As the Eggs wrapped up their visit to Japan, they were treated to a very special afternoon – a Japanese Tea Ceremony!

Shelly met her friend, Takumi, and his grandfather, who introduced themselves to the Eggs. “Konichiwa,” Takumi said as they both bowed.

The plane landed and the Eggs boarded jeeps which took them to Uluru. As the jeeps approached the monolith, the Eggs were silent.

After getting settled in Cairns, Shelly informed the group they would be taking a glass-bottom boat over the Great Barrier Reef.

“Look! Over there!” Paison quietly whispered to the Eggs as he pointed to the elephant.

The Eggs gathered bamboo, leaves, and different grasses and watched as Paison and his family showed them how to weave the materials together

They flew into the capital city of Lusaka and met a new friend named Paison. He was a friend of their tour guide, Shelly.

This last week in Chile was spent in the southern tip of the country visiting many towns and sites. Shelly, the tour guide, wanted to make

So Beautiful! The Eggs are still in Chile and just left Santiago. They headed over to the seaport city of Valparaiso. “Wow, all houses...

The first attraction they went to was Cerro Santa Lucia, or St. Lucy Hill. This hill is famous in Chile.

Through the adventures of the Eggs, I hope you can virtually enjoy all of these same experiences.

Our children live in a very different world than the one in which we grew up and from that of our parents as well.

The embracing of diversity is more important than ever. The “neighborhood” of our children has truly been globalized.

Consider a manners mini boot camp at home. Keep track of the please and thank you's for a week!

There was a quote once heard from a school counselor, “He’s not a bad kid, he just has bad habits.” There is a lot of wisdom to that idea.