Day: July 8, 2007

The world is small, see it all…

Jul07_jj_rabbitJul07_sl_cr_abc2Jul07_sl_cr_abcWe’ve had a busy weekend. Last night, spur of the moment, Sebastian, Jasper and I headed out to the Aberdeen Boat Club for a one hour swim and supper. Seb had been desperate to go swimming for about two to three weeks (since the last time we swam) and his close to polite pleads turned into a spontaneous Boys Night Out. The two boys got along very, very well… in fact probably better than ever before. While at the ABC, I inquired about breakfast. This was something else Sebastian asked me about a few days ago… "Can we go to the ABC for breakfast someday?" I wondered to myself where that idea came from. The ABC crew told me breakfast started at 7:30 AM on Sundays. I checked over the breakfast menu and decided we’d go for it. This morning when the kids awoke at 6:45 AM, I informed them that the five of us would have breakfast at the ABC. We quickly changed and left Tess to sleep for a few extra hours. Excitedly arriving at the ABC we discovered the Saturday night crew had been misinformed… breakfast started until 8 AM. But they took one look at the four hungry, getting grumpy kids and said, "We’ll start early… what would you like?" After wolfing down waffles and OJ , the kids spent two hours playing in the ABC playground while I watched them, sipping my coffee and catching up on my study of The Purpose Driven Life. At one point JJ rested in the shade to read a book. A picture of that is above with JJ pretending to be a rabbit. After church, Tess and I ended up back at the ABC to spend a few hours swimming. We tried water wings on the triplets. Jasper wasn’t so keen on that idea but the girls loved it. We had a quick dinner and headed home in time for everyone to be asleep well before normal bedtime.

The video below is worth watching. I found it on a blog I bump into every once in a while. I like it not just due to the melancholy nature, but also because I love the music of Deep Forest. I first discovered them in 1993. Considering how much I travel, I am trying to figure out how I could do a similar video. Any suggestions? Either way, great video that drives the point home… it’s a small world, see it all… any way you can.

ABOUT AUTHOR
Charles

Originally from Canada and lived in Hong Kong for fifteen years. Married to the terribly talented & gorgeous Tess.

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