Kids Update

Taking a bath all together is really more about having fun than getting clean. But still they are so cute all together. Someday soon I know Miriam is not going to think this is too fun. Everyday when she goes off to school I remind her to "have fun, you are only eight once". She then reminds me she is closer to 8.5 which is really almost 9. Yikes, where has the time gone?

Salome pretty much calls everything baby these days: dirty diapers are here "babies", plastic water bottle are her "babies, Superman action figures are her "babies". One of my friends expressed she is amazed at how maternal she is for only 17 months. She also says about equal number of words in Chinese as English. I think she likes speaking Chinese more as she gets WAY more attention if she whips it out!

Miriam is gearing up to move from a "little green sprout" at school to a "red scarf student" (think Brownies to Girl Scouts ). She is thrilled to be "growing up" and always amazes us at school. She is also really picking up the local dialect here- Shanghaiese. She will now translate for me at the grocery store when someone is speaking it. She and Asa have a blast together playing outside after school, reading books together and trying to make Salome laugh.

Asa is still coming up with all sorts of things to make us laugh. He usually gets out the dress up clothes whenever he can and even wants to sleep in them at night! He also is loving the warm weather and playing with all our neighbors outside.

So there they are. All my little Hot Dog combos (Meyer-Frank). All very different. All a lot of wonderful work.