Field Day at DAA

I think the highlight of Teddy's year is the annual DAA Field Day.  He loves competition and sport, and that is basically what Field Day is all about.  His class was the green team this year and, boy, did they have an awesome time!

Teddy is in the red hat.

Teddy doing the long jump.  He is in the green shirt and the red hat.

The crew of amazing boys in Teddy's class.  They are as thick as thieves!

Auntie Tanya

We were so thrilled to have Tanya Lee-Parker, aka Auntie Tanya, visit us in Dubai this year.  We first became friends with her when we lived in Taiwan and we have stayed friends all these years later.  She now lives in Vietnam.  She loved joining us at the Little Fields for one of Teddy's games.

Bounce

Sometimes you just have to bounce...especially on inauguration day.

Donuts by the Pool

How fun to be at the pool and playing with the donut floatie Santa brought you!

Ripley and Tikka

Happy New Year

We aren't much for late nights or spending a ton of money on a party, so we thought the best way to celebrate the New Year was with milkshakes at Shake Shack!

Sri Lanka: A few of our favorite pictures from my phone!

Ripley enjoying his Kindle on the plane.

Merry Christmas from the beach!

Teddy hanging with his beach buddy, Bella.

More beach buddies, Bella and Stan.

My little tropical Santa.

Selfies with our new friends, the Sidders Family!

Ripley and his buddy, Stan.

It's a little fuzzy, but we loved that these boys fell asleep as mirror images of one another.

Again, my favorite photo from the trip.

Sri Lanka: Negombo, Christmas 2016

We ended up staying at a fancy beach hotel in Negombo to get some sleep (after a sleepless night in the ER) and to enjoy the last few days of our trip to Sri Lanka. 

The view from my poolside lounger.

Teddy collected these beautiful shells on the beach.

We loved watching the traditional boats sail by

One of the fishermen on the beach.

There were crows everywhere, which just happens to be my spirit animal.  It felt like a good sign.

By the afternoon, Ripley was feeling a lot better.  Can you tell?  About 10 minutes after this picture was taken, he fell asleep on me in the pool.  So cute!

Teddy had a lot of fun on the beach picking up shells.

And playing in the waves.

Ripley even woke up in time to play in the water with Daddy.

While we were playing on the beach, we watch a line of fishermen pulling in their ropes from the day's catch.  It took them over an hour to work their way down the beach to pull in their ropes.  When they pulled the fish onto the sand, a huge crowd gathered to watch them work. 

It was really cool to watch.  Teddy and Ripley enjoyed throwing the stray fish to the crows who had gathered on the beach.  I guess that is why they were there!

Back at the hotel, we loved this palm branch Christmas tree.

By the time we left the hotel, Ripley was feeling so much better.  He even got to enjoy some lounging in a robe in the hotel room.