03.08.10

This morning Hubs went to the China visa office to turn in our passports. We were all going to go, but the while we were on the subway, I volunteered to take the kids to the Snoopy’s World while Hubs ran to turn the passports in. I took it as a personal challenge to manage

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03.07.10

In order to live here, we have to have a visa in our passports. Since we’re in transition, we all needed to exit China and reenter.

For us, the easiest way to exit China is to take the 5 hour bus to Wuhan and then the 12 hour night train to Shenzhen where we walk through

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02.05.2010

We agreed last night to tell Schäfer that we were going to Disneyland in the morning. We wanted to wait because I wanted to capture it on video and because I didn’t want a high energy moment just before bedtime. When we woke up this morning, Hubs said he wanted to tell Schäfer on

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02.05.2010

Decorations

When we walked up to the Disneyland entrance Schäfer said, “Where’s the Halloween?” Thank goodness all those “hot steam birds” (ghosts) have gone and the Year of the Tiger is here.

Tiger striped Mickey images were all over the park.

These festive lanterns look a little like durian.

The Mouse’s House is awfully big.

and well protected…

and well decorated…

Main

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January 15 – 18

The past week was such an unexpected blur of events.

For starters, Schäfer and my visa was going to expire during the middle of the adoption so Hubs recommended we make a quick trip to Hong Kong to get updated visa’s. The visa website said that we could get new visa’s in one

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11.21.09

After an unexpected morning with friends, we dropped by a grocery store that carried an incredible amount of imported goods. We were only in search of baking powder, but managed to walk away with two treats: chipotle flavored Tabasco and a small jar of Nutella. It’s always fun to find familiar items, but the price

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