They're all too nice over here. As soon as people saw us with the kids they started telling us to "enjoy Disneyland" I thought for sure the kids had worked it out. Emerson was talking about how Tilly had been to Hong Kong Disneyland, and I was a meany because I was making them go the Soy Bean processing tour instead. Thats been my make up story for the past month, telling them all about all the Soy processing stuff we're going to see when we get to Hong Kong. We...

The grey had fought a confident battle against my youth, it was clearly not going to let up until the entire beard had fallen. There was only one obvious response, break out the daisy cutter and unleash a scorched earth policy on the beard. Just when I thought victory was mine, the grey had a final sting in its dying tail for me, under the beard my skin is a pasty, lifeless, grey, I need SPF60+ The barber was petrified he had misunderstood, he clarified s...

Take off is getting very close now. The house is a flutter with packing, weighing, repacking...The kids are getting very excited. Emerson unpacked her travel journal and pens (a gift from awesome Auntie NJ) and did a few drawings to make sure we all knew how she felt. First we're all flying together on a plane through love heart shaped clouds to Switzerland, I don't know if she's excited about Switzerland itself, or it has the easiest flag... Next was the family...