It always seems like summer lasts forever and passes by too fast. One of my favorite parts of summer is seeing Amara’s growth. There is always the start of summer where we reflect on how much she has grown through the school year. But spending so much time with her over summer means we get…

Summer is always an interesting time for parents of school children. The need to socialize, missing friends, loving to play.. It is definitely a love/challenge season for all of us. Especially with kids at an age where they aren’t yet in charge of their schedule. This year we learned that Amara’s memories of summer only…

Hi! Hello! I realized yesterday that the flow of summer is not super condusive to me staying on top of communication. My summer promise to you is that I absolutely will stay in touch. It will likely not be my regular Monday morning posts, but I hope to at least pop in once a week…

Hello, hello! It has been quite the start to our summer break. With some bugs and the changing of our schedules two weeks passed me by before I could blink! Still, we have been enjoying the change of pace and the chance to be together more. So far our favorite activity is hanging out with…

Hello! As we wait for our US Embassy approval, another momentous occasion is heading our way. On Wednesday, Amara will officially be attending her last day of 1st grade! Last week was full of so many fun and celebratory days for the students from parties to themed outfits. We are so proud of the determination…

So much has happened in the last two weeks. I had to actually scroll down through my own posts and see where we were in the process the last time I shared an update. YES that much has happened! The dominos are falling and we are so happy! First, our dossier is complete and arriving…

There is no single emotion that people should feel mandated to embrace over things such as “mother’s day.” Life is too complex to fit inside boxes, isn’t it? My wish for you on such days is to be free from expectation, free from guilt, and free from the fear of judgement (it goes all ways).…

✨Sometimes gifts are only for us to receive. So when a gift is found that can be shared with everyone, it brings extra joy to actually share it.✨ Shopping secondhand stores has had it’s excitements, but it has also been disheartening. As prices rise around us, I expected secondhand stores (especially donation based ones) to…

Hello! I’m on time this week! Whew. 😉 As the mental load of paperwork eased up on me, a burst of new energy bloomed inside me. Energy to hunt for deals. What serendipitous timing. This is one of my favorite inheritances from my Mom actually. She showed me how to love taking what we have…

So I legit had to look at the blog page right now to see that it is in fact true that the most recent post I wrote was LAST week, not this week. Ha. I guess the week went by in quite a blur. At this point we have gathered 99% of our dossier (dossier…