Chengdu, China

 The girls are on spring break this week so we decided to go to Chengdu for a couple days to see the pandas.  

 We arrived on Sunday and just relaxed and went swimming.

 Monday we went to the Giant Panda Breeding Base.  We got to volunteer to help feed the pandas.

 We also got to hold an 8 month old panda

 We went to the Wide and Narrow Alleys.  It was a cool area with lots of shops, restaurants and old buildings.

 Tianfu Square

 Tuesday we drove to Leshan to see the Giant Buddha, it is the largest Buddha in China.

We took a boat ride to see Buddha from the river and then we climbed the mountain to see it from the top.

It was a short trip but we got to see and do a lot of cool things!

Mystery Reader

 Kenzie was mystery reader for Hannah's class.  She read "There's a Wocket in my pocket."  She did a great job and Hannah was surprised!

Kenzie with Hannah's class

Lina

Hannah had to say Goodbye to her other best friend!  

We will miss Lina and her family!

Fun with Hannah at School

 Valentine's Day in Hannah's class

We made "mailboxes" for their Valentines and also had treats!

 "You've Got Mail"

The Pre-K got to deliver mail throughout the ECE and The Lower School.  It was a lot of fun!

Hannah was a very shy mail carrier, but she got the job done!

Look who's a BIG BOY!

It's official Ben is a big boy!!  No more diapers (ok he still wears them at night)!

Good Job Benny!

Xin Nian Kuai Le! Welcome Year of the Horse!

 Happy Chinese New Year Everyone!  We welcome the Year of the Horse!  

Lion Dance at school

 Hannah dressed up for her Chinese New Year performance.

 Kenzie dressed up for her performance!

 Chinese Calligraphy 

 Our New Year's Eve Dinner, homemade by Gary & I

Red Envelopes (Hongbaos) and Horses for the kids from us.

We stayed in Shanghai this Chinese New Year.  We enjoyed hanging out with each other and potty training Ben.

Fun in Bali!

 We arrived in Bali on December 26th.  It was so beautiful!

 The pool

 The bar

 Fruity drinks!!

 Buddha

 Kenzie and some Balinese girls

 We took an elephant ride

 Held a bear

 and monkeys

 We met some new friends on the elephant excursion…they are from Minnesota but also live in Shanghai!  They have 2 kids Kaeli and Kenzie are six and they have a boy that's Hannah's age.  We hung out with them the rest of our trip!

 Kenzie did the trapeze!

 Hannah did the Bungee Jump

 All the kids were in the Petit Club show.  Ben did alright until they pointed us out in the crowd then he cried.  The girls did great they did a dance.

 Kenzie got her hair braided…it took 4 women a half an hour to do it.

 "Island Hair"

 New Year's Eve

 Saying goodbye to 2013…and hello to 2014!

 Son Banana and Hannah Banana (this was one of the Kid's Club teachers who called himself Son Banana)

 Ordering drinks!

 The kids!

 Happy New Year!!

 Master Chef

 The Kids Club show…Kenzie had 2 parts again this year!

 New friends!!

We left Bali on January 2nd!  We had a great time but it was nice to get back home!