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Reading in the sunshine…
…is one of my favourite things to do. There’s nothing like sitting somewhere nice in the sunshine, with a cool drink and an engaging book, is there? Luckily for me, the girls have decided that they...
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Raccoons on the Roof!
Just as we were getting the girls ready for bed last night I heard my Lovely Husband yelling for me. As we had a visit to ER (A&E) with the Little One on Saturday when she bit right through the...
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Turbo Tourism in New Orleans
Before we had children, we used to be able to go away for the weekend to European cities and see a lot of things and still get to work on Monday (or maybe Tuesday…) We called this Turbo Tourism –...
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Kindergarten graduation
The Big One graduates from Kindergarten This week the Big One graduated from Kindergarten. At home in the UK we don’t really celebrate the achievement of finishing the first year in school. In fact,...
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Scottsdale
We arrived in Phoenix in 100f (38c) heat but though warm, it felt far nicer than the hot and very humid Houston that we had left behind that morning. We drove straight out to Scottsdale, pointing out...
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The Apache Trail
After a swim and breakfast we went to collect our hire car so we could explore the nearby Apache Trail. It’s billed as the most scenic drive in Arizona (by Frommers) and has a few interesting places...
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Children’s Hotel Ratings
During our whistle-stop trip around Arizona this last week the Little One started talking about “hometels” and asking whether we would be staying in a hotel or a hometel that evening. Both girls...
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New Old Lady Nighties
The girls decided 2 weeks ago, after a weekend away with their friends who wore nighties (nightdresses) to bed, that they both needed nighties instead of pyjamas. Finding children’s night clothes in...
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The Grand Canyon and Monument Valley
We could have stayed longer in Scottsdale but the Grand Canyon called. The drive took us through the semi arid desert, Sonora. The landscape changed from cacti filled desert as we drove higher and it...
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Short break in transmission – but we’re now back in the US
You may have noticed a break in transmission in the last 7 weeks or so. I didn’t even finish telling you about our adventures in Arizona (I will do that…). The girls and I have had a little break...
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Cracking a Geode
We visited the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences (HMNS) at the weekend and it’s always a trip we enjoy. The Big One wanted to see the paleontology exhibit and also the new Ancient Egypt hall but we...
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Beautiful Vancouver (or how I jogged 9 miles today!)
We arrived in Vancouver on Sunday afternoon. It’s a beautiful city that my Lovely Husband and me visited 10 years ago (almost exactly) for 3 days and loved it. We felt so at home in that short time...
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Vancouver – a beautiful city
Vancouver is a very clean and beautiful city. It is also a rare thing in a fast growing city: it is surrounded by majestic mountains (that are snow-capped in the Winter) and the sea so it seems that...
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Vancouver – Science World and ice cream
Today the girls and I spent a full day at Science World in Vancouver, from opening until 4pm when the Little One crumpled into a heap and declared that she couldn’t walk another step (hardly surprising...
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Children understanding how lucky they are
The girls and me were walking through Downtown Vancouver this afternoon having just had a delicious lunch with my Lovely Husband and brought some new clothes in the Gap sale. We walked past a young man...
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Matchbox Twenty at Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavillion
Last week we went up to the Woodlands, just North of Houston, to see one of my favourite bands, Matchbox Twenty. We arrived just as the support act, the Goo Goo Dolls started and we rushed to our...
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Vancouver Aquarium and Stanley Park again
Yesterday we spent the morning at the amazing Vancouver Aquarium. The girls love everything sea-creature related and have quite a bit of knowledge about them (thank you Octonauts!) so they had been...
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Vancouver – Granville Island and Grouse Mountain
Our last two days in Vancouver were a little more laid back than the first few, which is good news for the girls as they didn’t have to walk or scoot nearly as far! On Friday it was difficult to get...
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Galiano Island and Orcas
We caught the ferry from Tsawwassen to Galiano on Sunday afternoon. Just as the boat was about to leave the dock someone ran down from the top deck to say that there was a pod of orca whales just...
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Sea creatures and canoes on Galiano Island
As soon as breakfast was finished yesterday, the girls raced off to the beach to climb over the rocks and see what sea creatures had been deposited in the rock pools overnight. There were fewer hermit...
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