I didn’t really plan on hosting a bbq on the 4th of July. The lawn hasn’t been mowed, I didn’t have a much food in the fridge, bbq’s out of propane, no decorations or fun things planned. But when some friends were all excited about getting together to celebrate, we pulled it together and bbq’d [...]
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Year of the Rabbit
The year of the rabbit is supposed to be the luckiest year. The children are very aware of the Chinese zodiac and new year, they see and read all about it on their placemats when we go out to eat. We’ve been eating dinner at our favorite Chinese restaurant once a week, and both girls [...]
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>May Fair
>Even though the husband and I were at the school all day on Friday, we got to experience two wonderful May Day celebrations. Z’s second grade class got to dance to live music around the main May Pole for the first time. Their previous May Day was truncated due to rain. Last year, Z’s class [...]
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>May Day
>We got to see two May Day celebrations on Friday, Bean’s preschool in the morning, and Z’s with the rest of the school in the afternoon. It was so nice to see all the little children in the preschool yard, their cloth garlands on their heads, everyone in May Day finery. All the parents were [...]
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>Michaelmas
>Z and the rest of Class 2 participated in the Michaelmas Pageant as gnomes (wearing the hats they made). They sang and gave the villagers swords to help them tame the dragon. “We will work, with our will, with our strength, with our skill, with a clash, and a clang, on the anvils we will [...]
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