another thumbs up
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008No, we hadn’t been planning on going to Laos; in fact, we were going to head south from Bangkok. But a colleague at Rob’s work told him about a project there that captured our hearts. So we emailed, trying not to get our hopes up too much. Our restraint was unwarranted:
Thanks for the inquiry and your enthusiasm. certainly
for the two of you (parents), with your backgrounds,
there would be many ways to help.The kids could all fit in somewhere, including the
language practice as you suggest, but perhaps just a
few hours a day for the older ones, and less for the
younger ones, so you’d need to think about what they
would do if you were volunteering. (We have a play
time for kids, 5-7 pm weekdays, that would be suitable
for some of them – mostly it’s local kids, about 5-10
years old.)
Looks like we’ll head north before going south.
First walk with everyone carrying a pack....OK, so the Little One didn't have hers.....can you blame us? It was sweltering hot, backs got sticky, M5 didn't complain again and was as proud of it as 
We are ready to start writing in these journals. Really ready! 
Backpacks.
Our old green Macpac wedding present ones that will be eighteen years old this year.
New blue Macpac ones for the kids who are big enough to carry them. And some other non-sponsor, but smaller than sponsored-by-Macpac ... 
"Mama, there's a courier.....he's left a big box.....A Big Box Mum.....he needs you to sign for it.....it's from Macpac......it's a big box Mama....you've got to see it."
Oh the excitement.
I even managed to grab the camera, move ... 
rayres