Our Thailand "Vacation"

This is a very brief, bare-bones, description of our week. I just wanted to get something down before I forgot everything.

Day 1

Left our house at 5:30am by taxi to for our 9am flight to Bangkok. Busy at the airport but HKIA is so remarkably efficient it wasn't a problem. Sean made friends with two kids on the airplanes and Karla and I had Ajisen. (Never get a rice dish). Got to the gate with 15 min before boarding. Got a phone call from Kevin McCaughey, the Winston's did not know where Anika was! We prayed and waited, and then she arrived and we got on the plane. 2 hours uneventful flight, food was good, kids happy. Landed got our cars (Nice Toyota Camrys) drove a bit over two hours to the hotel. Place is beautiful. Jumped in the water swam a bit. Got food up to our room and got the kids to bed. phew.

Day 2

Sean coughed all night, runny nose, fever in the pm. Sean played on the playground then stayed in the hotel room the rest of the day. We were trying to get rid of this cold right away. Karla napped for a bit. Sean & Karla swam in the pool with the rest of the kids. I began feeling sick, a bit of a cough. Didn't feel like going into town with the rest of the group so dinner at Luna Lanai on the beach. Sami threw up at 11:30pm and 3:00am

Day 3

Started feeding Sami 3min feeds so to not upset her tummy. Worked til we did a bit one then threw up again 2am. Sean is feeling fine now - played all day with his friend on the playground, in the StarClub (made a shell mobile!) swam with Karla and group. I was in the room all day, high fever in the low 39C range. I came out for lunch but did not eat - stomach upset. 5:30 we took Sami to the nurse, she gave us electrolytes, Sami didn't keep 'em down. Threw up again. Started using White Noise on iphone to help sleep while an elaborate Indian wedding was going on in the hotel.

Day 4

Continuing with the 3min feeds worked so we continued although it meant Sami was up almost every hour during the night - 0ne 2.5 hour stretch - fine all morning til 3pm or so. She was asleep by 6:30. Sean was fine all day - played playground, pool with Liam and Anika. I went to the hospital early in the morning to get medicine. Temp at hospital 39.2C got antibiotics and all the other cheap meds that are thrown in at a Thai hospital then in bed. took the kids (sami and sean) for a walk on the real beach for about 1.5 hours so Karla could get her Thai massage. Sean found a goods slingshot branch and Karla and Sean decorated the palm frond Christmas tree.

Day 5

I was feeling better today we did some pool time and then headed out to do elephant riding at 2pm. Whole family went! Great ride. Sean loved it. Started the ride just about as Sami should be starting her nap. She cried for about the first 5-8min then fell asleep on the back of the elephant. If you have ever ridden and elephant you know how amazing that is! Got back to the hotel, cooled off in the room. Kids went down without puking! I had a massage before bed.

Day 6

Got up around early, as Sam was done sleeping. Sean & I went down to breakfast about 7 hung out at the table with Karla and Sam. Normal breakfast routine. Sean fully enjoying his Star Wars lego sticker book. Playground and StarClub for about 30min then back to the room for final pack and off to the checkout.

2hour drive - uneventful, no puking, although I felt like it a couple times, Sean just talking and entertaining his sister. Arrive at the airport, checkin go through customs, have lunch wait to board. Liam puked in his car about half way through the car ride to the airport

2 hour flight home - Liam puked in the plane. quick descent a cacophony of cries from kids whose ears hurt. Mostly from our group!

Samantha Joy is 6 months old

As you know, I turned 6 months old on Dec. 10. I just went to the doctor today for my checkup and "jabs". I weigh 16.4 lbs, I'm 66 cm long and my head circumference is 43.5cm. I am still very chubby thanks to my healthy appetite. I drink milk every 3 - 4 hours in the day plus I get to eat rice cereal once or twice a day (about 2 tablespoons each time). Mom has plans for me to taste test all kinds of foods once we get back from our trip to Thailand next week.

Besides eating and napping, I spend my days busy rolling on the floor, jumping in my jumparoo, grabbing everything (especially Mom & Sean's hair - Dad doesn't have any, so I grab his nose instead), blowing bubbles and talking with my long tongue sticking out of my mouth. My favourite pastime is a tie between my nightly bath when I love to suck my toes, playing with my big brother (he is so hilarious... I love him and I watch him all the time), and being outdoors in any form: in the Bjorn, stroller, being carried, laid on a mat... I'm not picky. I just feel very calm outside... plus, that's where I get to see all kinds of people who talk to me and so I show off my smile for them. They love that! I am much more smiley now... you should SEE the attention I get!

