Category: Holidays
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Happy New Year, everybody! 2008! Woo-hoo! He might not look like much, but I have a feeling he will be much more easy-going than 2007. At least I’m hoping…
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Well, it has been a month of photo albums with no end in sight. Our Christmas here in China (yes, we stayed put this time around) went pretty well even if it felt a bit non-standard to me. The girls (Anna and Sarah) were very, very excited this year and when asked said that they…
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Jianzha Christmas Day Stats (as of 11:30 a.m.): Sunny, clear skies. 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 degrees Celsius 0% chance of precipitation (my prediction)
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I am not proud of it, but I’ve been feeling a bit Grinchy this Christmas. I think I was pretty excited for Christmas last year and then when we surprised everyone by coming back to the States, well, that was just like icing on the figgy pudding. But this year, gotta say, just not feelin’…
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The nice thing about living in an ex-pat community is that you often get to celebrate extra holidays from around the world. Last weekend we got to join in with our Dutch co-workers in their celebration of Sinterklaas! Click here for a run-down on what Sinterklaas is all about! Although there are some obvious similarities…
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Or as a friend recently suggested, "Happy Reformation Day!"… The girls had a great Halloween this year even without any other children to share in the festivities. They discovered that you don’t really need a neighborhood in order to go "trick or treating". All you need is a home with a lot of doors and…
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By all indications Sarah’s birthday was a smashing success. She got the "pony/unicorn" themed birthday party that she wanted. The kids who attended the party (only one boy) were very mellow and seemed to enjoy the cake, ice-cream, crafts and games. Anna was a very supportive sister to the birthday girl and there were no…
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What do these two charming, beautiful ladies have in common? (Specifically speaking the one wearing glasses in the picture on the right and the one in the pink headband on the left.) That’s right: me. I mean…um, scratch that. Me. There, that’s better. They do have me in common, genetically speaking, but more importantly today…
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Well, we’re back from Chengdu. We arrived home last night at 9:00 p.m. Thanks to some rain in the area before we arrived, the temperatures in Chengdu were much more comfortable than I anticipated–but still balmy compared to Xining. When the sun was out the pool was the girls’ favorite place to be. My favorite…
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The train leaves tomorrow at 8:13 a.m. Check back in after August 1st for the update…
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yeti speak... 