Photos from January…
Giant whisks at the kitchen market:
Peservation Cffice:
Spring drinks now available at Starbucks. Not listed on this sign is their new Spicy Mocha. (I've tried it)
Ava has just started learning to play the trumpet:
Chae Rin is leaving IST! Oh no! She's not leaving Tianjin but she'll be going to a Chinese school. :-( Bummer.
Annika making her own fez out of red felt (while reading online instructions):
Annika kindly modeling the finished product:Most of the Christmas decor is down and the walls are boring and bare. How about painting some big trees and maybe covering them with colorful birds? Yes? No? Well, we're going to do it anyway!
I got both girls in on painting trees (I created rough tree sketches on big sheets of white packing paper).
The finished trees ….bonus: Annika's doodles:
Ava isn't much into arts and crafts and she doesn't like writing stories. However she does love writing poems. Here are a few of her most recent poems:
Mark just returned from a short trip to the USA. He brought back with him the set of Gmundner dishes I order two years ago!
Twin Day! Ava and Anna dressed up as twins: