They just weren't all that brave with this Santa. I don't think I would've been either!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Visit to Santa
They just weren't all that brave with this Santa. I don't think I would've been either!
Thanksgiving at Elizabeth's School
Elizabeth's school had a really nice Thanksgiving luncheon. They sang songs for us and we all ate Turkey!
If you can not see the above video click the link below:
Century Garden Play Group
See Pelton...proof that I hosted a playgroup. Alex and I now have a playgroup every Monday morning with some other moms and kids from Century Garden. Lin, Ciara, Jean Luc, Chloe, Ophir, and Ciara.
Yahtzee!
If you can't view the above video click the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kRJ1Q9RX-4
Alex loves to play Elizabeth's Disney Yatzee game. See how well he rolls the die.
Around the House
You can see that Alex still has his curls, the kids tried to show their support for U of M, and Elizabeth on her way to pajama day at school.
Thursday, November 23, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our friends and family. We are really sad that we can't be there to celebrate with everyone. We are thankful that we will get to do webcams with the Roessler's in Florida and with the Dufon clan in Fountain.
I've been remiss on writing stories lately. The days do seem to fly by. You can see that we have had some fun adventures to the park, to the Oriental Pearl Tower (Elizabeth calls it the tallest tower) and with our shipment coming in.
Speaking of shipment, we found out that we brought way too much. Number 1, we lived without it for so long, we really didn't need it. Number 2, we are crunched for space. We got creative with underbed storage and consolidated some things so there is a place for everything. Although it's "GOODBYE cute little Metropolitan, Minimalist apartment, HELLO Meijer Toy City"!!!! I'm grateful for the toys now because of the weather change.
Okay the weather.......it is now a consistent dreary, rainy, damp, November day. We haven't seen the sun in over a week. Pretty depressing. Alex and I have a cold and he doesn't like not being able to go outside. He gets pretty cranky when we don't go for our walks. So now I've given in and just put him in the stroller whether or not it's raining and we go. (I have a rain cover for the stroller).
Elizabeth's school had a Thanksgiving Day celebration lunch. It was a potluck. We brought the mashed potatoes, gravy, and my sad attempt at Frankenmuth noodles. Although a couple Michigander parents did recognize what they were!!!
Tonight we are going to the Intercontinental Hotel with our friends from Kirk's work, Rob, Stacy, and Roman. Then Saturday, we will go to Nick Petouhoff's (fellow GMI grad) for a big Turkey party.
Alex still isn't walking by himself....yes 19 months old....but he does have the ability. He just is very cautious. He's been that way since he was born. He loves to take our finger and walk the circle around our apartment. He's saying a lot more words and even replacing some with Chinese words. He doesn't say "thank you" any longer, he says "xie xie" (shea shea).
Kirk is the master at posting the pictures and video, so I'll have him post the recent stuff later. We love you all and look forward to seeing a lot of you at Christmas. Hope you are enjoying the blog.
p.s. pelton...open the purse strings and go buy a web cam.
I've been remiss on writing stories lately. The days do seem to fly by. You can see that we have had some fun adventures to the park, to the Oriental Pearl Tower (Elizabeth calls it the tallest tower) and with our shipment coming in.
Speaking of shipment, we found out that we brought way too much. Number 1, we lived without it for so long, we really didn't need it. Number 2, we are crunched for space. We got creative with underbed storage and consolidated some things so there is a place for everything. Although it's "GOODBYE cute little Metropolitan, Minimalist apartment, HELLO Meijer Toy City"!!!! I'm grateful for the toys now because of the weather change.
Okay the weather.......it is now a consistent dreary, rainy, damp, November day. We haven't seen the sun in over a week. Pretty depressing. Alex and I have a cold and he doesn't like not being able to go outside. He gets pretty cranky when we don't go for our walks. So now I've given in and just put him in the stroller whether or not it's raining and we go. (I have a rain cover for the stroller).
Elizabeth's school had a Thanksgiving Day celebration lunch. It was a potluck. We brought the mashed potatoes, gravy, and my sad attempt at Frankenmuth noodles. Although a couple Michigander parents did recognize what they were!!!
Tonight we are going to the Intercontinental Hotel with our friends from Kirk's work, Rob, Stacy, and Roman. Then Saturday, we will go to Nick Petouhoff's (fellow GMI grad) for a big Turkey party.
Alex still isn't walking by himself....yes 19 months old....but he does have the ability. He just is very cautious. He's been that way since he was born. He loves to take our finger and walk the circle around our apartment. He's saying a lot more words and even replacing some with Chinese words. He doesn't say "thank you" any longer, he says "xie xie" (shea shea).
Kirk is the master at posting the pictures and video, so I'll have him post the recent stuff later. We love you all and look forward to seeing a lot of you at Christmas. Hope you are enjoying the blog.
p.s. pelton...open the purse strings and go buy a web cam.
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Happy 60th Birthday Pop Pop!
Happy 60th Birthday PopPop! We are sorry we can't be there to help you celebrate. We hope you don't set off the smoke alarm with all of those candles.
If you can not see the video above please click the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M-96O0sLtI
Friday, November 03, 2006
Halloween Video
Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of Halloween. Here is a short video of Elizabeth (with here friend Crystal) and Alex Trick or Treating.
Thursday, November 02, 2006
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Halloween in Shanghai
I'm just going to add one photo so that you can see what the kids looked like. I'll have Kirk import the whole album (I can't remember how to do it).
We started the night with having our friends Orla and Ciera (key-ra) come over to trick or treat. All the girls were princesses. Then we turned around and went to their apartment! Our complex only has about 40% expatriates so Halloween isn't that big here.
Stacy Eckstein invited us to go to a trick or treating party with her and Roman at another complex with many more expatriates. Elizabeth saw many friends from her school, as well as her teacher, Mrs Chiu. She and her friend Crystal had a great time.
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