by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Dec 9, 2012 | Indonesia, Kids, Room 5, Sabbatical
The other day we took a drive to Kampung Gajah where we spent time with the kids doing different activities at this amusement park. These are the fun things we like to do while on sabbatical. Since it was during the week tickets were RP150.000 per person or about...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Sep 9, 2011 | Kids
So we decided that we would start homeschooling our kids after a series of drastic budget cuts within the school district and the closing of our local neighborhood school. We also didn’t want to put the kids in school just to pull them out again in a few months when...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Jul 11, 2011 | Kids
I thought it would be cool to sit down and talk with my youngest son Joseph about our plans to move to Indonesia for an extended period of time. We’ve talked with the kids a bit about flying in a plane, living with Oma and Opa (Grandma and Grandpa) and the different...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Jan 28, 2011 | Kids, Overcoming Fear, Sabbatical, Travel
This article has been written as part of the ‘Life Beyond Norms’ series; a collaborative project aimed at dispelling societal norms that have been handed down, or unwittingly thrust upon us. This is an attempt to provide thoughts against these norms to...
by Matt | 1 Year Sabbatical | Dec 16, 2010 | Kids, Planning, Sabbatical, Travel
As we’ve been developing our plan for our year abroad we haven’t forgotten about how this major change in our lives will affect our kids. Our kids are young (4 and 7) and to some extent thrive on an environment that is relatively stable and without the addition of a...
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