I had to add this photo of Elle. She never walks down our hallway. She always skips or runs. It is such an enduring character about her at this age.

Elle asked if she could watch a tv program that is on the Disney channel. She had watched it this summer. I told her we don’t have cable and no Disney channel. She asked, “do poor people only have cable and no dvd’s”. I laughed at her comment, as this is a child who has been living in Asia since she was born. She has no idea about the “illegal”, but “legal in China” dvd’s we own. As we don’t have cable, we live by our dvd’s. In the alley, I can buy a dvd-9 (better quality) for 9rmb ($1.30) and dvd-5 for 6rmb ($.88).

The girls have three cases that hold 200 dvds per case. All three cases are full! Let me add that one of the cases is segment dvd’s which were purchased in the States for full price. Since we don’t have cable, I buy the cable programs on dvd (Backyardigans, Clifford, etc). I do enjoy that we have no commercials as my girls have no idea what the latest, hottest toy is at a given time. Aunt Terri sent us a couple dvr’s she copied from cable that included all the ads. Elle, not use to seeing commercials, kept asking if we could buy the toy they were advertising.