When Daddy's Away The Boys Will Play

Peter is having a great time reconnecting with lots of our IMD friends and I am enjoying some one on one time with my little men.

The Boys have been quite a handful. Ty is in a very rebellious stage and that coupled with 4 teeth that have recently brokeb through the gum line makes for a, um, treat. Today I tried a new tactic: Tylenol and lots of creative time.

After breakfast Tyler painted

Thankfully these were sent by my Mom from the US so I know they aren't toxic since he loved sucking on the paint.

I swear he has not seen the Batman movie with the Joker in it. Although this might be a good audition photo in about 20 years.

After a 4 hour nap, Tyler and I went to the park and then decided to fill up half of our sandbox with water. Fun, fun, fun!!!!!! Tyler was covered head to toe with sand and water--we went straight to the bath.

Sorry I did not rotate this one. Lack of sleep I guess.

Here is Truf taking it easy. He is always on pookie patrol when Pete's away. He needed some rest as we awoke at 6 am to our security guards telling us we had had 2 alarms during the night and are we having a problem. Yeah, not so much fun particularly considering about a year ago we had an intruder at 2 am and trying to figure out what is going on is definitely hindered if you do not speak Mandarin.

After all of the excitement of the very, very long day I was thrilled when Tyler decided he loved his Mommy again and snuggled for almost a whole DVD, "Chicken Little," without trying to power drive me from the top rope of our sofa. He even gave me his blanket that he seems to now be rather attached to. As I finish up this post, my little guy is snugged up against me and keeping me warm. This is nice because he is the one who turned on the AC because he was hot in his jammies.

The last few days have certainly been a rollercoaster. Snugging with the mini version of Peter --well except for the adorable curls-- made it worth it and also reminded me how much we miss the Daddy of the family. Can't wait to have you back!! In the meantime, you never know what crazy things I am going to resort to in order keep these boys happy :) WE LOVE YOU!!!!!

Happy May Day---We Miss You Pete!!

Happy May Day!! I hope you are all starting to feel a bit of spring weather in your part of the world.

Tyler, Truffle and I have been hanging out since Peter left last night for IMD Reunions in Belgrade, Serbia. It will take him about 18 hours+ to get there and he is currently in Munich. Even though he is still in the Munich Airport he is loving life: "the creamiest cappuccinos," pain au chocolat, beer, clean air...lucky guy!

We started our day with some finger paint and bubble blowing outside. The guys definitely know their daddy is away and are putting me through my paces. I figure this will be great practice for when I am home alone with them back in WI while Peter travels between China 2-3 weeks at a time. Having done this before we moved to Shanghai, it certainly is different now with a very mobile and opinionated toddler. I am hoping we will not have any rain as our yard is very helpful in getting Tyler's squirreliness out.

Since I am the keeper the all of our family photos I thought it would be nice for you and Peter to see what we have been up to. I have also uploaded over 125 pictures from spring in Shanghai and vacation in Malaysia.

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/heather.klug/Spring200802

**You can also access all of my Picasa photo albums by clicking on the link on main page of my blog

Enjoy!

Heather

Pete, Missing you love! Have a fantastic time and say hi to our IMD Family for us. We will be counting the minutes until you are back home with us.