The Terrific3 travel blog

This is what I’m doing right now after yet another 230am wakening by Z. I’m sharing the bed with him and he’s been waking at that time every single night. And most nights, tossing and turning, which means neither of us can go back to sleep. I’m super exhausted. We don’t have much planned today…

Today was our first day of doing touristy stuff. We were supposed to do a cooking class, but the coordinator emailed me and asked if it would bother us to cook with people who were cooking meat. So thoughtful as I hadn’t even thought about it, but the smell of meat and fish is pretty…

Yesterday was our first full day in Chiang mai. I can’t believe it as it already feels like we’ve been here forever, a sign perhaps of how relaxed we are. I did not sleep well the first night here (4.5 hours) but better than the zero before. The morning started with a very short and…

We arrived yesterday and our villa and grounds are gorgeous. Yesterday was a whirlwind with jet lag, travel, trying to get groceries, unpacking, feeling overwhelmed trying to get the lay of the land. I knew we were rural and it definitely feels that way. There are no sidewalks here so you walk along the side…

We woke up in Bangkok. Thankfully the kids slept well and I slept enough to be functional (3 hours?). Had a little breakfast at the hotel and off to the airport for our last flight to Chiang Mai. The first thing that strikes me about Thailand is how nice everyone is here. And how family…

On Thursday morning, we started our adventures, with a 440am wake up for me, and a 5am one for the kids. Our lovely nanny Cynthia helped with the kids this morning and dropped us off at PDX. We checked our bags, and the big one was 54 lbs. I had weighed it at home and…

I started off the day at 445pm….ah insomnia. Already feeling jet lagged. I let the kids stay home from their official last day of school today (it was a snow day and added after we bought our airline tickets). This was needed as we spent a lot of time downloading the requisite stuff on their…

We are less than 3 days from our big trip. thankfully, our lovely nanny is back today, which gave me some time and space to do some more packing and organization. Today’s tasks—-repacking our biggest suitcase, organizing it, and adding in some of the last minute things that can go in at this point; looking…

No trip abroad is complete without a requisite trip to Powell’s. The boys both picked travel journals. Z is excited to write every day and S is reluctant, true to their personalities. We picked up some small travel games that would be useful for the plane rides and are lightweight. Many of these are new…

We leave in a week! Bags are mostly packed except for the clothes the boys need for the next week. Somehow, I have a TON of clothes, so I’m all packed, except my running shoes :-). Task for today and this week—teaching the kids to brush their teeth using water bottles instead of sink water…..…