This is a HaiBao (A.k.a. Chinese Gumby, Wave man, blue sponge bob, etc):

Since they are the official mascot of the World Expo, HaiBao’s are everywhere in China: on milk boxes, billboards, etc.
When HaiBao The Musical came to town, a couple of other Mom’s in the neighborhood and I agreed to go. Our neighborhood had several

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It was a normal day.

I went to pick up Schäfer from preschool. His teacher informed me that Schäfer spit on the floor twice. She innocently asked me, “Do you spit on the floor at home?” The terror on my face confirmed that we, in fact, do not spit on the floor. (We’ve been having a

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05.28.10

Our plans after the Expo were for Sianna and I to return to JiuJiang while Hubs and Schäfer continued to host the engineers on one additional hydro power excursion. With all of Hubs travels, Schäfer has been missing his Papa so much. We decided that since this trip only involved hosting, Schäfer was old enough

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05.14.10

On Tuesday (05.11), I pulled a muscle in my back.

Thus, I’ve basically been lying in bed ever since.

Wednesday was pretty much insane. I cried from the pain. Hubs had to help me out of bed and to the bathroom. Am I 94 or 34? Not sure. I figured Hubs and I would have “those years”

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05.07 – 05.08.10

When Schäfer comes home from school at 11:30am, the first thing he wants to do is have a snack and then play.

He arrives at school at 8:30am. During the Parent’s Day, I learned that their mid-morning snack is only soy milk. So, for our little guy who has eaten every two hours since

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