Sunday, June 5, 2011

Хүслэн хүүгийн сониноос -Khuslen's latest news










Khuslen is 14 months old. He started pulling himself up and walking while he is holding on something. He had his 1st Easter egg hunting and he found them quite quickly than we were expected. Since Easter, he loves playing with his Easter eggs.
Khuslen took his mom to the IDS building (tallest one in downtown Minneapolis) for Mother's Day Brunch and it was a really big surprise for me. He tried to scoot himself first time on the grass on May 6th and he likes to play with rocks and grass and at the same time, he tries to eat them too.. He loves being outside all the time like his mom. Since his hair is growing long, we had his 1st haircut on May 16th and he was not very fussy and instead, he fascinated seeing other people's hair cut.
Хүслэн хүү 1 нас 2 сар хүрлээ. Сүүлийн үеийн сониноос гэвэл, тэрээр өндийж босож зогсон, юм түшин явдаг болж байна. Тэрээр анх удаа Улаан өндөгний баяраар нуусан тоглоомон өндөгийг маш хурдан олж авлаа. Хүслэн хүү эхчүүдийн баяраар Минниайплис хотын хамгийн өндөр барилгын дээд давхарт байрладаг ресторанд ээжийгээ авч очин хооллон баярлууллаа. Тэрээр анх удаа 5 сарын 6нд зүлгэн дээр мөлхөж үзлээ. Тэгээд юм л бол өвс, чулуу түүж идэх гээд байдаг боллоо. Төрсөнөөсөө хойш Хүслэн хүү анх удаа 5 сарын 16нд үсээ авхууллаа.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Ryan's 7th Birthday & Pirate Party








These are some photos (video coming soon) from Ryan's birthday and his pirate party on the Golden Hinde. Ryan dressed up as Captain Hook. His motley crew of friends joined him on a gray London day for their adventures on board the ship. They had a treasure hunt, games and a delicious lunch catered by Garett. Garett also made Ryan an angry birds birthday cake for those of you who follow such things (iPhone/iPad app). Garett's characters were tweeted about by a celebrity chef who was lecturing at Leith's that day.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Happy Easter Everyone!


It's a beautiful day here in London - it's supposed to reach about 80 degrees F. We hope all of you are enjoying a beautiful Easter too (minus the scary rabbit)!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Marrakech, Morocco











No, there were no monkey's paws for sale (as in the Simpsons episode), but we did see monkeys, snake charmers, contortionists, story tellers (in Arabic), food stalls with snail soup, live chickens, mules clogging the streets with their carts, skinny motorbikes and a few camels. Everywhere we went we were served mint tea as a sign of hospitality - even the carpet sellers serve mint tea. Ryan loved mint tea because it is sooooo sugary sweet. We ate lots of couscous and chicken tagines (and Garett learned some techniques at a cooking class). We also ate a delicious pigeon appetizer. Very little English is spoken so we had to use rudimentary French (oui!). Our small Riad had a rooftop terrace that overlooked all of the action at Djemaa el-Fna, which is the main market square. The market was always crowded, loud and smoky into the wee hours.

One day we took a day trip to Setti Fatma in the High Atlas Mountains. We hired a driver, Hassan, and a guide, Zaid, who scampered like a billy goat over many rocks and boulders to take us up to see some waterfalls. It was a bit precarious and he had to carry Ryan across the gushing water and rocks along the way. When a rock slide started , he quickly took us back down. There were a lot of rickety bridges swinging across the river. These were Ryan's favorite part.

I also bought a rug (in theory - it has yet to show up) from a chain smoking carpet salesman. They brought out rug after rug from 1,000's of choices and we then negotiated over a period of hours. Maybe I should have bought a monkey's paw instead!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Khuslen's 1st birthday party - Хүслэнгийн 1 насны төрсөн өдрийн баяр








Khuslen's 1st birthday party - Хүслэнгийн 1 насны төрсөн өдрийн баяр






Хүслэн хүү 1 нас хүрлээ. Тэрээр аав ээжийнхээ найзууд болон эмээтэйгээ төрсөн өдрийн баяраа тэмдэглэж,бөмбөг, нисдэг онгоц, ярьдаг тоглоом, ном, хувцас зэрэг зөндөө олон бэлэг хүлээн авлаа. Хүслэнд таалагдсан хамгийн дуртай бэлэг нь явдаг өт хорхой болон бөмбөг байлаа.
Khuslen's just turned 1 years old. He celebrated his 1st birthday party with his parent's friends and grandmasota. He has received lots of clothes, toys, and books as his birthday presents. He had so much fun with the kids at his party and enjoyed being with so many guests at the party.