Things I'm "working on" is sleeping through the night (Mom really wants me to sleep in Sean's room soon, so I have to make it until 6:00 am... right now I wake up around 5 or 5:30), and stretching out my awake times so I take fewer naps (another of Mom's ideas... doesn't she know that I am in charge?!?), and strengthening my lungs, especially around 3 or 4 a.m. (HA! that one is my idea! It's true, my cry is really a LOT stronger these days!).

Love & grabs & smiles & laughs & hugs & kisses,

Samantha Joy

1st CCCP

Combined Classroom Christmas Party - Sean's first! Karla prepared our contribution the night before, I got cameras ready, we taxied over with Lora Drumm and the festivities began. All parents are there, so that's two classes 16 kids each = 32 kids + 64 parents, throw in some teachers and TA's and thats a full classroom! Fortunately parents and children were well behaved!

So we arrived and added our veggies to the heaping food table and got ready for the kids to come. The parents are all seated waiting expectantly and in come the kids with santa hats and smiles. Like Karla says there is not much cuter than a bunch of 4 year olds singing Christmas carols! They sang the hits, Jingle bells (in English and Chinese) but also current hits such as "We fish you a hairy Christ-Moose". We got heaps of video of course. We also had Ms Tsang take a picture of all four of us as today is Sam's 6month birthday!

After the Carols, kids got to make Christmas tree ornaments with their families and then lunch! Gifts seemed to be passing around too as kids distributed class gifts to all their classmates. We got some lunch and then DESSERT and Sean ate with his friend Kabir. I got a tour of the class from Sean and then had to head back to School. Just as I was about to leave who comes in the door but Santa (with real beard!) Sean was remarkably calm about it as most kids struggled to get as close as possible. I think he was a little unsure at first but Karla asked him later if he wanted to sit on Santa's lap and Sean said he did.

By this point Sean was looking pretty tired, and other kids were just going home with their parents so Karla opted for that and the three of them headed for home in a taxi.

After school we did our friday hike, this time into Chai Wan. We caught the bus home and had Tortilla's. Beautiful day, great hikers in this family. Sam content as can be in the Bjorn and Sean is now choosing the hike routes!

Early December

10 days till we fly to Thailand. I mean who's counting? It is beautiful in Hong Kong right now, clear skies and temps around 19C. Today Sean had skating lessons and I ran over the mountain to Quarry Bay to join up with KS& S for curry in a hurry.

Sami is doing well, we have kinda, sorta figured out how to read her, which isn't bad causes its only been what, 6 months! We read her signals and put her down for naps and night-time without much fuss. She sleeps from about 7-8 til 4 or 5 each night which means we get a decent amount of sleep most nights if we go to bed early enough!

We have had some colds moving through the household over the last few weeks first Sean, then me and Sami. Karla hasn't really got it. Which is amazing to me. The amazing power of mom-ness! When she needs to be healthy she is. I remember when she used to get sick regularly but not since kids. Sami is the only one still sick now and you feel sorry for her with crusties around her nose every morning but she seems to be in good spirits for the most part.

Sami is much more aware now. She recognizes our voices and faces and gives the most beautiful smiles. Mostly they are for her brother but we sometimes get graced with them as well. Speaking of Sean he is growing up into a fine big brother. He enjoys school now and was very sad last week when he had to miss school due to illness. He missed the Space Project presentations that they had been working on and he missed a rocket (inflated, but 9 ft tall!) at his school. He is totally fascinated with space, partly STAR WARS but also planets, asteroids and comets. While watching Magic School Bus with friends over this week Sean informed everyone that the Giant Red Spot on Jupiter was a storm that had been going on for 400yrs! A quick check of Wikipedia shows he's right!

Our kids are amazing...

November 29th

Christmas Begins!

It has been a pretty sleepless last few nights with Sean being sick and throwing up on Saturday and Sammi trying to-try new sleep plans! So Monday morning dawned bright and beautiful and slow. I was unsuspecting and off to work for a full week after Parent/Teacher Conferences and a Pro-D day last week. Karla had other plans.

Christmas Decorations!

