North Carolina: Part 1

Chloe says "YAY!!!" Such is the excitement of being on summer vacation in the States.

The summer started out with a bang. Maybe that would be better called a "boom" or a "wham" when Kingston slammed his face into the ground at LAX Airport. We thought the bloody finger in the Taipei airport was bad (he stuck his finger into a fan at the bookstore) so we were not prepared for the LAX fall. Besides biting through his lip and cutting his noggin he cracked three of his four front teeth. So our first day in the US was spent at the dentist and Kingston came out looking like a hockey player.


You may be thinking that you can't notice anything different . . . and that he looks as sweet as always. Well I would agree that it has not changed his sweet demeanor, check out his mouth when you get a different angle!


"Yikes!!!" On the plus side you should see the streams of water he can shoot out. Yesterday he had a dental procedure at the UNC hospital to fix his other teeth problems. So he now has some bling in the back to go with the gap in the front. It warms his dad's heart to know that when his mom claims he is "a Duke Blue Devil at heart" I can remind her that his mouth is all Tarheel.


When we are back in the States the children watch a lot of TV. Judge us as parents all you want, but Nick Jr. is pretty awesome. We especially enjoyed The Wonder Pets this summer.

Plus, the kids are really nice to each other when watching TV.

We also had some wonderful visits with Great Grandma Winkie. It is so fun to know that Chloe is going to have fun memories of playing and SWIMMING with her great grandmother (pictures to come). Kingston felt right at home hanging out on her lap. We look forward to more pool time next summer.



Finally look at how gorgeous Chloe and King's mom is looking these days! Talk about grace under pressure, she is 21 weeks pregnant!!! It is so much fun to have all this family time during the summers.


More pictures tomorrow . . .