Our big news for this weekend is that our shipment of stuff from the US finally arrived! It really felt kind of like Christmas when all 25 boxes arrived--with everything even still in them that we had shipped over! The kids were elated. We had all forgotten most of what we had shipped, since we did so almost 3 months ago. And the timing couldn't have been better. Karis unfortunately got some kind of a bug that gave her a fever and bad headache, and she came down with it right when my thermometer and other medical supplies arrived in the shipment. PTL for his timing! (And she is doing much better today, 24 hours later. We're still hoping no one else catches whatever it was she had.) So we've been laying much lower this weekend than normal, trying to unpack boxes and figure out where to put things in an apartment that literally has only one really small closet! I think I'm going to get really creative at how to best maximize what little storage space we do have (like under the beds!).
Kevin watched the kids today for about an hour and a half for me to go with one of our Chinese speaking friends to a frame shop. They are framing 17 pieces for us! Everything from some family photos that we brought from the States to the local Chinese art that we purchased to hang on our apartment walls. I couldn't get over the prices once again. It's amazing how so many things here are so much cheaper than what we are used to paying! (And at the same time, you can't get around paying over 10 bucks for the cheapest and smallest bag of coffee! I guess it all depends on what you're after. . . )
The pics I'm including are of the boys (all 3 of them!) enjoying Noah's newly acquired Bumbo seat on the sofa during movie time this morning. (We've ended up doing lots of movie time on Saturday mornings as our neighbors beneath us have asked us to be quiet. I thought they originally requested silence until 8 am, but Kevin says that they actually want us to be quiet until noon! Anyone who knows my kids knows that is highly unlikely! But we're trying to do the best we can!)
We did our usualy post-nap, pre-dinner evening stroll around our apartment community, looking for friends again! The kids had fun playing badminton and tossing footballs that just arrived, and I took this other photo of one of our neighbor's decks. The apartments on the first floor all have a little deck area that people get really creative with. This one has been turned into a garden that is growing all sorts of large gourds. The Chinese are all about combining aesthetics with functionality!
