Category: Parts Unknown
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Swimming with Penguins
Yesterday was a pretty chill day for us. We hung around the cottage for the morning before heading to the beach for a few hours. Charlie and I finished up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory while the girls (and Jacob) napped in the afternoon. We ended the day with dinner…
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Friends
Since it’s the weekend we are getting to spend some quality time with the friends that keep drawing us back to this beautiful country. We have known these girls for almost nine years now and feel so fortunate to have been able to maintain the friendship over huge distances. It’s…
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Two Oceans Round Two
For Christmas this year we gave the kids “tickets” for some of the outings we had planned for our time here. One of the tickets was for the Two Oceans Aquarium so we came good on our promise and headed to see some fish today. We visited the aquarium the…
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Even grocery shopping is fun here
Charlie is struggling to adjust himself to all the newness here. This little boy loves his routine and familiarity and a 6 hour time difference and switching hemispheres is not easy to handle. After we dragged him out of bed for the second day we decided to take it easy…
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Hey baby let’s go to the beach
We got off to a slow start today. The kids slept until 10 when I woke them. Even little Nora cooperated and only woke up twice through the night and stayed in bed until 915. All that sleeping means it was almost 2 before we made it out of the…
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Phew.
I am so glad that’s over. Let me just say that being in transit for 35 hours straight with three children 4 and under is not for the faint of heart or those who like to sleep. That was a workout. I want to sleep for 4 days straight. We…
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The Bags are Packed
We are currently on the road to Moncton to catch the first of three flights that will bring us to Cape Town. Two of the three kids are sleeping in the backseat. The first twenty minutes of this 40 hour (!) journey are going perfectly. This is the first big…
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No use crying over spilled milkshake
Turns out today is our last day in Montreal. We had originally intended to stay until Wednesday and attempt to drive home all in one go but we have decided to pack it in and leave in the morning. Jacob is ramping up for this weekends shellfish festival at home…
Mr. & Mrs. Vandebilt + kids 