This morning, I moved the furniture in the living room to get ready for the party. Selah immediately walked over to the tree and started pulling lights off. You might notice that there are no ornaments near the bottom of the tree.

I moved the sectionals back around the tree. This is how our tree normally

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 15 :: spreading the Christmas cheer]

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It’s 10:30pm. I can hardly remember today.

Early this morning, I found the kids in their room reading a book by the heater.

Sianna helped me stir granola.

Selah skipped her morning nap and barely made it through lunch.

I was nervous to ask Ayi to work 2 hours on Friday and 2 hours on Saturday, but she

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 14 :: Christmas party eve]

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It was a typical Tuesday morning. Schäfer, wearing his favorite “zebra pajamas”, brought dinosaurs to the table for breakfast.

I showered while Ayi watched the girls.

Selah did not go down for a morning nap and was fussy through lunch. Her lack of sleep caused her to wind up during the afternoon. This girl can fight sleep

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 13 :: hot chocolate goodness]

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It’s Monday and I had a lot of thoughts rumbling around before I even got out of bed.

I’m having a hard time not feeling some holiday guilt. First, it started with the Advent calendar.

Oh wait. I should back up a bit. First, it started with Pinterest.

SO MANY GOOD IDEAS.

This year, I really wanted to do

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 12 :: a muffin with sauce-ing]

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We recently had a friend return from a trip to the states and they carried back some mail from the Nanamaw. We were very surprised to see that she had gotten the kids a subscription to National Geographic Little Kids. She’s having the magazines sent to her house and then sending them our way when

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 11 :: candy canes before breakfast]

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This morning, the kids and I headed south to Nanchang to attend G’s birthday party. Why on earth would I travel for 2 hours each way by myself with 3 kids? Simply because it’s great for my kids to play with other kids who speak English and have parents who enforce discipline.

Schäfer was so excited

[Continue reading 2011 December Daily :: 10 :: off to a birthday party]

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