Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Summer News

Ashleys and Asares with Bill Burch, Becca's advisor, at graduation

Here we are, on the last day of July, and life has finally settled down to a pace where I can actually catch up with the blog. Since our last Update lots has happened- Claire and I went back to the U.S. for a three month trip which entailed me successfully defending my PhD, Richard coming to help celebrate graduation, Claire spending lots of quality time with Gammy and Gampy and her uncles, and two wonderful weddings (Angela and Mike's in the Outer Banks, and Jessie and David's in London). Finally, in early July, we came back home. Needless to say, I was happy to stop living out of a suitcase and get back to our routine. Claire is now 20 months and very much the center of activity in our home. She is chattering away in English and Twi, and at some point even picked up some French phrases which she uses with the tailors across the street. Her main interests, for now, include Elmo, actually playing with her baby dolls and play kitchen, and singing songs!





Chilly Storrs Pond- it was a sunless beginning of summer.

Billings Farm & Museum