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Schäfer's 3rd Birthday Party

By Shorel & Sandra on January 2nd, 2010

The morning began when Schäfer woke up and said he wanted a chocolate cake. Good to know because that’s what we baked last night.

Anyway, the morning was one hour and a half of crazy, but the rest of the day was perfect. We had to buy milk, make pudding, put the cake together, welcome Yu

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December Daily :: 31 :: so long 2009

By Shorel & Sandra on December 31st, 2009

At 9am Schäfer’s school hosted an End of the Year Carnival. After his morning exercises, he was super excited about playing games with Mommy and Papa.

The first game we played was “find your child”. They covered the kids in sheets, moved them around, then allowed the parents to turn around and find their child. So

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December Daily :: 30 :: Happy 3rd Birthday Schäfer!

By Shorel & Sandra on December 30th, 2009

The day began with a very happy Schäfer. We had groatmeal for breakfast and then he was off to preschool.

Ayi came with a nice card and thermals for next year. She’s so thoughtful! We don’t have any thermals for next winter.

At 9am, I started looking for recipes to make cupcakes. It gets this way every

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A Tale of Two Travels

By Shorel & Sandra on November 17th, 2009

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I went to bed at 1:30am. Seriously, there was just that much to be done before Schäfer and I began a day of traveling.

All too soon, I woke up at 5:30am to finish the last minute packing and cleaning. When I woke Schäfer at 6am, he was delighted – simply delighted – to be going

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Happy Birthday Yu Jie Jie!

By Shorel & Sandra on November 15th, 2009

Today is Yu Jie Jie’s 3rd birthday, but her party was canceled because of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Here’s a video of Schäfer and Yu sitting by the Lotus Pond singing songs from preschool.

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