She enlisted Sean as her willing helper and they were soon knee deep in snowflakes, wreathes, snowmen, Christmas trees and lights! I walked in after work to see a house festiv-ied! We have trees upstairs and downstairs, we even have a tree for our fish, although they have resisted the green and red transformation and are still gold.

Sean is sleeping downstairs without a cough tonight and Samantha is sleeping soundly. 26 days til Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I began typing this with one hand so I could keep eating turkey pieces off the bone with my other hand - yum! Our twelfth year of marriage, but our very first turkey ever. It worked so well: Karla prepped and cooked, Chris carved and cleaned up, and we all ate it (and will be eating it for a week or two). Gravy, cranberry sauce (homemade), mashed potatoes, garlicky pumpkin, and stuffing rounded off our meal. No time or room for dessert, but plan to make individual pumpkin pies (in large muffin tins) sometime soon. We hoped to have our Canadian neighbours, Chris & Kathryn, over to share our thankfulness, but Samantha was feeling under the weather and we didn't want to pass her germs onto our friends' baby, Iris.

Hope you had a wonderful Canadian Thanksgiving, eh!

No more T-wheels

Bought new training wheels for Sean about a week ago and hadn't gotten around to putting them on. Well, Sean and I did that job today, Sean helped with the wrench. Got the wheels on and Sean headed down the hill towards the guard house and on to the track. I noticed he was basically on two wheels the whole time.

So I raised up his t-wheels as much as they could go and he went around the track with Karla and Samantha (strolling). He came around again and we talked about how cool it would be to just ride on two wheels.

To make the long story short. I ran along beside him for about 5 steps and let him go and he was off! Two wheels, no training wheels, "just keep pedalling!"

Started riding a 2-wheel bike with no training wheels today, Sept 14th! Awesome. Video to come...

Sean's Presentation

A short clip from a video that is posted in it's entirety on Mobile Me. Sean's homework for the past week was to put together a poster about his family. We got the pictures developed, Sean cut them out and pasted them on and he took it to school. Well, today we were invited to come see Sean present it to his classmates. He started extremely quiet, quieter than Karla and I had ever heard him. Then he gradually warmed to the idea of what he was doing and in the end it was splendid.

I laugh watching it again now!

Cannonball!

Sean this weekend up at the high school pool. We go up most Sundays and recently he doesn't want to use his kickboard or any other "floaty". Last weekend Karla talked about him swimming half the length of the pool. Well this weekend he just swims everywhere! Jumping in is the new thing! He will do that for 10-15 times. So fun!

First Day of School for Sean!

Yes... I know... it's been about 3 months since we updated this blog and the reason why is because we were a bit busy. We had a baby, a summer holiday in Canada and are already back to school/work full on. So, give us a little break and we'll try to catch you up! :o)

Let's start with today: Sean's first day of school! This consisted of waking up at 6 a.m., riding the bus (with his neighbours) at 7:15 a.m. and coming home at 2:30 p.m.! Yes, he's in the long program at HKIS in the R1 class (R1 = reception 1 = school for 4-yr-olds) and gets to do all kinds of big kid things like eat lunch at school, go to library, PE and Chinese classes, as well as play, listen to stories, rest after lunch (they all have a towel to lay out on the floor and rest with lights off - too cute) and play some more. Sean was pretty matter-of-fact about his day when asked all about it by his mom and dad, so we think it went well. Of course, we just want him to love school... since he'll be going for quite a few years!



Karla was teary-eyed as the bus drove away in the a.m., but quickly distracted herself by pushing Samantha Joy in the stroller into the park for a good walk/hike. Chris took a few photos of the event and then walked up his 200 steps to his office. A new school year... a new beginning... all very exciting!

Baby Buxton - Bday minus 1

Today dawned wet and green,

The excitement was tangible like the humidity and Sean was out of Bed before Nana to help Daddy open the present for the day. Today was Career Structure D-day and it was with hopeful strokes that I brushed my teeth. Sean and entourage were off to playgroup and I was up the hill to work. Baby lay in waiting.

About 11am the massing moisture above made the decision to coalesce and the rains came. I heard it before I felt it and Karla, Mom, and Sean just made it to cover before the soaking began. Career Structure was no where to be seen. I began emailing to find its whereabouts around 11:30 by 12:30 Patrick (a fellow Science teacher) felt it was not going to happen today... A few more emails, some conversations with admin and more waiting it was 3:30 pm before we knew... and then it was done. Money in the bank, life returned, baby tomorrow.

