Jojo: Trouble At School

Yazan: CanCan | 19 March 2010 | 10 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Jojo

Jojo is a very enthusiastic, high-energy 5-year-old.
Currently he loves Lego, Indiana Jones, insects, and the idea of creating his own language and civilization.
That last interest came from his admiration and enjoyment of a picture book called Weslandia, in which a social-outcast boy named Wes creates his own society as a summer project.
Because of his [...]

Climbing the Walls

Yazan: CanCan | 15 February 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Jojo, Travel with children

Jojo is still really into Indiana Jones, and he likes the idea of going on “baventures” (adventures).
When we were at Atlantis Resort in Paradise Island, Bahamas, he saw the climbing wall and I asked him if he wanted to give it a try.
Of course he did! And it got me out of [...]

Beach Baby

Yazan: CanCan | 11 February 2010 | 4 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Jojo, Travel with children

It is hard to believe that just two short weeks ago I was on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, enjoying time with Jojo on the beach.
The scenery was beautiful, and the water was very cold!
Undaunted, Jojo played and frolicked in the surf and the sand.
The water was gorgeously clear. I can’t enjoy myself in [...]

WW: More Dolphin Pictures!

Yazan: CanCan | 09 February 2010 | 29 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Jojo, Pictures, Travel with children

Atlantis Resort public relations emailed me, and it turns out that they did have a few more pictures from our shallow water dolphin encounter!
Jojo tossing a fish to Atlas, me squinting.

Me, still squinting, tossing a fish to Atlas. I’m not grumpy, I just hadn’t slept in about 28 hours.

Dolphin hug!

Squinting together! I bet the dolphin [...]

Hugging Dolphins at Atlantis Resort

Yazan: CanCan | 04 February 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Jojo, Travel with children

Jojo and I got to experience the Shallow Water Dolphin Encounter at Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island, Bahamas.
We got to pet the dolphin and even hug and kiss it. Truthfully I passed on the kisses, but Jojo had stars in his eyes.
We suited up in Atlantis Resort wet suits, and Jojo started being a dolphin himself, [...]

WW: Never Alone

Yazan: CanCan | 20 January 2010 | 16 Comments
Categories: CanCan, Deaky Deke, Jojo, Pictures

This past week, my husband was away in Kenya for a physics conference.
It was a special week because Deeds started school! He will go three mornings a week to a Montessori school, and eat lunch at school too. The other two days he is involved in a well organized playgroup.

The first morning of [...]

Surf’s Up in Danang, Central Vietnam

Yazan: CanCan | 09 January 2010 | 1 Comment
Categories: Deaky Deke, Jojo, Vietnam

We only had one full day at the beach (and two half days), and the boys and I took full advantage!
Jojo LOVES the beach. He squeals and rolls around in the waves the whole time.
The beach at our hotel in Danang was beautiful and clean and not crowded.
However the days that we were there, [...]

Here We Come…

Yazan: CanCan | 07 January 2010 | 6 Comments
Categories: Jojo, Vietnam

Two years before Jojo was even born, I bought The Monkees: Season 1 on DVD.
I loved watching The Monkees TV show on Nickelodeon when I was a child, and I even went to their reunion tour in 1986.
So I’m nostalgically pleased to see Jojo follow in my footsteps in his developing Monkees enthusiasm.
He sings [...]

Our Halloween, 2009

Yazan: CanCan | 31 October 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: Deaky Deke, Jojo

The boys chose their costumes out of our year-round dress up box about ten minutes before we walked to the school Halloween Carnival.
Deeds wore the fireman coat, but it was too hot for the pants. He also kept throwing the fireman hat so I left it at home.

Jojo decided on a [...]

Indiana Jonas

Yazan: CanCan | 28 October 2009 | 7 Comments
Categories: Jojo, Pictures

I got Jojo an Indiana Jones hat for his birthday from Amazon.com. He has had it for about 2 weeks and worn it every day. I took these pictures on the first or second day he had it. The first photo was the result of my asking him to “make an Indiana Jones face.”
About [...]