Random wedding band that came marching by

Henry's Birthday Party

This is our friend Henry (and his dad Ryan) at Henry's third birthday party.
Leila's party hat.
Time for feats of strength!
And, of course the birthday hotdogs.

Leila and Ojasvi

Camping with Leila

Leila and I made camp in the living room on Saturday. She found a tent at a backpacking store and we thought it would be fun to set ours up.
Then we had dinner with our headlamps.

Dinner with Friends

We had a couple friends over for dinner last weekend. This is Leila and Philip watching a movie and generally chilling out. Never mind that the movie was in Danish...Leila didn't seem to notice!

Kieh taught Leila how to put her hair up in buns like Princess Leia

Scooter Riding and Fixing Up the Bikes!

We brought out the scooter for Leila last weekend, and then we fixed up her bike. She's not quite big enough yet, but maybe by her birthday.

Rooftop views in Kathmandu

We spent the afternoon at some friends' house. They live in a very populated neighborhood and from their rooftop you could people watch for hours! Leila spent some quality time waving and talking to the little kids on the opposite roof.

Hand washing time

This has now become a pleasant habit. After meals, Leila pulls the tall tippy stool over to the sink and washes her hands and mouth. Happy days!

Cooking "dinner"

And I quote..."I'm making maple syrup and mushrooms for us for
dinner." Hmmm. Sounds disgusting, or maybe she is onto something??

New favorite place

Outgrowing her tricycle

Leila has mastered and outgrown her tricycle in the span of a few
weeks. Good thing we have a bike for her birthday. Shhhh, it's a
surprise!!

Good morning world!

Check out my Star Wars sheets!

Puppies!!

A friend adopted a dog and her three puppies recently. We took a trip
to visit them today and Leila loved them. Here is one chewing on my
shoelace.

Pretzel girl

The circus comes to Phora

A group of Irish entertainers (a juggler, musicians, a magician, a ventriliquist, and even a sword swallower!!!) is in Nepal volunteering to do shows for disadvantaged kids for 2 weeks. Phora invited them to do a show for us this weekend and it was pretty amazing. Although this is probably the LEAST disadvantaged group of kids in Nepal, we all loved it anyway.

Juggling knives...

Balancing balls and a juggling pin...
Juggling fire...Rene was volunteered to wear the mask for the ventriliquist. It was pretty hilarious!

A new hairstyle

I managed to convince Leila to sit still long enough to put french braids in her hair today. Not bad for how squirrely she was! She's giving me the OK with her hand so I think she approves.

A future Panther?

Leila wore her SPASH hoodie sweatshirt today. She looks good in red & black!

Reading at Garden of Dreams

Our observant daughter

Setting: Dinner at home.
The scene: Leila is over-tired and playing with her food.
The last straw: Leila tosses her plate, it falls on the ground, we refuse to pick it up, she screams and cries.
The following conversation goes something like this:
Leila (sobbing with tears streaming down her face): "I want my plate baaaaaack."
Erica: "You threw it so that tells us you're finished with it."
Leila (still sobbing): "Mommy, pick up my plaaaaaate."
Erica: "I'm not going to pick up your plate."
Leila (still sobbing): "Daddy, pick up my plaaaaate."
Jason: "I'm not going to pick up your plate either."
Leila (STILL sobbing): "Who is going to pick up my plaaaaate?"
Jason: "Maybe Taji will pick up your plate."
Leila (STILL sobbing, and very serious!): "But Taji doesn't have hands!"
Erica & Jason can't contain their laughter, Leila, being correct about Taji's lack of hands, doesn't get her plate back, and dinner ends with still more tears.

Chillin' with the Dogs

Ripple and Taji take a rest in the kitchen after a long day of wrestling and searching every corner of the house for things to snack on!

Leila shows off her sunglasses style on the way to Phora. Taji is pretty jealous of the shades!

Leila's masterpiece

I love my daughter. She drew this and then explained these were the rebels from the rebel alliance. From Empire Strikes Back, in case you didn't know.

Leila's friend Ojasvi