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For Halloween, we had a purple witch and an “almost” puppy. The puppy hat was as close as Elle was going to get to her wearing her dog outfit.  When Elle and I went to buy the costumes, she tried on a dog outfit that was “scratchy”. I purchased the other softer one, […]

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In Jinqiao, City Weekend is a yearly family event. We took the girls to see what family fun we could find. It was a fun afternoon of games and food.

Eleri’s thought of the day was – if Sissy can do it, I can do it…

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Emmy’s class sent home their first publishing. Here are the two written by Emmy. She was very excited about her stories being “published”. Of course, my favorite is My Little Sister.   Grade 1 Math By Emersyn Math is fun. We learn and sometimes we play games. Like on the first day, we […]

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As part of the ongoing family tradition, Saturday morning is pancake breakfast day. While I was in the US, I picked up a jug of real maple syrup (only the Mrs. Butterworth’s all sugar stuff here) so that we could have proper pancakes.  This morning, Eleri was in her “Me do” mode and […]

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Fall Carnival is an event sponsored by the PSO (Parent Support Organization) for the children. The children dress up in costumes. There are all kinds of games for the kids to play. The children are given 1.5 hour time slots throughout the day. The entire day is volunteered by parents.

Mimi, […]

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I spent my birthday in Hong Kong on the way back from our Malaysian holiday. I had a great day with my daughters, as Brenda was off shopping at Stanley Market.

While we live in the land of bicycles, we have not been able to find bikes with “coaster” brakes in China. They […]

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October 1 is National Day in China. The week following is one of China’s “Golden” weeks, where all of China is on Holiday. We decided to make a great escape to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah, located on the island of Kalimantan (also known as Borneo) in the eastern part of Malaysia. The city is […]