where we’ll live
We got our housing assignment! (Then we got our housing assignment taken away. Then we got a new housing assignment.) Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, House
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Yearly Archives: 2014
a toddler on moving
Why does Flynn think we’re moving to Mexico? Click to find out. Continue reading
some unsolicited language learning advice
We’re done with Spanish at FSI! Here are some lessons learned. Continue reading
on observing someone else’s culture shock
What happened when we took a foreign visitor to Target. Continue reading
Posted in Benin, FS Life, Life in DC
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birthday bouncing
Flynn is three! Here’s how we celebrated his big day, in true American fashion. Continue reading
on assimilation
How do I know I’ve fully assimilated into our current exotic locale, American suburbia? Click to read more. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, FSI, House, Life in DC, Personal
Tagged culture, DC, expat, fs families, usa
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technology & language learning
It’s only been a little over three years since we studied French at FSI, and yet the change in technology used in our classes between then and now is remarkable. Continue reading
the spanish continues
Balancing children and Spanish is hard work. Continue reading
chinese new year
Behold, the YouTube perusing habits of a Foreign Service toddler. Continue reading
how’s that spanish?
Alex is halfway through her Spanish training. Can she communicate in Spanish yet? Kind of. Continue reading
Posted in FS Life, Life in DC, Spanish
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