Sports Saturdays

Living with 4 boys means that our Saturdays are spent doing sports. I think I have a long life of weekend sports ahead of me! No ballet classes - no manicure and pedicure parties - no shopping - sorry enough dreaming! Anyway - here are a few photos from Ian's sports class (they teach them how to play different sports each week - football, hockey, crickett, etc
0. And Nicholas decided to do baseball this fall. After lots of playing with Papa Jo over the summer he has gotten pretty good and Mark decided to actually commit to being one of the coaches!! They are all having a great time!!

Nicholas at baseball - on the White Sox team!



The Cheering Section:

Boys will be Boys

"Nicholas had a little accident" is what the teacher said when I finally reached her. "How bad is it - does he need stitches - what was he doing?" I asked franticly. "It looks bad - no stitches - he was skipping rope, but he is fine now see you at 3:30?" So all day I was wondering what the details were - well - here he is - and school pictures tomorrow! Who would have thought skipping rope was so dangerous?

New Neighbors!

I was definitely nervous and hopeful about meeting the new neighbors, but once again we have gotten lucky. Our new neighbors are Texas Longhorns - born and bread Texas(Mark and I have a special place in our hearts for Texas since it is where we met), but have been in China for a few years now. First in Shanghai - most recently in Hong Kong and are now back in Shanghai. So no strangers to the China lifestyle. They have 2 boys who are 5 and 3 so Nicholas and Ian are loving having new buddies across the street. As much as they enjoyed playing "Mums and Dads" with Sophia they were ready for some Mario and Batman play time with their new friends. Just a few weeks after moving in Trevor turned 6 and we all celebrated Spongebob style!

What Ian learned on his first day of school.

Here is Ian again singing in Mandarin. We loves to learn these new songs and our Ayi says he is pretty good!

New Trampoline!

As you know by now we are VERY sad that our neighbors across the street have left us to go back to Glasgow, Scotland, but they left us with a whole lot of loot!! Here is Ian and Kyle enjoying our largest hand-me-down gift. Thanks Wallaces!!