About me: Being an expat is one thing. Being an expat with twin toddlers is another. Here's our life, since becoming parents and moving across the world. I'm an author and former journalist wondering are we home yet?
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Around Galway Back from all our travels, and six weeks straight of guests. This blog is supposed to be the chronicle of our experience abroad, but the great paradox is that the busier we get, the more there is to blog about, … Continue reading →... Mon, 14 May 2012 12:19:36
Paris My parents at the Jardin des Tuileries. On May 19, they will celebrate their 50th anniversary. Filed under: Expatriate life... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:46:29
Are you bored of this yet? I am. Blog silence on my end wasn’t planned, but the transition to toddler beds has been a major upheaval in our lives. Things actually deteriorated since the last post. And I haven’t been writing about it because it is so banal. … Continue reading →... Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:17:47
An update on our toddler bed transition For all of you who are fearing for us, or for the boys, a little update. We stayed the course, though we wanted to crack on Day 5 and revert to cribs. It was already too late; they were propelling … Continue reading →... Fri, 30 Mar 2012 09:23:26
Transitions: on switching to toddler beds The truth about living abroad when you are a parent is that for most things, you could be anywhere. Details will be different (what kinds of diapers, what kinds of medicine, what size cribs, how often do you have to … Continue reading →... Sat, 24 Mar 2012 22:35:55