Playground Happiness
Lately, our mornings consist of running a few errands and going either for a walk or to the playground. This morning, we were up early...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 7, 20081 min read
Kirsi’s Latest Thing
A couple days ago, Kirsi decided she liked Simba’s dogfood. Yes, you read correctly. She likes it because it’s crunchy. Gross!! Of...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 7, 20082 min read
Struck out
This morning, the kids and I headed out to do some errands. I wanted to buy some bagels, find bubble solution for bubbles and a camping...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 5, 20081 min read
Fun day at the park
Isn’t it funny how a morning at the playground is the best thing in the world for a preschooler? Der had class again today and my...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 4, 20081 min read
The Terrible Twos Really Are Terrible!
Especially when you’re tired and have another child to take care of! I knew about the quest for independence and making her own...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 2, 20081 min read
No sleep and a sick child
Who can function on 2 hours of sleep? Definitely not me. Or Derwin. We are two people that need our sleep and here we are with a child...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 1, 20081 min read
Wacky Weather
The weather here has been really strange lately. I thought we were full blown into spring because we’ve had some gorgeous days that make...
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Derwin Kitch
Oct 1, 20081 min read
Could it be?
Is it possible that Aidan is teething already? That our teeny, tiny 3-month-old boy is cutting teeth? For about three weeks now, he has...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 27, 20081 min read
Summer is coming!
I love it when the weather warms up, the days get longer and the flowers start blooming. The anticipation for summer is great! Spring...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 24, 20081 min read
Return home
Saturday was our last day and we were supposed to take one last horse ride before leaving the hacienda. I had arranged it the day before...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 24, 20081 min read
Valle del Encanto
On Friday morning, we decided to go to the Valle del Encanto, where there is a significant collection of petroglyphs (carvings in rocks)...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 22, 20081 min read
Fray Jorge National Park
On Wednesday, the markets were crazy with everyone buying meat for their barbecues (asados) for the Dieciocho celebration. Everyone gets...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 18, 20081 min read
Andacollo, Ovalle and an Earthquake
Yesterday, we packed up and left La Serena and headed to the small, mountain, mining town of Andacollo. We spent some time looking...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 16, 20081 min read
La Serena and Tongoy
Cloudy Monday morning was spent casually wandering around La Serena’s streets, churches and markets. When the city was being built, the...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 16, 20082 min read
Elqui Valley
After one of the best sleeps that we’ve experienced in a long, long time we had breakfast and drove out of La Serena and headed due east...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 14, 20081 min read
La Serena
Hola from the second oldest city in Chile! Just two blocks from downtown Plaza de Armas, the Hotel Londres is our home for the next...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 8, 20081 min read
Fiesta Huasa
Saturday morning we went to visit our friends, Brett and Nicki, at their new place in the mountains. Kirsi and I made a raspberry coffee...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 5, 20081 min read
One Year Ago
It was one year ago today that we found out that one of our former students had passed away. Reto was such an energetic and charismatic...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 2, 20082 min read
Bedtime
We’ve been trying to get Kirsi to go to sleep on her own at bedtime for a few nights now. Last night was so tough – she was sooooo upset...
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Derwin Kitch
Sep 1, 20082 min read
Birthday party
This afternoon we are invited to the birthday party of Caitlin and Nicolas, who will be turning two. When Kirsi heard that we were going...
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