Recent Posts Tagged With 'family'

• 2010 Here We Come! (4 comments)

  Posted on Thursday December 31st, 2009 at 17:26 in family

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• The Night Before Christmas (2 comments)

  Posted on Thursday December 24th, 2009 at 17:07 in family

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• C is For Christmas Cookies (2 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday December 23rd, 2009 at 14:21 in family, buchela

  This year, we wanted to get into the cookie making tradition in earnest. [More]...

• French Resturant Santa in China (3 comments)

  Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 04:29 in family, dinbit, buchela

  Just like last year, we gathered our children and went to the French restaurant in town for a nice big breakfast and waited for Santa to show up. [More]...

• Christmas Tree and Directions

  Posted on Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 00:08 in family, an hour in b's life, an hour in d's life

  We have finally gotten in the holiday groove around here! [More]...

• Silly R Us (3 comments)

  Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 07:31 in family

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• Butterfly in the Sky (7 comments)

  Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 07:54 in family, dinbit, buchela

  Butterfly in the sky, I can go twice as high Take a look It's in a book Reading Rainbow. I can go anywhere! Friends to know and ways to grow Reading Rainbow. I can be anything! Take a look It's in a book Reading Rainbow. -------------------...

• Halloween in China: Part 2 - Trick or Treat

  Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 05:11 in family, life in china, dinbit, buchela

  As Buchela put on his Ultra-man (Asian Super Hero) costume (the red and grey one)... [More]...

• Halloween in China: Part 1 - Carving the Pumpkin

  Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 07:09 in family, life in china, an hour in b's life, an hour in d's life

  Hubby set the kids up for pumpkin carving fun. [More]...

• Wrestling with Screen Time (8 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday October 28th, 2009 at 02:29 in family

  Buchela didn't start watching shows until he turned two. Dinbit, by the virtue of being the second child, has been exposed to TV earlier than her brother. She watches when he does. [More]...

• Group Art (5 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday October 21st, 2009 at 08:55 in family, dinbit, buchela

  Art should: Bring us together. [More]...

• On the Brink of Winter (1 comment)

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 05:46 in family, life in china

  We woke up this morning to find a cold wind rattling our windows and knocking over stuff on our balconies. I find the arrival of winter in Dalian to always be swift. I would rather not be grumpy about welcoming a new season. I want to think of i...

• On Higher Education Grounds (2 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 00:56 in family, life in china, dinbit, buchela

  There is a university a 20 minute walk away from our apartment. [More]...

• Moon Cake Weekend (2 comments)

  Posted on Sunday October 4th, 2009 at 00:44 in family, life in china, dinbit, buchela

  It is moon cake holiday weekend here in China. [More]...

• No More A Pagan: The After Baptism Bash (4 comments)

  Posted on Saturday September 12th, 2009 at 00:53 in family, ethiopia, dinbit

  After the baptism and communion at the church, we all went home. My dad blessed and cut up the giant Ethiopian bread. [More]...

• No More A Pagan: Dinbit's Ethiopian Baptism (5 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday September 9th, 2009 at 01:04 in family, ethiopia, dinbit

  One Sunday morning, this past summer, we got ourselves out of our warm beds at the crack of dawn and headed to the church. Dinbit's grandmother got her comfortable at the baptism hall while myself and the prospective godmother looked on. [Mor...

• Bits and Pieces: Metamorphosis, Grandma Leaves, Dinbit Walks!

  Posted on Wednesday July 1st, 2009 at 17:02 in family, dinbit, buchela

  One evening, as we sat relaxing after putting the kids to sleep, we noticed ... [More]...

• To Our Main Man

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 23:35 in family

• Metamorphosis (2 comments)

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 08:35 in family, buchela

  The other day, on one of our regular walks with the kids, we noticed a lot of caterpillars on the ground. [More]...

• Falling (1 comment)

  Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 23:36 in family, buchela

  Buchela has really come into his body since he turned three. He loves running, wrestling, jumping, and rolling on the ground. [More]...

• Flying Dreams (1 comment)

  Posted on Thursday June 11th, 2009 at 09:12 in family, buchela

  I have always wanted to fly. No, I am not talking about being crammed in an aluminum tube with 200 other people who would rather be elsewhere. There was actually a time when I thought if I jumped from a ledge and flapped my hands fast enough,...

• Weekend Hike (2 comments)

  Posted on Tuesday June 9th, 2009 at 08:58 in family, dinbit, buchela

  It had been much too long since we went on an actual hike. We were nervous about taking both kids on an extended walk - up a mountain! It used to be so easy with just one child on Hubby's back. But taking two along, up hundreds of steps, was ...

• I - Ice: China School Days (2 comments)

  Posted on Saturday May 30th, 2009 at 00:59 in family, buchela

  Every weekday, Buchela and I go to school and Babba goes to work. At least that is how Buchela sees it. [More]...

• Perfection

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 02:22 in family, dinbit, buchela

• Kite Season (3 comments)

  Posted on Monday May 25th, 2009 at 04:02 in family

  It is good and windy now days here in Dalian. [More]...

• Exploring Dead Worms

  Posted on Wednesday May 13th, 2009 at 09:41 in family, buchela

  Did you know Pine cones are precious collectibles? Around here, they are valuable:- along with pretty (or not so pretty) rocks, dead worms, snail shells, and ants (dead or alive). [More]...

• Spring Planting - China Style

  Posted on Saturday May 9th, 2009 at 02:41 in family, life in china, buchela

  Spring is finally here. The weather in the past week has been beautiful. There are flowers blooming everywhere. [More]...

• Water Art (5 comments)

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 00:55 in family, buchela

  I love when kids get together and paint. Nothing like a burst of color and creative energy to brighten my day! I am not "artistic" in anyway. Growing up, we didn't have the resources to freely experiment. I find the idea of painting daunti...

• Weekend Snapshots (2 comments)

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 05:53 in family, dinbit, buchela

  Obsession [More]...

• A Bump in the Rug

  Posted on Monday April 27th, 2009 at 02:38 in family, dinbit, buchela

  Hey! Why is there a bump on the rug? [More]...