http://www.lauraleighparker.com Life Overseas {a missionary blogs of life in Asia} Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:05:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/88ea54a0b2c7b923e211db41c950105b.png?s=48 http://www.lauraleighparker.com http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/09/the-mermaid/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/09/the-mermaid/#comments Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:23:05 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=2506 Oh, the beauty {and comedy} of a child’s imagination.  It truly is a gift to watch from front row.  Or, in this case, to be invited onto the stage with. The following is a verbatim account of a pool conversation I had recently with my creative {and dramatic} seven-year-old . . . The Mermaid {Setting: [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/09/the-mermaid/feed/ 7 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/denial/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/denial/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:53:17 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=983 As I begin to trudge through the hard goodbyes,  the loss of this place I’ve called home for nearly five years, the closing of this chapter of our lives, I sometimes feel like I’d rather just bury my head in the sand . . . or snow.  (I promise, they were doing this on their own yesterday [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/denial/feed/ 0 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/icecream-sandwiches/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/icecream-sandwiches/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 04:33:03 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=920 My four-year-old son was tasked with the job of fixing a snack for us girls for our daily storytime.  Reading is one of the major foundations of our homeschooling day, and our kids typically need ”special snacks” in order to stretch out the event longer.   Last week, Cade was proudly excited to deliver us his newest [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/icecream-sandwiches/feed/ 1 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/in-honor-of-the-olympics/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/in-honor-of-the-olympics/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:45:39 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=859 Ava shows her American Team Spirit . . .]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/03/in-honor-of-the-olympics/feed/ 1 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/01/catastrophe-on-the-escalator/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/01/catastrophe-on-the-escalator/#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 07:49:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=393 (click to enlarge) Highlights of our expedition to the fancy-shmancy Broadmoor Hotel to gawk at the gingerbread houses and Christmas decorations . . . 1.  Having Ava and Cade get soaked at the Wishing Pool Fountain in one of the lounges (See picture above.  And, yes, that is our two-year-old’s entire arm submerged in the water as [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/01/catastrophe-on-the-escalator/feed/ 3 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/12/mac-and-cheese-throwdown/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/12/mac-and-cheese-throwdown/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:31:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=381 I loathe grocery shopping–especially with three small children.  If I were rich, I would hire somebody else to do it.  If I were smart, I would leave the kids at home and go alone, but since I am neither, I continue to endure the self-inflicted torture weekly.    Case in Point.  Last week as we were [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/12/mac-and-cheese-throwdown/feed/ 5 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/10/from-soup-to-pie/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/10/from-soup-to-pie/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:20:00 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=353 (I started this the week before Matt left and brought it out to finish this afternoon.) The Soup.  All I wanted was to make soup.  Harvest soup.  A unique, healthy recipe I attempt only once a year.  And in the brief snatches of time between meetings, Matt took the kids outside to play so I could [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2009/10/from-soup-to-pie/feed/ 7