Wo men de xin jia! Our New home!

Our new home here in China.  

We decided to move to be closer to the girls school and Gary's work, also because we no longer live in a high rise!  It has been great so far!  The girls have so many friends that live here too.

The view from the back, we have a patio...now it feels like a home!

Kenzie's room 

 Hannah's room...Hannah choose to have her own room, she is such a big girl!

 The kids bathroom

 Ben's room

The playroom/office

another view of the playroom

Our bathroom

 Our bathroom, we also have a little balcony.

 Kitchen

 Kitchen view from the back door

 Dinning room

 Living room

We are all loving it here and now it actually feels like a home.

If anyone wants to come visit you are more than welcome!

Singapore Trip

We went to Singapore for Chinese New Year.  

We went to the Singapore Zoo on February 12th.

 Kenzie & Hannah with the Panda

 They had the Zoo decorated for Chinese New Year

 As soon as we got there it started to pour so we got ponchos and kept walking around

We went to see the Panda, they have 2 at this zoo but one was not there.

 Later in the day the weather cleared up and we were able to see all of the other animals.

They had Orangutans hanging out in the trees.

On February 13th we took a Cable Car ride over to Sentosa Island.

 The kids loved the cable car ride.  Ben kept saying "wow"

 The Merlion statue on Sentosa Island

 We went to Universal Studios

 We had a lot of fun at Universal Studios even though it rained a little this day too!

 Sesame Street

 We got to see Abby & Cookie Monster

 Grover & Elmo...and photobombed by Bert

Bert & Ernie

 Far Far Away

 Shrek & Fiona's house

 Far Far Away Castle

 Kung Fu Panda

 We also went to the Aquarium

 The kids loved the huge fish tanks

We went to a huge candy store!

 On February 14th we went on a Duck Tour.  It is a bus that drives on land and water.  It was a great way to see the city.

 The Singapore Flyer

 The smaller Merlion

 Marina Bay Sands Hotel & Casino

 My little ducky!

 We also went on the Singapore Flyer

 At the top

The kids checking out the city from above.

We had a great time, it was a quick trip but we got to see a lot of stuff.

Chinese New Year!

 February 10th starts the Year of the Snake.

On February 9th to get into the spirit the kids wore their Chinese outfits.  The girls got to stay up until midnight to see the fireworks display right out our window.

We would like to say to everyone "Xin Nian Kuai Le"  Happy New Year!

Xin Nian Kuai Le...Happy Year of the Snake!

 Wednesday January 30th was Hannah's Chinese New Year celebration at school!  She got to wear her Chinese dress to school.

 The Preschool & Pre-K kids each sang a song in Chinese.

 Then they had a Lion Dance.

 We also had activities in the classrooms of the preschool where the kids did crafts.  

 Kenzie's Chinese New Year celebration was on Friday February 1st.  She also got to wear her Chinese dress to school!

 The Kindergarten & 1st Grade kids sang songs in Chinese.

 They also had a Lion Dance, at theirs the Lions came into the crowd!

We had a lot of fun Celebrating the Year of the Snake at school!

Chinese New Year is February 10th.  

Xin Nian Kuai Le!!

Hannah's 1st Day of School

 Hannah started preschool on January 15, 2013.  She was so excited to finally go to school!

 She goes to the same school as Kenzie, Shanghai Community International School

Hannah's teacher Ms. Maya.

She was a little nervous to stay, but Ms. Maya said she had a great first day.  Hannah was all smiles when I picked her up from school!