Happy Birthday to me!!! I started my day at 6:30 AM, but just lying in bed and seeing if I would be sharing a birthday with April’s baby. You know, the giraffe in NY. Then my oldest comes in and snuggles with me. He asked me to tickle him so I did and we both…
We were originally going to travel to Tibet and Chengdu for Qing Ming holiday. We even bought plane tickets, booked the hotels and the tour guides! But we ended up cancelling our trip because we realized we didn’t want to put our kids in such a high elevation (approximate 12-15,000 feet) for more than a…
Aaaaand… Off we are to the good ol’ US of A. But before we head home we did a 5 day layover in Frankfurt. Debated on visiting Munich or Holland. Munich was so gorgeous with all the castles and the Swiss mountains in the background. But Holland was about visiting friends we met in Shanghai. Actually…
Time to explore the island of Taiwan. This was my first time flying solo with the kiddos – even better – in Asia. Flew to Taiwan to visit a good friend from home and C’s best friend. Flight was uneventful until we landed in Taiwan. Apparently you have to fill out an immigration form. Found…
I thought I wasn’t going to have anything to report the month of May. But I got my hands on the trial period tickets (BEFORE the grand opening on June 16, 2016) from a friend since her husband worked for a company that helped out Disneyland. This friend was from the school I taught English at. The English was…
I can’t believe we’ve been here for 6 months. Time flies when you’re having fun and keeping busy. This is what I’ve been up to for the past 6 months – give or take. I have been… exploring, learning how to cook different cuisines, learning Chinese, cooking, scoping out where to buy ingredients for my Western…
Oh dear Bali. Where do I begin. I am in love with you. Like seriously in love with you. Despite ALL of us being sick (temps as high as 103.5 deg F) (and once again on vacation) I still love you. I want to see you again and again and again… With my family of…
When we first moved here we signed the boys up for different activities and we signed ourselves up for Chinese classes which requires EVERYTHING to be paid up front. No problem. I hand them my Visa. Deeee-nied. Wait…. WHAT? Denied? I have never been denied. Apparently majority of the businesses only accept Chinese Union Pay credit cards…
The week before we left for Thailand, Shanghai had record temperatures. It snowed Saturday morning, then on Sunday, it never went ABOVE 19 deg F. Our water pipes froze so we were without water from Sunday until Tuesday. And L went out of town from M – F. Tuesday couldn’t come fast enough!! The day…
I was debating whether or not to have a birthday party for C in Shanghai. Here were my 3 main concerns. 1. Who were we going to invite? 2. Where do you even have a party? 3. Where do you buy party supplies? It’s not like they have a Party City, a Michaels or a party…