Colt brought a little green caterpillar home from school one day, made a habitat for it, and told me he wanted to watch it change into a butterfly. This kid loves science. I was skeptical, but encouraged him to go for it. He gave it some nice green leaves (which it ate holes through), then […]
Colt’s class at school has taken 3 separate overnight field trips for planting/tending/harvesting rice. Starting back in May, when they went to prepare the field, then plant the rice. In June, we were in the States so we missed that one, but just recently they went and harvested their rice. He brought home a 50 […]
I love him.
Colt wanted to get 2 more little ducks (remember our last 2 were eaten by rats in our complex). He planned to bring them in at night so they wouldn’t get eaten by predator rats, and we agreed. When we got to the pet market, they didn’t have any baby ducks so we switched to […]
This is a video I found of Colt and his best friend back in Chengdu, Lyric. They look so young! It’s hard to believe this was just 1 year ago! These 2 were always together. They went to school together, we lived in the same neighborhood, and Lyric’s mom was my best friend too! Oh […]
Fall time has arrived, and it is wonderful! The air is cool and crisp (and dry! woohoo!), and the sun is shining bright every day. I love it and wish it could stay this way forever According to the Chinese lunar calendar the middle of Autumn is next weekend and the moon will be full […]
Colt gets to do soccer lessons on Tuesdays after school. They practice for about 45 minutes, then scrimmage for 45 minutes. He has come a long way from when he first started last year. This year he’s going after the ball and giving it his all. I was amazed at the change from the timid […]
Yesterday was Colt’s first day of Chinese 1st grade. Here, they have kindergarten, then pre-kindergarten, and most kids are 7 when they start 1st grade. This worked in his favor and gave him extra time to become pretty-much fluent in Chinese over the past almost 2 years! He’s a rock star. . . and I’m […]
School is out from July 1 – Sept. 1 here, and we have really enjoyed watching Colt enjoy the summer! We have had lots of fun travel and quality time as a family. Every day we are home though, Colt is playing with other boys in our apartment complex – pretty much from sun up […]
