小白兔 (xiao bai tu/ little white rabbit)

   It seems that this semester has been one performance after another for Olivia at her preschool. Two days after Christmas, her class performed the story of the lazy and greedy fox. The gist of the story is that a number of different animals were on their way to a party for Little Bear when they each meet the fox. He asks where they are going and if he can go too. They all refuse him and go along their way.
  After all the friends arrive at the party, the fox comes to crash it and get some good food. Little Bear organizes a plan to throw food at the fox and chase him away. It works and they all celebrate.
   At the end of the performance, each child introduces him or herself and asks if they all did a good job. Olivia was one of the little white rabbits.

Enjoy the pictures and parts we could upload!

新年快乐! (Xin nian kuai le/ Happy New Year!)
By the way, Chinese New Year is February 10 this year and will be the Year of the Snake.

A Christmas Party

For the past couple of years, we have invited the freshman English majors over to our apartments to enjoy, experience, and learn about Christmas. Each apartment has a different theme and snack, and all the students rotate through in 20 minutes stops. This year there were five stations. Our team put together a little video this year highlighting the event. Hope you enjoy!

圣诞节快乐！Merry Christmas! (quite a bit late)

To view the video on You tube, click HERE.
If you have trouble with the link, this is the address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACr2mNbJ6-Y

Blogger Blues

I have not been able to get onto our blog recently because the best time to use the Internet for such things happens to be the middle of the night when I am sleeping. So, I have a couple of posts ready except for video and some pictures. Please be patient, they are worth the wait. :)

One will be a Christmas video that I just need to find a link to because I cannot upload it to the post.
One will be Olivia's school performance.

The holidays have been a great time. I really enjoyed spending time with students and friends as well as just going through the meaning of it all with the kids again. I love watching them enjoy Christmas!

Christmas day was also Joel's birthday, so we enjoyed an hour of non-Christmas from 4-5 where we ate cake that looked like a hammer and played. It was fun to see my big 2 year old enjoy himself.

So, although this blog is less exciting than it could be, I just wanted to send a post of hope saying that better posts are coming soon. :)

Blessings to you who stop by for a chat!

再见！See ya later.