We grilled brats, played outside, put shoes on Kata for the first time!
Wishing you all a fantastic 2011!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!
It's always sunny in Guyana (except when it's raining.)
We grilled brats, played outside, put shoes on Kata for the first time!
Wishing you all a fantastic 2011!
We grilled brats, played outside, put shoes on Kata for the first time!
Wishing you all a fantastic 2011!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Santa made it to Guyana!
What a weekend! It looks like reindeer and men in furry red suits can in fact survive for a few hours in Guyana...Santa came and left two very happy girls in his wake. Here are some of our favorite pictures from Christmas!
Kata and Norah meet the big guy and his helper:
Christmas Eve, we had dinner and gift exchange with our good friends, the Deiterings and the Jonses.
It was so, so nice to spend some Christmas time with other families far from home!
The next morning...Norah was in disbelief. Santa was VERY good to the Henrys!
After a few rounds of present opening, Norah had to stop and take a break to play with the opened toys. Patrick and I opened more for her (and...shhhhh...put some others away for birthday when it was clear she was more than satisfied!)
Santa treats babies very well, too.
Play, play, play.
...took a break from play to go to Church.
And then it's back in our play clothes for more play time!
Dr. Norah took very good care of us all day long.
Merry Christmas!
Kata and Norah meet the big guy and his helper:
Christmas Eve, we had dinner and gift exchange with our good friends, the Deiterings and the Jonses.
It was so, so nice to spend some Christmas time with other families far from home!
The next morning...Norah was in disbelief. Santa was VERY good to the Henrys!
After a few rounds of present opening, Norah had to stop and take a break to play with the opened toys. Patrick and I opened more for her (and...shhhhh...put some others away for birthday when it was clear she was more than satisfied!)
Santa treats babies very well, too.
Play, play, play.
...took a break from play to go to Church.
And then it's back in our play clothes for more play time!
Dr. Norah took very good care of us all day long.
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 20, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
...in some weird parallel universe where it's always hot.
And you go swimming five days before Christmas...
We're lucky enough to have some embassy friends who invite us often to join them for an event we've created ourselves: Sunday brunch poolside at the Ambassador's residence.
Kata's already an expert at the ex-pat lifestyle.
With good friends.
Enjoying what is becoming a new tradition.
Kata finds it difficult to relax.
So does Norah. Especially when gingerbread muffins are involved.
And you go swimming five days before Christmas...
We're lucky enough to have some embassy friends who invite us often to join them for an event we've created ourselves: Sunday brunch poolside at the Ambassador's residence.
Kata's already an expert at the ex-pat lifestyle.
With good friends.
Enjoying what is becoming a new tradition.
Kata finds it difficult to relax.
So does Norah. Especially when gingerbread muffins are involved.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Thanksgiving in the tropics
We just had a wonderfully fun Thanksgiving week down here in Guyana. Patrick's parents (Baba and Zedal to Kata and Norah) and Aunt Bridget and Uncle Louis braved the long flight and spent a fabulous week with us here in our new home.
We made a pretty good approximation of our traditional Thanksgiving meal. Here are Kata and Zedal at the Thanksgiving table.
We also invited a few of Patrick's colleagues to join us for the meal.
The Henrys lavished Norah and Kata with gifts. Uncle Louis brought Norah a (ahem,Florida) gator.
To be fair, he brought a (Crimson Tide) elephant for Kata. Just look at the love she already has for Al.
We also took a really fantastic day trip into the rainforest with Norah, Baba and Zedal. Here is Norah at our first stop in an Amerindian village. While getting the tour of the village school, Norah shows off her mad skills, writing letters in the sand.
Finding tiny orchids for Baba.
Eating peanut butter crackers on a speed boat in the jungle. Ever done that? Norah has.
After an hour on the boat, we arrive at Arrowpoint lodge. This is the most welcome cup of coffee I have ever had.
Norah vs. butterfly the size of her face
If you were 2 years old and your grandmother had just brought you a suitcase full of new clothes, this might be what you would insist on wearing into the jungle. It's only natural.
Hiding "like the butterfly"
Exploring
Jungle family portrait!