Pizza for dinner
Mango for dessert
Rollerblading in the Middle School
Sleep.
Dreaming of baby names...

Pool Day @ Pao Yu Kong

Another beautiful day in Hong Kong, nice and warm but not too warm and clear skies! I was back at work today but Karla, Nana and Sean got to go swimming at the public pool in Aberdeen! Owen, Elliot, Annika and their moms came along too! So when I came down from work at 12:30 they were just getting home. Lots of fun! Naps went long except for Nana who puttered.

I came home as they were getting up and Sean made brownies with Nana. After baking we were out onto the field with the kids for some soccer, tag and monkey in the middle.

Nana arrives~!

I was up and out the door by 5:30am to head for the airport! I caught a ride with Jacques Villaneuve (Tai Tam to Central in 13 minutes!) and she was out in record time from the flight. We Airport Expressed it back to HKIS and came through the door just in time to be suprised by Sean popping up from behind the chesterfield to shout "Nana!"

It was too early for hiking so we got everyone out the door likity-split and off tto church! Youth worship team was awesome and Sean had a great last day of visiting Joseph in Egypt! Then in case 13 hours of travel and having been up for 31 hours wasn't enough we headed out for dim sum at the Metropole. Only once the last har gow was eaten, and the last jelly wobbled down Sean's throat did we take her to the... hospital to look at the baby buxton ultrasound. Nap time was later...

After nap Sean, Nana, and I traipsed up to Wellcome for a grocery shop, then a group dinner effort to produce veggie couscous, for Tai Tam barbeque on the field. We talked and the kids played. Karla wasn't feeling well and stayed inside on the chesterfield resting. Sean and I finished the night off with in a game of ultimate with the dads and kids. He didn't get down to bed til 9:00 Nana was shortly after.

Guangzhou Express to Xiamen

When I got Sean up this morning, he rolled out of his "turtle" position and said "Train ride!" Yes today we were going on a train ride! We headed out about noon to Hung Hom Station to catch a 2:47 train to Guangzhou. So with all of us pulling our luggage we were excited to get on a TRAIN. The ride was pretty smooth, you are still in Hong Kong, most of the folks on the train are Hong Kongese and spitting is very rare.

Guanghzou is China. The station although efficient was packet with lots of folks traveling for grave sweeping. So the station was packed. When we arrived I headed out to do some reconnaissance and Sean and Karla watched the bags. I found where our train was and came to get them. We ended up eating KFC because we were not sure what the food options on the train would be. It being 7pm we wanted to get that part settled. So with no complaints from the "little man" we had chicken nuggets in the train station. I got bing hong cha and we picked up some fruit too.

We have our own cabin! It was great, 2 bunks and two bottom beds. Sean climbed up onto one of the bunks and said "this is where I am going to sleep!" So I rigged up some blankets to make a safe barrier and we read some books and it was bed time. We went out to the washroom and brushed teeth and Sean peed on the train track! Sean fell asleep immediately. Karla was soon after him and I watched videos on my iphone till about 11.

Morning I woke to watch the scenery pass by outside around 6 and counted 5 dams on the river we were following. Sean didn't wake till 8! The excitement tired him out.

We did the Friday hike on Friday. It was great to get out of school! The boys were on their own this time so we did the catchment hike but we climbed down into the catchment channel and walked along the bottom. We quickly found fish and tadpoles! We had fun, rock climbing, walking on "train tracks" and running around the channel. Sean is really into running right now and he had some long runs. There is some construction going on with slope stabilization and we had to climb over some parts. We also have to climb into and out of the catchment and that is very exciting! Needless to say we got back home way after dinner time.

So Saturday morning we went back with nets to catch some fish and tadpoles for our aquarium. Sean caught most of the tadpoles but we worked together to catch the fish. You know "working together, like a team" as Sean likes to say.

With the Olympics in full swing and Daddy checking his iphone every 5 minutes for score updates on Team Canada could there be a better time to learn to skate? Well Sean and Daddy headed off on another adventure this morning to find the roller blade store in Hong Kong! Its not like driving over to SportCheck here. There is only one place in Hong Kong to buy roller blades and its in Tin Hau a place we rarely go. So we headed out to find some "treasure"! (roller blades). We took a bus and a trolley bus and we walked so just three forms of transport and it was really easy to find. The man there was very helpful and we learned a lot about rollerblading in China. This shop is the only distributer to China. Almost all rollerblades are made in China but essentially all roller blades used in China come through this shop!

Anyway, found a great pair ("with lots of fancy stuff on them") tried them on and bought them. They are extendable and have four different lengths, and a buckle, a velcro strap and laces. So we bought them. We got some noodles for lunch, that is me, Sean, lightning mcqueen and Boost did (cars from CARS) got some lunch, then we took a taxi home.

NAP time...

Waking up from nap is one cheery little boy, who "watched somethin" on the DVD and then headed out to the garage with Dad to rollerblade. Well Dad held his hand and got him rolling around and pushing with his feet and well the video speaks for itself. That was after about 15 minutes! He kept skating with Chloe his baby sitter after Mom & Dad headed out for DateNight, smiling all the time...

Can't wait to here how it went in the morning!

CNY & Valentines Day

two holidays in one... it was a bit overwhelming. I mean the Chinese New Year is the biggest holiday of the year for close to 2 billion people, almost 1/3 of the whole world. I mean they close Wellcome. So we ate Macanese food for lunch. It is also Valentines Day. I give Karla flowers every Saturday of the whole year so what do I do on Valentines Day, no flowers. I guess we are a little confused here in the Buxton house.

Karla lead worship for kids today, all 25 of them! Not a huge turnout to church on CNY day. It was alright Sean got to hangout with his friend Ryder and then we played some chess and foozeball in the youth room. We walked and bused (double decker!~) in the rain and then all of us had a two hour nap. It was much needed.

Well we got things right for dinner, heart shaped pancakes with fruits for toppings. After dinner Dad and Sean went up to the pool for a big energy sapper. He swam 4 lengths of the pool and then I gave him a rest and we played on the noodles for another 20min. The pool is nice and warm!

Oven mitts

Do we need to say anything?

Saturday morning...

Up early today for our trip to the Museum of Coastal Defense in Shau Kei Wan. Museums in Hong Kong are really quite good and this was supposed to be a great one. Its an old fort from the early nineteen hundreds that used to protect the eastern entrance to the harbour.

Anyway we were going to go with our friends Kevin McCaughey and his son Liam. So we headed down for buns, the usual routine, and then walked over to the coast. The museum doesn't open til 10 so we killed some time checking out the wholesale fish market. The market was all over by 9:30 but Sean and I walked around and checked out the boats. We ambled over to the museum and saw out in front some WWII era military vehicles. Well Sean was a bit taken aback by the huge cannons on these tanks and APVs. It took him a while to feel safe around them.

Anyway our friends arrived and we toodled through a very impressive fort for about 1.5 hours with some time on the computer games but lots of running around outside and chasing paper airplanes.

For lunch Sean and I stopped at a Shanghainese cafe for noodles and dumplings "potstickers" they call them. We ordered way to much as I normally do and then went home for naps...

Playtown & Hootenany

Another work week AND yet another weekend of outings and playing have come to an end. Friday night was an easy hike over the catchment to Stanley. Sean is becoming an accomplished hiker and although our previous 1-hour hikes now take 2 hours, the difference is that Sean hikes nearly the entire way. As always, plenty of bugs, seeds, plants, and more to stop and observe along the way.

Saturday morning, we all three slept in until 7:30 - unheard of, but very welcome! Sean took Chris and his friend, Liam and dad Kevin to Playtown, an incredible indoor playground. Karla was able to catch up on her to-do list in a quiet house before the boys came home for naps. The afternoon was spent out on the field on the mats and riding his scooter while Daddy got lots of work done at school. After dinner, we returned to the field for a Race for Haiti sponsored by the freshmen class and all three Buxtons gladly biked, walked or ran around the track a few times to help raise money for the earthquake victims.

Sunday we ichatted with Nana & Papa, went to church, came home for lunch, napped and then went to Eliott's 2nd birthday party. The theme was "Hootenany" and a couple other families joined together in singing, playing instruments and the usual party playing and eating. It was so good to join Jeff & Robyn in thanking God for Eliott's two years and the time our families have grown together, too.

Going to bed, I am filled with gratitude for our family in Canada and the good friends God has placed around us. Amen!

Hike Night 22 Jan

A busy day at school but out the door about 3:56. Sun is shining and I need to get outside. The house was quiet as I came in so I sat down to read. Not long after I heard a "Mommy, where are you?" from downstairs. We were out the door about 20minutes later after Sean and Dad watched a Dinosaur Train episode. Sean was not terribly keen but doing anything too soon after the nap is a 50/50 on whether he will love it or cry.

