Mo-kito

We have swatted at, stomped at, swung the electric racket at, and directed frustration at so many mosquitoes flying around our apartment over the past few weeks that trying to kill them has become a natural twitch.  The activity seems so perpetual, although there is respite in the middle of the day, that hunting mosquitoes - especially INSIDE the mosquito net that is supposed to protect our bed - and trying to kill them is a game Henry loves to play as it gives him a big sense of accomplishment to point them out.  In the photo here Scott and Henry are inside the little tent to try to avoid them.  Luckily mosquito, or mo-kito as Henry says, season is fairly short lived and we're just about through the thick of it.

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!  Some of you may know that Scott and I love to make ice cream.  We ensured that our ice cream maker made it to Bangladesh and have put it to good use over the months by making many flavors from basic vanilla to fruit sorbets in the summer.  I've always wanted to make green tea ice cream but never got my hands on the necessary ingredient - matcha.  On this last trip to Thailand we bought some and I made the first batch of the special flavor.  Yum!  It's not an everyday kind of flavor for us but it's great to know that we can now make it.  Come on over if you want some - we'll find a way to get rid of all the mosquitoes if we know you're coming.

We have enjoyed going to birthday parties held outside at the Club over the past two weekends. We just had to snag a photo of Henry after last weekend's party to try to capture just how dirty he had managed to get during the 2 hours playing at the playground and sandpit.  Unfortunately by the time we got home he was pretty tired and was not in the mood for a photo shoot so I wasn't able to have him pose to capture the best angle but you get the theme.  We were amazed at just how much sand came out of his clothes as off of him at bath time.  Definitely a successful day at the playground!