Kata and Norah enjoyed lots of attention from their visiting family. Norah just told me again yesterday how sad she is that Baba and Zedal, Bridget and Louis aren't here anymore...Here are some of the favorite activities:
Horse rides
iPad games
Singing in the rain
Doing their nails
Snuggling
We made a pretty good approximation of our traditional Thanksgiving meal. Here are Kata and Zedal at the Thanksgiving table.
We also invited a few of Patrick's colleagues to join us for the meal.
The Henrys lavished Norah and Kata with gifts. Uncle Louis brought Norah a (ahem,Florida) gator.
To be fair, he brought a (Crimson Tide) elephant for Kata. Just look at the love she already has for Al.
We also took a really fantastic day trip into the rainforest with Norah, Baba and Zedal. Here is Norah at our first stop in an Amerindian village. While getting the tour of the village school, Norah shows off her mad skills, writing letters in the sand.
Finding tiny orchids for Baba.
Eating peanut butter crackers on a speed boat in the jungle. Ever done that? Norah has.
After an hour on the boat, we arrive at Arrowpoint lodge. This is the most welcome cup of coffee I have ever had.
Norah vs. butterfly the size of her face
If you were 2 years old and your grandmother had just brought you a suitcase full of new clothes, this might be what you would insist on wearing into the jungle. It's only natural.
Hiding "like the butterfly"
Exploring
Jungle family portrait!
Kata and Norah enjoyed lots of attention from their visiting family. Norah just told me again yesterday how sad she is that Baba and Zedal, Bridget and Louis aren't here anymore...Here are some of the favorite activities:
Horse rides
iPad games
Singing in the rain
Doing their nails
Snuggling
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Half Birthday
Kata is six months old tomorrow. I am feeling terribly sentimental (and, I admit it, a little bit sad...) about her already being halfway through her first year. Here are some six month portraits of my baby, who won't be a baby for long:
One last shot of my adorable family:
One last shot of my adorable family:
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Weirdoween
Our first tropical Halloween was a success! It required a bit of effort to search out Halloween events around town, but in the end, Norah fell totally in love with the holiday that allowed her to dress as a fish and eat candy...not bad, even if the pumpkins here are all green...
Step number one was to make climate-appropriate costumes. Here is Lobster Kata:
Steamed Lobster
And here is Flounder Norah. Our two year-old has learned that a really easy way to irk Mom is to pout and hide her face whenever the camera comes out.
A surprisingly great Halloween event was the local Halloween fair, complete with carnival games and Norah's first taste of cotton candy. Flounder and Dad outside the Cricket grounds where it was held.
Ha! Caught you not looking, Flounder!
Halloween family portrait, Guyana-style.
The next week, we were fortunate to be invited to the only Trick-or-Treating to be had in town...the kids went office to office begging for candy at the US Embassy. Surprisingly, given the security we went through just to get in the gates, we were allowed to take pictures!
Embassy Lobster
Norah was way too overwhelmed and scared to ask anyone for candy. She hid behind my legs and told me she would absolutely not under any circumstances say "Trick or Treat." This is the moment it all changed:
Toddlers with mouthfulls of chocolate make for funny pictures:
Sweet Lobster
Step number one was to make climate-appropriate costumes. Here is Lobster Kata:
Steamed Lobster
And here is Flounder Norah. Our two year-old has learned that a really easy way to irk Mom is to pout and hide her face whenever the camera comes out.
A surprisingly great Halloween event was the local Halloween fair, complete with carnival games and Norah's first taste of cotton candy. Flounder and Dad outside the Cricket grounds where it was held.
Ha! Caught you not looking, Flounder!
Halloween family portrait, Guyana-style.
The next week, we were fortunate to be invited to the only Trick-or-Treating to be had in town...the kids went office to office begging for candy at the US Embassy. Surprisingly, given the security we went through just to get in the gates, we were allowed to take pictures!
Embassy Lobster
Norah was way too overwhelmed and scared to ask anyone for candy. She hid behind my legs and told me she would absolutely not under any circumstances say "Trick or Treat." This is the moment it all changed:
Toddlers with mouthfulls of chocolate make for funny pictures:
Sweet Lobster
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