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Saturday is party day for the Lyon family. We start with Emersyn’s birthday party from 10-12am. After a loud, fun kid party, we are having an adult evening deck party. We have this fabulous deck with a view! I have spent the last week de-cluttering our house. I think Jim will insist on a […]
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The forecast for the weekend was RAIN, RAIN and more RAIN. We woke to pouring rain on Saturday. I called my friend, Jennifer, to see if we could cancel. She said NO! I really did not want to spend the raining weekend camping. Elle said she wanted to go in the rain. At least […]
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My friend, Ginny is leaving Shanghai to move back to America. I met Ginny during my first week in Shanghai. She had children the same age as mine. She had a first grader, Dan, and a 2-year old, Clare plus another boy, Joey, in the middle. Clare and Elle played together often as 2-year […]
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As another school year comes to the end, we finish girl scouts with a bridging ceremony. Girls bridge from Daisy to Brownies to Juniors. Emersyn and Eleri are not bridging, but we enjoyed the ceremony. This is Emersyn’s 4th year in Girls Scouts. She started as a Brownie in grade 1 & 2. […]
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When things don’t work around our apartment, I evaluate if I REALLY need to have it fixed. I can call someone at Yanlord to come and “look” at it. Look at it is about all they do because fixing is a whole different concept. My dishwasher broke…can NOT live without a dishwasher. Of course, […]
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For Mother’s Day, our friends had organized a brunch. We had decided to pass on going to brunch since we had soccer. Based on our busy schedules, we are missing half the season. However, the weather decided we should enjoy time with our friends as it was raining. I called to add our family […]
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Eleri has outgrown her bike, but we know that it is best to master the two-wheels with a smaller bike. We learned this from our mistake with Emersyn. We had bought her a bigger bike before she learned how to ride two-wheels. The hardest part of learning to ride two-wheels is the start which […]
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It has been over three years since we have been to a Chinese wedding. One of Jim’s employees, Nina, was having a Shanghai wedding including a church service. We didn’t go to the church service due to kid activities of the day. We arrived to reception in a hotel banquet room at […]
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Until living in China, I did not realize how hard it is to buy products when you can’t read the package. In Hong Kong, everything is in English. In Shanghai, most product packaging is in Chinese. Even if I know the Chinese word for the item, I still don’t know the Chinese characters. This […]
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Jennifer Jenkins called at the last minute to invite Elle and I to the SEA (Shanghia Expat Association) Christmas party. Her son, Sean, was sick and unable to attend this year. I had join the SEA one year, but since I didn’t do any of the activities, I have not continued the membership. Her […] |