the perspective of a military family . . . the narcissism of a blog
Citrus went to her first abacus class. These classes are popular in Singapore both for learning math and for developing ‘mental agility’. I signed her up on a whim, figuring that it was something unique to living in Asia and would be a tactile approach to learning math that she might enjoy. I liked that [...]
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I am at a pool party today and another father comes to me and says that he must tell me something that my six-year-old daughter said to his wife. “Uh oh,” I say, “Did she start talking about castration?” “No,” he says. “She told my wife that she already has three boyfriends.” “Yes,” I said. [...]
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The kids and I celebrated my birthday today by going to Din Tai Fung for dinner. We had a basket of their great xiaolongbau, Citrus and I each had about three bowls of hot and sour soup, Baby Lemon helped eat most of the noodles and my daughter finished off the spinach sauteed in garlic. [...]
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Elysia arrived safe and sound in California after her third flight across the Pacific Ocean in a month. I have to admit that when I heard she would spend several days being processed at Naval Base San Diego, I thought of Arlo Guthrie being drafted for Vietnam only to be found unfit for the military [...]
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After two years of traveling around Southeast Asia we have gotten used to the attention our kids get from strangers. Still, while Lemon got the usual cuddling in Vietnam this past week . . . our waitress decided to comb our daughter’s hair. We did not take it as a personal statement about our parenting.
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