The blog has been a little quiet lately, so for those of you interested in the goings-on of our girls, I apologize. The holidays were a blur of family gatherings, visits with friends, and a wedding of which we all played an integral role (best man, bridesmaid, and two flower girls if anyone is keeping score). It was a fun and crazy season which has segued into a cold and busy January. In fact, yesterday looked a little something like this:
8AM: Run around gathering items, clothing, etc. for the day's activities
9AM: Dadam starts running the Winter Carnival Half Marathon
9:30: Me and the girls head out to cheer him on
10AM: Dadam runs past and we cheer wildly
10:20: Quick run to the grocery store
11AM: Cecilia's basketball game
11:30 Dadam meets us at the game post-run
12:30: Run to pick up new contacts
1:30: Run to pick up items for birthday party
3PM: Drop girls off at birthday party
4PM: Shoe shopping
5PM: Make dessert for Chinese New Year party
6PM: Pick up girls from birthday party
6:45: Dadam leaves for piping gig
7PM: Me and girls leave for Chinese New Year party
9PM: Arrive back home, put girls to bed
10PM: Dadam arrives back home, stuffs face with dumplings lovingly brought home from party by his children
1o:30: Rehash the day together before falling into comas on the couch
And while yesterday was particularly crazy, I'm sorry to say it's not really an anomaly. So there will be occasions when the blog goes a little quiet and we promise to do our best to keep things updated.
Finally, a little item: Last night there were Chinese students (all girls) at the Chinese New Year party (imagine that), a party we've attended for the last few years at the home of some lovely friends. These students have been in the country less than a week and, for some reason, took an interest in the girls, going on and on about how cute they are. They had Cici and Ruby posing for photograph after photograph, and the girls played along like real diplomats. After the students had all posed with the girls in various combinations (the dog was also included), our friend and host David came up to me to explain that this was the students' first real interaction with American children. The students were just really excited to meet and interact with little American kids. I thought it was hysterical -- sometime in the future they will return to China and have all these pictures of my children to show off to their friends and family.
But really, who better to represent American youth than Cecilia and Ruby?
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