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Easter Baskets The girls are always so excited for the Easter Bunny to leave a basket full of chocolate. The Easter Bunny works extra hard to find candy in China. It is the ONE and ONLY time in the whole year that I let them have candy for breakfast! I enjoy a piece […]
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Saturday afternoon was for coloring Easter eggs before Easter Sunday . We found the whitest eggs we could get at the market – they were beige. Most eggs in China are brown. After haircuts for the girls (and the blow dry straight), we came home to create some colorful eggs. Average Rating: […]
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This weekend was Hong Kong Seven’s rugby weekend. Or as Brenda calls it – “Executive Spring Break”. This is because it is a boys’ weekend to Hong Kong for 2 1/2 days of rugby, drinking and general debauchery. View for the South Stands The South Stands of Hong Kong stadium are […]
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The girls have a long weekend off and the boys are off to Hong Kong for the 7’s. Therefore, the Moms decided we would keep the gang busy while they were gone. We enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day at Century Park. The weather was on our side as it has been raining. The […]
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Friday night is movie night…family time, movie and popcorn. Tonight Emmy picked the movie, The Lion King. It was interesting watching The Lion King after our safari in Africa. Things we noticed: The lions are animated after African lions with mane that grows down around their upper legs. When lions hunt, they […]
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Chinese New Year is a special holiday for the Chinese as our Christmas is for us. It is all about family and traditions. For all of us expats, it is about the get-away holiday as the children and the fathers have a week off. This year we decided to go on a big adventure […]
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Our webpage got a new look last night. Jim uploaded a new theme for the page. He spent the evening customizing the new look. Hum, it looks like my job is to center the photo titles. We included a new (old) family photo that was taken in Hong Kong prior to moving to Shanghai. […]
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Eleri is still at that age where she says cute things. However, her sayings are starting to disappear. For the longest time, a hamburger was a hamgaba. The whole family used to joke about going out for a “hamgaba”. With the two girls, Emersyn, with more hair than most adults, usually wakes with […]
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The first adventure in 2010…Harbin, China. Harbin is located in the far north region of China near the vast sub-Siberian plains. We have had Harbin on our list of places to visit for the last few years. A couple of reasons have kept us from Harbin. One it is very cold, -30c/-22f. […]
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Santa came to our home in Shanghai while we were away on our adventure trip. The girls were so excited on the way home. They were talking about what they might get from Santa. Elle said she didn’t know, but she knew there would be a game for her under the tree. Emmy asked […] |