Weekend Picture Update

We arrived in Ireland with a few glitches and new discoveries:

• A lost stroller (found 3 days later)
• Car insurance not included as we thought (large unexpected expense, pocketbook is hurting)
• Aiven does not despise car seats.  He just needs to be facing forward
• A car ride puts Aiven to sleep!
• Our summer home in Glendree is REALLY off the map.  We love it!  You can't find us if you tried!
• The house is more incredible than we could have imagined.  After living in New York apartments the last few years, this is quite a change.

We are still getting settled, buying supplies and groceries.  We went to Limerick today for groceries at Tesco (very cool store).  Tomorrow we are off to a Farmer's Market.  Sunday we are going to the Ennis Street Festival (awesome little town - I could live near there-seriously).

We have a neighbor who has animals!  Chickens and horses and a donkey!  She invited Aiven to come visit and that will be a fun trip.

It is beautiful here and everyone is so nice.   And the air is fresh and clean!  So far so good.  Hope everyone is enjoying the summer and Happy July 4th!

Sunshine: How Do You Cope?

We all have our neuroses. I get that. But one of Alex’s is driving me crazy! And when I say anything even remotely dismissive about it, it makes me look like I am endangering my child.

You see, I am a redhead. I am sensitive to the sun and actually get an allergic reaction to it. I have had some nasty sunburns in my day, and I am much more careful now.

Alex is also a redhead. He had a skin condition a few years ago that dermatologists told him would be exacerbated by sunlight, and even though he was cured, his paranoia has remained. Naturally, our son Aiven is a redhead. And because of his neurosis, Alex is obsessed with not letting one drop of sunshine land on his beautiful, fair skin.