Trip to the Zoo

We have never been to a zoo like this one before!  The kids were able to ride a camel and get kissed by a seal!  They even let you pay to feed tons of the animals by hand.  Colt and Kylie REALLY enjoyed it 🙂  Colt has developed a love for white tigers since we […]

Kylie and her dolls

This girls LOVES her doll babies – and she has plenty of them 🙂 She likes to change their clothes, feed them, rock them, sing to them, tuck them in for naps, take them outside and help them “walk” . . . it’s all pretty sweet 🙂  She  was telling me today all that her […]

Tones

This is part of what makes language learning to fun! You can say a word 4-5+ ways and mean TOTALLY different things 🙂 mā – 1st tone = mother má – 2nd tone = numb mǎ – 3rd tone = horse mà – 4th tone = scold 5.  neutral ma = question particle I need to start tracking my language bloopers, like yesterday […]

Chunjie happenings. . .

Thursday was the Chinese New Years Eve. We hosted a party here for some teammates and our Chinese teacher’s family and friend. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast, we had lots of yummy Western and Chinese food, lots of treats, watched the famous “show” of all the provinces dancing and […]