A New Trick

Today Kasey figured out how to clap. He has been slapping his little thighs for weeks but today he started clapping. He is so proud of his happy little self!! Here he is clapping for Gabi and Tomas in the kiddie pool.
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Moving Adventures and Gezellig Jan en Betty op Visite

Home! Typically, in our roving Marine Corps family that means something different than many families I know. We've never really had the chance to put down roots so home for us, as a place, is Chicago, but really it is wherever we can be together. Now, Peter is retiring from the Marine Corps for good and we are finally going to have the chance to put down some roots. It's exciting and also quite a LOT of change at once. One adventure after another has presented itself on this fast journey of ours. The latest series was a hole in the moving truck and a complete break down of the Cursed Cadillac. Luckily a good attitude and lots of working together and patience have let us continue to move forward!

We are back in Chicagoland, hopefully for good. We do not yet have a place to live so we are cohabitating with my parents for now while we search high and low for an acceptable place to live.

Terwijl wij echt midden in de verhuizing zitten is er iets uniek en eigenlijk wel fantastisch gebeurt...Ome Jan en Tante Betty waren in Chicago. Wat ontsettend leuk. Sinds wij in 1985 naar Amerika verhuisden hebben zij nog niet de kans gehad om richting de VS te komen. Het was zo leuk om wat tijd met hun door te brengen. Alles was echt gezellig en de kinderen hebben ook de kans gehad om hun een beetje te leren kennen.
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Typical...

Tomas is hard at work and intensely focused. Gabriella is, typically, up to no good. I love watching these two together. Gabriella is so creative and full of spunk. Tomas is so smart, sweet and sometimes intensely in his own world!
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