Then Someone came to visit!

Posted on 22 May, 2012 by souksnthedesert

So many things happened last summer.

1. I spent some time in Michigan and remembered what rain was.

2. The boys and I waited to welcome Rowan into the world. (But Kimberly was the most excited one to do that!!!)

3. I slid down a turf hill on cardboard boxes with Zedd and Ephraim.

4. And had a kool-aid sale with Zedd, Ephraim and Lilah.

5. I probably did some other things also…

6. Oh, the biggest thing was getting ice cream at a wonderful creamery very close to Kim and Adam’s house (almost everyday!!!!) You know how much I love ice cream!

And all this made the time pass by very quickly. Before I knew it, someone came to visit:

Good picture, huh!? The camel flew all the way from to Dubai to meet my family in Michigan. For those of you who don’t know the camel, his name is Etienne! At this point in the summer, we had been together for 7 months, but away for 1 1/2, so it was very good to see him and to introduce him to all the people that I love!

Where We Really Left Off…

Posted on 19 May, 2012 by souksnthedesert

I haven’t consistently posted since my time in Michigan last summer and I don’t feel that I can really dive head in to blogging until I share some important things with you that have happened since then. It seems silly to leave people out of those things but it all happened so fast, it felt like my wheels flew off. So now I’d like to attempt to fill everybody in. And continue with this blog, if I haven’t lost all of my blogging spirit (we will soon find out!)

So this was one of my memories of last summer:

Selling Kool-Aid with Zeddicus, Ephraim and Lilah.

Now, when I was a kid I would try and set up a lemonade table in our front yard. It was always a big adventure for me because I was the only child in the house and while my parents helped me accomplish my goals and found me a table- I was the figurehead and the only one who could really head up the business. There were no others kids to distract me during my attempts to be a entrepreneur, so it was a special treat for me to watch Zedd, Ephraim and Lilah be entrepreneurs (especially since they really just wanted to drink all their profits!)

More to come soon!

Treading

Posted on 31 March, 2012 by souksnthedesert

We were recently bequeathed a treadmill from one of Etienne’s coworkers. Here it is:

This week it got up to 40 and I realized how much this guy will come in handy during the long hot summer. We are very grateful!

Have I Forgotten….

Posted on 6 March, 2012 by souksnthedesert

How to Blog?

That’s the question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. There have been so many things that have happened over the last year. So many, in fact, that I realized I needed to stop writing about things and just enjoy them. So that’s where I’ve been. Planning a wedding, trying (poorly) to stay in contact with friends, being a little bit better about staying in contact with family and continuing to learn what it is to live overseas. And now… to be married and overseas. Things are very good and I’m looking forward to writing a little bit about them someday. I’ll just have to collect my thoughts. :)

Until then, I love you.

End of Term

Posted on 12 December, 2011 by souksnthedesert

It’s the end of the term and to celebrate I made Christmas cookies for everybody!

Merry few weeks before Christmas!

Trying to Maintain the Speed

Posted on 25 October, 2011 by souksnthedesert

at which I move…. Being a nursery teacher for toddlers, aged 22-28 months, is exhausting. And sometimes I feel like I’m just “trying to maintain the speed at which I move!” The kids are buzzing at high speeds all around me and if I can’t keep up then we’ll all crash into a pile on the floor… And sometimes we do. :)

But every time someone asks me if I like my job, I realize that…. I DO!

It is a fun challenge to engage with my students everyday. To be flexible because every day is different. Maybe that should be my motto…. “Everyday is Different.” There are some days when they need a teacher and some days when they need a social director. Sometimes they need a referee and most of the time they need a coach. Everyday, I have to do what one of my college professors called “putting on many different hats”. And luckily they are the kind of hats that don’t give me hat hair.

Happy Birthday!

Posted on 22 October, 2011 by souksnthedesert

It’s Been Too Long…

Posted on 11 October, 2011 by souksnthedesert

I was talking to my friend Lyndsey this evening and realized that I haven’t blogged in over a month. That’s a long time. Especially when I used to write a post every day. Things have been incredibly busy over here.

So because it’s been a long time I wanted to share a funny story (actually more of a recent realization I’ve come to) with you:

When other nationalities sing the ABC’s, they end it with Zed. And it’s hard to change the way you sing a song you’ve sung since you can remember. So even though I’ve been singing the ABC’s with my British, Irish, South African, Indian (they’re from all over) 2 year olds everyday- I still can’t seem to get the American “Zee” out of my head. Hopefully I’m not permanently harming their education… I know for sure that I’m confusing them. More with the face that I make when I sing “Zee” instead of “Zed” than the fact that I’m singing it wrong: