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We're back home. Brisk morning staved off with my favorite breakfast: steel cut oats. @ Home in Jiujiang http://t.co/ljzZVlbf 01:18:42 AM February 03, 2012 from Instagram
Swensen's may be founded in SF, but it will forever be associated with Chiangmai in my mind. http://t.co/RjPq1Tdy 08:21:00 AM February 01, 2012 from Instagram
Pad Thai, Tom Kha Gai and Cha Thai. Yum. Sigh. @ Lemon Tree http://t.co/yjaMOpxu 11:08:15 AM January 29, 2012 from Instagram
Reading in the hallway. http://t.co/RiQlVGpv 02:45:31 PM January 28, 2012 from Instagram
Memories at the Lemontree http://t.co/Io0fIWju 11:25:55 AM January 22, 2012 from Instagram

Two of a Kind

By Shorel & Sandra on May 30th, 2011

05.29.11
This little stick can twist in all directions. Schäfer likes to turn it into different objects. Today, he walked up to me and said, “Look Mommy! A snorkel!”
Love him.

05.30.11
Selah likes to stretch for toys.

And I do mean s-t-r-e-t-c-h.

Schäfer loves to play with Selah.

Selah’s pretty smitten with him too.

I can’t get over how much they look

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For a while, I had been feeling some distance from Schäfer. I assumed he was lacking attention from me. He truly gets the least of my time. Selah is still nursing. Sianna is still screaming. Schäfer seems so happy and independent… but he’s only 4!

In a quiet moment, I asked Schäfer what was wrong.

Me: Are

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Sianna's last day to be 1.

By Shorel & Sandra on May 20th, 2011

Today is the last day that Sianna will be one.
Tomorrow she will turn two.

While I’m trying to wrap my head around that reality, please enjoy a few photos from 05.20.11.

05.20.11
In the middle of a very busy time, Hubs bought me flowers. I love this peach/pink color.

Schäfer loves to play with airplanes.

I love how Selah is

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Busy May Days

By Shorel & Sandra on May 19th, 2011

05.17.11
We’ve been outside every afternoon enjoying the cool May weather. Well, it hasn’t been exactly cool, but it’s a lot cooler than August!

05.17.11
Selah loves to chew on the Ergo.

05.17.11
On Evening, on our way home, we came across quite a few kids who were fishing for crawdads. Schäfer was fascinated – by the fishing process, not

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Mid-May Hubble Telescope Repairs

By Shorel & Sandra on May 16th, 2011

05.12.11
This was our last day of normal. Yes, normal is Sianna zipping around the house on the Tonka truck. Tomorrow, the American students arrive.

05.12.11
I frantically tried to hang something on our walls. This wonderfully organized collection of frames and scrolls returned to a corner of the office. Someday, we will be settled in this apartment!

05.12.11
Schäfer

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