Category: The Activist
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Anna and Sarah entered the QFC Holiday Bag Design Contest this year. This week they found out they both were WINNERS! Sarah's prize was one of those Lifesaver Storybooks*. (You know the ones; they have the packaging that looks like a Christmas book which holds a dozen rolls of Lifesavers inside. We used to get…
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Anna won the Olympian of the Month Award for Compassion today at her elementary school assembly. It is an award given by the teacher of each class to two exceptional students in each class. Anna's certificate said hers was for "showing compassion to others and having love to shower on us!" We got to attend…
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The girls got their school pictures back today. Aren't they cute? (Anna said I should put YES or NO after that question. Anna also wanted me to say that her hair is getting longer. Quote: "It really is getting longer.") Sarah got her hair cut short yesterday. I'll post a picture of that tomorrow.
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This is definitely a keeper. I think the English language would be greatly improved if children were the wons to daturmin corect spelling.
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Kindergartners waiting in line. This is Sarah's friend, Hillary. They met during the two weeks of Kindergarten prep.
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In just two days the whole world will change. Did you know that? Yes; in a mere 48 hours two little girls very dear to my heart will walk across the street on the painted cross-walk to begin their adventure in American Education at College Place Elementary. Both of them. Trumpets, please: I am now…
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Here are a few (=a lot) of pictures from Sarah's 5th birthday party. Pink never goes out of fashion with these girls it seems.
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Here's Sarah and Anna when we came to Asia in 2005 And here they are now (spring 2008)… And here is how our family has aged in 3 years… Before After We've had a nice relaxing day in Beijing today. Tomorrow we'll be boarding a 9 a.m. flight to Seattle via Tokyo (14 hours in…
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The girls, Anna and Sarah, have had a bad case of "la duzi" lately, otherwise known as diarrhea. The other night Anna came into the living room and with a very sad face said to Christa, "Mommy, I had diarrhea again." Christa replied sympathetically, "I know, Anna. Tomorrow, Beth [a co-worker friend] and I are…
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Anna had two birthday celebrations this year. One in Jianzha and one in Xining. Sometimes it pays off to have two homes in a foreign country. If viewing pictures of kids eating birthday cake and opening presents is your thing, then this is the post for you! (What’s really crazy is that this doesn’t even…
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