Monthly Archives: November 2007

Christopher’s pre-school and playroom are run by a voluntary committee of mothers, and Yumi is the "Japanese coordinator" (translator for Japanese speaking mothers) and "playroom coordinator". Today, we all went to a farewell lunch for a couple of members who are leaving soon.  

Yumi took her friend to the Bund. It was pretty warm though it’s already end of Nov. We don’t have such beautiful days like this very often. You can’t miss XiaoLongBao, the soup dumplings at DingTaiFong restaurant. We asked our Ayi to … Continue reading →

Yumi’s friend from elementary school through college was in town, and we met up with another friend from junior high and high school who’s been working in Shanghai for 10 years. We were amazed at how no one seemed to have really changed after all these … Continue reading →

Mommy takes baking class, and this time she made bagels! Plain bagels. Yummy! Whole wheat bagels with salmon

The boys clean up before watching a DVD every night. They are putting away cushions that they used to make a "bus."  

Jeffrey likes ‘assisting’ Daddy with his exercises. "Daddy, up! Down! Up! Down!"

You like my spiked hair? I rearranged it with some sticky food!  

Jeffrey is now into playing fetch with Sparky.  

Mommy made honey lemon cup cakes! He says,  "Christopher likes. Good! "

The boys go to music class every Saturday morning. We were surprised to see Jeffrey able to follow most of the instructions in the big kids’ class!!