don’t get me wrong…these boys are little Jim’s thru and thru…you should have seen the looks and protests putting a button up collared shirt on…their bodies when stiff, they threw their heads back, stomped their feet and fought it…Only when we brought out the big guns…some good old positive reinforcement clapping…over and over again, did the smiles come back and the shirts stayed buttoned!

(The above mentioned tantrum did NOT include Zachary…he was fine with getting dressed in a collared shirt…if it meant he wasn’t going to miss a party!  That boy LOVES a party!!)

One Smart BooBoo Monkey!!!

This is Zachary…Zachary is smart…Zachary challenges us with a question every minute…he understand the answer…he wants a Khmer Tutor…his favorite afterschool activity is his Chinese lesson…

…and before you freak out…yes, I have allowed him to stand in the moonroof looking out the top…no, we weren’t driving anywhere (fast and on a busy street, that is!!)  Oh, come on…you remember sitting in your dad’s lap…driving that station wagon while he was popping a beer tab on a Hamm’s or Coors Light…or jumping into the back of the truck for a ride down the street!  I admit, life is completely different over here…I’m not all on the up and up with all of it…but you only live once…I could tell him no, you can’t stand up there and look out the roof while we are driving on our street with no traffic around going 3 MPH…but I didn’t!…and he loved it!

He can now write to 20 in Mandarin…he can tell me colors, animals, say hello, thank you, I’m fine, how are you?…and he is really proud of himself!

He can work that iPod like nobody’s business…in addition to this little montage…I had to delete about 88 photos that we of spoons, ceiling fans, noses, etc…I love how he included this candle in the montage!!!

It’s school picture day…and instead of picking out what I want him to wear, I let him pick out what he wants to wear…and he chose to be IronMan for school photos!  It’s priceless…his little 4 year old brain is working and telling him what makes him happy…and his dad and I aren’t going to take that away…and bonus material according to his dad…he can’t wait to show his 4 year old school picture to a girlfriend when he is 16!

He loves to write his name…on anything!  This day he wanted to take books to school and I got the marker out to mark them…he wanted to do it himself…and he did a good job!

I love his concentration and his sense of pride!

This little man melts my heart and makes me so proud!  I LOVE being your mama!

Coffee Date with T!!

I try to have a special day with each of my boys, each week!  They love each other, but they also really love this time alone with me…and I really enjoy it with just one as well!  They have the cutest little personalities, but when you get them one on one…the BEST of their personalities shines thru!  Each boy is truly my buddy…and I love doing these little dates!

We headed to Brown for a coffee/passonfruit-mango smoothie…we laughed together, did a little “Sexy and I know it dancing” right in our seats…and Trevor showed off for anyone who would watch him!

His face here is ticked because I took the iPod away so I could take his picture…he couldn’t quite get the “Cheese!!” out because he just wanted “Baby, baby, baby…Ohhhhh”!!

I just love his little face…you can tell we are having fun and when I say his name, he just looks at me and smiles!

He’s got the iPod down!!!

“Hey hey, ladies!  You watching my moves over here?…Yeah, you…I’m talking to you…I AM dancing for your enjoyment!”

Sweet little Trevor Bug…your laugh is contagious and somewhat naughty…I love you!

Bassac Garden City

At the request of a reader, I am posting about where we live!!!  We live in one of the only gated communities in Phnom Penh…our streets are quiet by comparison to surrounding areas…but we love our home and the activity surrounding it…

This is the new tower getting ready to open up…Rose Condos:

In the background is the Sofitel where we swim all of the time!

This is…Street K……………….This is Street L (our street)

This is the view the other way on Street L

More pictures of Phnom Penh to come…