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foods, and environments with two adults who care about their education
all day every day. And it helps that Lily is devouring the Magic Tree House
series on Kindle for the iPad at an astonishing clip, and further that we
are able to get in a few lessons each week that are geared to California
first grade standards as well as incorporate more practical math and
“life” skills into our daily wanderings and related discussions. (Kate
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enthusiastically participates in one way or another in everything we do
too, which we think is a real boon.) We recognize that this is at best an
informal educational process and not a true substitute for the rigors of
the classroom but the kids are engaged and interested and we are quite
comfortable with the present state of affairs.
Perhaps most importantly, though, traveling with Lily and Kate and
living in relatively tight quarters with them all day every day is far easier
than we ever expected. We get this type of question (as well as the
dreaded education question, discussed above, among many others), in
one form or another, all the time, and the truth is that traveling with the
kids may actually be easier than traveling without them. They open lots
of doors, and people tend to go a bit easier on us since they are around.
And it is a real treat to get to spend this time and see the world with
them, often through their eyes.
With all that said, we do indeed miss our families and friends
and the general lifestyle we enjoyed back home, but our existence