Third Culture Kid(s)

I have a post about TCKs brewing, but right now C. is trying to engage me from the bouncy seat, and MM is managing to get all her toys everywhere.  So, here’s a couple of recent pictures to amuse and entertain:

(we decided that he’s an earth-tones kinda guy)
and

Daddy and daughter, both looking cute.  I managed […]

Of the quick kind, since C. just woke up from his nanonap.
Today is C.’s 3 month birthday!!  I realize this is mainly a milestone of the babywear kind, but he’s now a quarter of a year old.
Still not showing signs of sleeping in the crib, though.  And he has a cold that’s making him a […]

I’m toying around with the idea of creating a password-protected dissertation blog.  It would probably be very light on the “why oh why can’t I get work done???” side, and heavier on the explication-with-images-and-video-where-appropriate side.  With snippets of writing along the way.  The reason I’m playing around with this is simply that I get enthusiastic […]

It’s 6 am. MM has yet to wake up, C. is sleeping fitfully in his chair, and I’m online. I should be sleeping, and god knows I’ll be nodding off all day because I’m awake now, but I couldn’t resist this quiet time before the cacophony begins, and I can’t think straight, to […]

Every so often, I feel the need to kind of recap some of the good things that are happening in my life.  It seems especially important right now, given that I’m running on fumes, sleep-wise.
So, some good things:

I had a nice, long letter from probably my best friend in Japan a couple of weeks ago.  […]

There’s a line in Toy Story - and, believe me, I know them all - where Woody is trying to get Buzz away from Hannah’s tea party after Buzz finds out he’s just a toy. Buzz, having gotten drunk on the tea and wearing his natty hat and apron, shouts at Woody, “Don’t you […]