 It’s the weekend! In celebration of the upcoming “Hobbit” movies (filming starts in February 2011), being directed by Peter Jackson, how about a break from all things China? [Continue reading Tolkien Weekend: Born of Hope & Isildur]  09.05.2010 We arrived home on Saturday morning. On Sunday, everyone got some much needed rest. On Monday, Schäfer started Xiao Ban (three year preschool) at Xin Hu. Since we had last talked to the kindergarten in July, I asked Hubs if we should take a day to go over to the school, meet his teachers, talk to the [Continue reading First Day of Preschool 2010] Here’s a video of the first moments we met Sianna. Watching this back was so interesting because I didn’t know: 1. The hotel lobby was noisy. I heard nothing. 2. The director was asking questions about us. I heard nothing. 3. There were four babies in the lobby. One of them was crying. I heard nothing. My entire focus [Continue reading Forever Family Day Video] Here’s a video that Hubs took on midnight Chinese New Year’s Eve. Please note that these fireworks were shot off by families. Unlike most large U.S. firework celebrations, this was not financed by the city in any way. After watching a video like this, you can understand why China is the birthplace of gunpowder! Chinese New [Continue reading New Year’s Eve Fireworks]  It started snowing at 11am when I picked Schäfer up from preschool. We played outside for a little while, but Schäfer was pretty upset that he couldn’t build a snowman. We promised that if the snow stuck then we would go outside to play after nap time. Little did we know… Schäfer loved playing with his [Continue reading Snowy Day]  01.03.10 I promise today felt like January 1st. My days are still so out of order because we had Schäfer’s party after his birthday. Today was a day of rest. Hubs took down the tree and star. I started packing all the decorations into one large plastic box. Even thought I passed along several items, my Christmas [Continue reading Flying like a Hot Steam Bird] |
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