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Hmmmm….I think I need to come up with better titles for my blog posts containing the digital scrapbook pages I'm working on in our class. Here's layout number three finished:

And here's my second digital scrapbook page…. I'm trying to do the Up & Running with PSE from Jessica Sprague online class.  

September 22, 2012- Are you ready for three hours of fun???  Or….in my case….three hours of watching my girls run and play with their friends????   Today is the IST School Picnic!   Let me tell you- the girls have been talking about this picnic all. week. long! So, I'm glad it's finally here.  I'm…

September 23, 2012- I've been solo parenting this past week.  Mark is back in the USA on a business trip.  So….we are doing a lot of this: FaceTime with Daddy!!! Isn't technology amazing???? We're sitting half-away around the world from Mark and can we can almost face-to-face.   What's not so cool about technology is…

September 15, 2012- Mark left on a business trip back to Dubuque very early this morning.  He left at 3:00am!  Egads!  Now, that IS early. Since today is Debbie's birthday I tried my hand at making creme brulee for her.  I made the creme yesterday and then finished it off this afternoon.  Unfortunately, I don't…

September 14, 2012-   Apparently September is a VERY popular birth month!!!  Who knew???  (when I think about it- it does makes sense) Anyway, four lovely, sweet ladies all had their birthdays (nearly) one day after another.  Of course that's cause for celebration!!!! On Friday night several families gathered in an upstairs room at Din…

September 16, 2012- Pink or Blue??? What are you??? Have you ever heard of a Baby Gender Reveal party????? Apparently I'm waaaaay out of the loop as I was told this is now popular in the USA.  (it's where the baby's gender is revealed via a cake …the cake is colored either pink or blue…

September 22, 2012- There are times in life when we must say good-bye to loved ones.  Several months ago Mark lost his Granddad.   This morning I got a message from my Mama saying that my Oma (the girls' Uroma) had passed away yesterday afternoon (in Austria).  At least now she's released from her recent…

September 21, 2012- The second graders at IST are hosting today's assembly but there is a tiny break for short skit on Henri Matisse's The Snail by a few first graders. Ava and Isaiah are the moderators for this skit. They did a great job speaking clearly! The art class teaching assistant quickly assisting the…

Hi! I believe I last left you on our Inner Mongolia (have to clarify on the Inner part as we haven't crossed over the Chinese border) journey on Saturday night.  Oh, I can't begin to tell you how nice it was to gaze up and see all those stars and the Milky Way!!!  The sad…