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November 22, 2012 – It's time to make some music!   It's time for….   Zombie Prom! Woo Hoo!!!  After weeks months of rehearsals it's show time!  Zombie Prom is a MUSICAL (yes, it's a musical!) put on by the secondary school at IST.  However, many primary school students got to be involved with it…

SATURDAY, November 24, 2012 – Happy American Thanksgiving!!! A group of All-American friends invited our family to join them in celebrating Thanksgiving, potluck style.  YAY!!!  Sam and Jerred kindly hosted this party at their beautiful home.   We did have the ubiquitous American turkey!  I mean, how can you possibly celebrate Thanksgiving without a turkey…

November 27, 2012 -  Ava's class finished a Unit of Inquiry (UOI) on Family.  They created family trees, collected photos of family members, created posters and books about their family. The kids sang a super cute song in Chinese- "I love my family".  They did a great job!!!   Ava posing with her poster: Ava…

November 8, 2012 – Annika's class has been hard at work on a science UOI (that stands for Unit of Inquiry).  In particular, they were studying about the different forms of matter and doing experiments, recording their observations and creating posters for their small science fair.   The parents were invited to this science fair…

November 5, 2012- Check out this new shed that is on a side road between our house and the school: Guess what's inside????  Machine storage?  Tool storage?  Equipment storage???   NOPE! Stinky trash! It's a darn good thing there isn't such a thing as smell-o-internet as this building smells NASTY!!!! And this building sits just…

November 2, 2012- Ava has been been begging Annika to let her braid her hair for months.  Ava did a lovely job making this braid!  Ava, well done!!!  🙂

November 17, 2012-   Happy Diwali!!! The school sent home an invitation to a Diwali celebration hosted by the Indian community at IST (the girls' school).  On the invitation it mentioned something about a catered Indian dinner….now that's something we can hardly turn down!!! I'll be honest with you I had no idea what Diwali…

Frohe Weihnachten!!!! Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!!     Even if it is a day late in our part of the world! 😉  Better late than never! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas celebration.  We are so grateful for our expat and Chinese friends! We are also thankful for chatting with family via…

November 3, 2012 –   At the beginning of November we met up with friends in Beijing to see a Kung Fu show at the Red Theater.  Now, this event took place during some big political convention happening in Beijing which ended up greatly effecting our trip – and not for the better.  :-/ Mr.…

October 31, 2012 -    HOOOOOOOORAY!!!!!!!!!! I've finally finished blogging our Japan trip posts!  I'm – what?- two months? – behind schedule.  LOL!!!   Here are a few photos from Halloween.  Mark and the girls carved the little "pumpkins". This year the girls hardly needed any help at all from us:   Mark's double-decker!  …