Monthly Archives: March 2013

This is an example of when someone tells us that Lennon can’t do something because he’s too small or young. We always say “go, go, go!” I add “and don’t look back!” Our good friend, Yvonne, once said “I could rule the world if I didn’t have to make eye contact.” That is so true! It also works for me at times to pretend like I am completely oblivious- although Jesse claims it’s not an act. Whatever!

There was a small rocky beach where the water was cold. Jesse and Lennon braved it- Maddux and Em walked in far but didn’t go under. I stayed on the sand and watched the monkeys.

This monkey was sneaky. He would sit and wait for someone to order a drink, then sidle up and pounce! He was so fast once he got the can and made his escape that the girl he took it from was like “what just happened?!”
He climbed to his perch and slammed it, then threw the can on the ground. Litter Bug!

We went on a pretty good trek to get to this tower on the top of one of the mountains. It was so worth it. Climbing to the top of the tower was a rush. Lennon and Jesse led the way with the camera so they got photos from the top, but we didn’t get any of them! Bummer.
We were so proud of the kids for just doing it! They aren’t afraid of much and it is fun to watch them be so brave on all these adventures. They call kids “babies” in Vietnam regardless of their age. Sometimes a person will say “no! not safe for babies!” We always say “they can do it!”
I was at the top in this photo and Em is on the side. There are planks missing on the platform at the top- so you have to be very alert.
When we got to the bottom of the tower, two young guys ran up all sweaty and shirtless huffin’ and puffin’. I don’t know if they were trying to impress the girls we were with or what, but in the deepest voices they could muster, they exclaimed “some guy said the trek would be 40 minutes. For us, it was more like 10!” Oh my gosh! The one guy said it like three more times. We all just smiled politely. I whispered to Maddux “nerd alert!” Then the guy pulls out a ‘proud to be a Canadian’ shirt with a list of all the things that the rest of the world are apparently ignorant about when it comes to Canada. Then he says that later he’s going to cut his shirt up and make it into a cool ‘wifebeater tank-top.’ It just kept getting better.
Life lessons are everywhere in the world! We talked to the kids about always being true to yourself and, hopefully, never feeling the urge to pretend like you are something you’re not. You could end up coming across looking like an enormous boob!
Even funnier end to the story- the guys got to the top and were scared poop-less!
Note to my Canadian friends: this guy just happened to be Canadian. If he had been American, Austrian, Transylvanian, whatever- I still would have made fun. If that makes me a bad person- I will own it! 🙂