Thursday night here: the kids are sleeping, Art is reading James Fallows’ observations on China and I am spending too much time on the computer… trying to post pixs as the internet fades in and out, and I catch it when I can…
We’ve been busy with “normal life” and homework (fractions and spelling words OK, I am not much help with the Chinese…) and the start of classes for Art (he LOVES his students; will post about that soon). All is well and good and we continue to thoroughly enjoy our time here. Here’s a bit of total randomness from the last week…

Elle with a little help from Celine. Note the gorgeous rink. There were never more than a dozen skaters on the ice...

Art and I visited Elle's class this week on "culture day." We did a powerpoint presentation of the 4th of July and taught the kids the Star Spangled Banner...