These hikes are pretty slow, it takes us an hour to get to the upper reservoir. But,its great to get outside and walk and talk and look for seeds and bugs. The lantern bugs were there but up high on the tree. We hiked up to Parkview and the clouds were coming our way, it was windy but just cool and by the time we reached the top we were ready for dinner. We catch a taxi at Parkview down to the HKFC and then walk a block or two to SUSHI one.

Sean was excited about the sushi train as well as the sushi. He eats all the california rolls, and today he discovered Edamame - soybeans in pods. Well he devoured this with lots of "beans are good for you" comments to let us know he likes them. We caught bus 40 home from Causeway Bay and by 9pm Sean was in bed asleep and we were watching Heros season one. Tomorrow is two birthday parties which means CAAAAKKEEEEE twice in one day!

Saturday with the boys.

Saturday dawned chilly and grey but the Buxton Boys had some plans for today, give Mom some rest! So as she rolled over to go back to sleep we were pulling on pants and packing bags for a day out on the city. We skip breakfast and begin the "walk of eternity" with the birds chirping and the world to ourselves. There are not a lot of people up at TT Gardens at 7:20am on a Saturday.

Getting to the bus stop Sean goes to "call his mom" on the payphone and I watch for Bus 14, the double decker! We didn't have to wait long but we didn't get the front seats, so we went straight to the back of the top deck. Sean has become quite comfortable on the bus and he just checks out what is passing by as we head to Shau Kei Wan. Its shaping up to be a beautiful day, cool at about 16C, but blue skies fluffy clouds and wind.

Shau Kei Wan is the standard, buns, milk and more buns! It is not the healthiest breakfast but it sure is popular! Sean got a sweet red bean bun and I got a ham and spring onion one that I won't get again. Then milks and COCONUT BUNS! I type it that way because it is said that way along with ICE CREAMMM, and CAAAAKKE whenever he sees them in passing. We eat with the old guys and gals of Shau Kei Wan at one of the sitting out areas. We chat and they stare and then we go on our merry way.

Today our merry way was onto the MTR to head to Admiralty and Hong Kong Park. We were exploring today. We saw the Conservatory with its display of local plants, then we went to the aviary were we got to see all the cool colours of birds eating breakfast. By this time we were ready for a snack. I think it may be a Buxton male thing to eat constantly. Sean was getting a bit hyper by this point so we ran to the playground and did some dirt digging, some slide sliding, and some ladder climbing for about an hour.

Dad was getting a bit antsy/bored so he began enquirying about moving on to Hong Kong Botanical Gardens and Zoo. Turns out its just up some stairs, around a corner, down a street, across a bridge and you are there! So we did it. I had in mind lions and tigers and bears, oh my, but there was just no time. We had to get some food into us! So we stopped at a shop to refuel with water "waters good for us!" and got a foam airplane and spinny straw. Well I might as well have purchased Disneyland. We were completely (Sean) enthralled for the rest of the day. Which was good because we had to walk down to Central catch an MTR to Sai Wan Ho and eat noodles still! The ladies had a great time laughing at us as Sean brough out his tiger chopsticks and we muddled our way through ordering.



We had a great day and got back for 2pm bedtime.

Back to life...

I was out in town on Friday night getting some stuff done and was really enjoying taking photos with my iphone. Here is one from the taxi stand at Times Square.

Well we have been back to school for 3 days now. Students are all stressed as they have Semester Exams starting Monday.

We have been having some huge decisions to make here regarding where we will have BuxtonBaby#2. Canada crazy expensive. If there are any complications at all it will cost $20-30,000! So we may have to do it in asia. We will pray and see if it becomes very clear.

We have been doing some winter cleaning, getting rid of anything that we don't use and that turns out to be quite a bit of books, toys, and did I say books?

Sean is happy to be back home and have all his friends back. He went to WiseKids today with Karla and the playgroup. 1.5 hours of playtime in this huge shop. It has a kitchen, an area for camping, lego, trains, etc... He loved it and Karla was totally impressed. When I came home he was very happy to be playing "on the field" with all the kids. Tonight we did a bike ride up to the high school parking lot that took us through three elevators!

I need to get something done for Career structure at least start my context which will be very similar for all six pieces of evidence.