grandma mary

It doesn't get much better than this . . . 

  

from cambodia to america

What a blessing to have our grand babies here for a whole month

and then . . . they are moving to British Columbia

I think that the person the Talstras will miss
most of all is dear, dear Ming Kohm
{Yay-Yay to Cedar and Ezra}

When Cedar was born our Wine-on-Wednesday Friends 

gave the Talstras a Pea Pod travel bed. 

It still gets a lot of use . . .

pomme

Overheard during lunch . . . 

"Grandma Mary, how do you say farted in Kuh-mai?"

I guess the answer is "pomme". 

{Two years old and traveling between two languages}

A comment from one of my friends . . . 

"There is a lot of beautiful mischief in those eyes!" (RD)

Also overheard . . .

@ 5:30am - Phnom Penh 99 / Brockport 56

While letting the cat in a sweet little two year old voice says:

“Ooooo Grandma Mary, America is so cold”

Cedar: “Can I try on your ring Grandma Mary?”

GM “It’s stuck I can’t get it off”

C: “Just suck it like this 

{putting his knuckle in his mouth}. 

That’s what Papa does.”

Cedar: {Looking at a pizza in the oven} “Grandma Mary what is that?”

GM: “What does it look like?”

Cedar” “It looks good”

Cedar {talking to Blaine's dog}: 
"Cooper do you want to race?
. . . . He says no"

fast-food toys

While my grandson is visiting he will get to 

play with a few toys that were his mother's.

Perhaps they may look familiar to some of you . . .

cedar

Our sweet grandson {in Cambodia} has just turned two years old.

There are some very cute photos of him on his mom's blog . . .

we live in all we seek

In October were fortunate to spend a month with him in
Bangkok and then Cambodia
and now we miss him {and his family} very much.

baggage

When we moved from Bangkok back to Phnom Penh we had a bit of luggage!

books

On a hot humid morning in Phnom Penh we read.

thailand pastime

When both of your grandparents were teachers this is how you play . .



A=aiya, B=baby, C=cedar, E=ezra, G=grandpa, L=ming lindsays, M=mama, P=papa, Y=yayyay

happy birthday

baby cedar one month ago
{his mother's thoughts}

bowties

A lovely surprise arrived while our grandbaby was visiting . . .
three cute homemade bowties and a blue shirt
all the way from a blog friend in Kirkland Washington



We had such fun putting them on Cedar.
{sorry we missed photographing the green one}

Aren't they just too adorable?
Thanks Kimmy!
oh my soul rejoice

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quilt bag ornament
to enter the give-away drawing on Feb 13th

two punks

when Amanda shared this punk photo of baby Cedar



it reminded me that I had a similar photo of myself



yep -two punks
one happy, one not so much

we live in all we seek

seven months

When I saw this photo on Amanda's facebook
I just couldn't resist sharing it with you . . .



Cedar {7 months old}
from far away Cambodia

taggy blanket two

We have two new babies {grandchildren} in our circle of friends so I made them each a taggy blanket. I posted a tutorial on how to make one here but I made these new ones a bit smaller {aprox 8 x 15 inches} than the original.





Our little Cedar loves his.
It is perfect for his little hands that can't quite grasp a toy yet.

it's a boy

Welcome to this adorable baby that has made us Grandparents
We are in love with him already


click for larger image

Cedar James was born yesterday in
Bangkok, Thailand at 12:59 a.m.(our time)
and we were already Skyping with him at 4:30 a.m.