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Category Archives: China

Holidays in Shanghai

Now that it’s the new year I’m making a mad dash to gather together our highlights from December before moving on to 2013. We celebrated Thanksgiving at our place with our “Shanghai family.” It was a lovely evening of delicious food and excellent company! Our favorite little butterball. The BEST turkey ever! So this one...

Sea Fantasy!

There must be something about the Mid-Autumn festival that stirs our desire to update and change things. This time last year we painted our bold, happy yellow living room wall, and this year we decided we couldn’t stand our drab poopy brown bedroom another second longer! So, we began with a trip to IKEA, where...

It’s beginning to look a lot like… Halloween!

Fall is here! Hooray! Hooray! October 1st seemed the perfect day to bring out all the Fall/Halloween decor. I just LOVE how warm and cozy it makes the house feel! So excited when I uncovered some cobwebs! What fun! The pumpkin pie soap dispenser is back! Hoo “goes” there? sign hung above the tub. A...

New MS Art room

One of the draws toward coming to SCIS was the chance for me to teach middle school art. I had been wanting  an opportunity to branch out a bit more in the visual arts and experience the next level of instruction. However, there were some obstacles to overcome, as the MS art program was not...