Thanks for staying with us!

Lizzy enjoyed bossing A-ayi around and making her play with her and taking her to the playground. Hayden liked having Amy throw him up high. (gao, gao) Thanks for staying with us, and we miss you!!

sandpit

three and a half years ago, when we arrived in Tianjin, it was a struggle to find any decent children's play areas. Now, there is this beautiful new park with giant play structures and a large sandpit for children to play in. China's changes never ceases to amaze me. Here I was trying to get a picture of Lizzy and her friend Sophie, who didn't want to cooperate. Lizzy, on the other hand, is an absolute pro at posing for pictures.

In the back are some other friends. Living here in China, we have both foreigner expat friends and local Chinese friends. So whenever, we tell Lizzy we are having friends come over, she asks, "English or Chinese?" When I told her I would sign her up for a summer camp in the States this summer, she asks, "English or Chinese?" I had to tell her, "honey, in America, they're generally always English."

Hmmmm., the things you thought you'd never say as a parent...

Diaper Boy

Sit Down Please!

Hayden climbing into Lizzy's booster seat...

Hayden climbing into Lizzy's doll bed...

Froggy Bib

Recently saw Kaysi's new froggy bib so I pulled up some pictures of our froggy bib. It's been around since when Lizzy was a toddler. Now the plastic is a little bit peeling off...hope Hayden doesn't get plastic poisoning...



We love our froggy bib! Food never goes to waste, just scoop it right back into the bowl!

gymnastics

Took Lizzy to a gym class last Saturday. The teacher is a Chinese gal training to be in the Olympics 2008! Pretty impressive, eh?

Here she is laughing uncontrollably about her friend Ty falling into the foam pile


Her favorite - the trampoline

Playing Outside