pictures of all the family....
yes upper left is our newest dubois child at 10+ weeks. Boy or girl, who knows?
upper right....kieran and riley carving one of our pumpkins at a neighborhood pumkin carving party. Kieran lost interest pretty quickly but riley finished the job!
Middle......kieran had a birthday party to go to this weekend-at A-Z kids.....man it was a kids dream! we were there 3 hours and could have easily stayed longer. many of the kids in this picture are in his EC4 class at school
Bottom...kellan gets into EVERYTHING! Shortly after this picture was taken....he yacked up all his day's worth of milk and fruits and vegetables. not sure if he had a bug or if it was the milk? milk isn't the easiest thing to find around here---as i am sure you heard in the news...
Yesterday....saturday.....kieran and i spent the afternooon at the birthday party. Kieran had a blast shooting rubber balls at othr kids and climbing around the huge playland. we didn't even make it into some of the other rooms before the actual party had to start where they had games lined up for the kids...it was fun. Riley took Kellan and ventured off to the "Dirt Market" ....he LOVES going on these adventures---and doesn't even hesitate to take Kellan with him. I will let him fill yoou all in on his adventure---he came home with some interesting treasures for people back home!
The rest of Saturday Riley and i spent cramming for the driver's test that we had to take sunday morning.
Everyone on the bus this morning was studying like crazy----it was like college finals week all ov er again. you just have to seee some of these questions to believe them....for example...
If you run into a person whose intestines are hanging out do you a. put them back in b. leave them out c. find a clay pot to cover them in and wrap a bandage around them or d. do nothing I didn't actually get this question on the test...but it is in the list of questions! i did get the spitting question...if yyou have to spit should you a. spit out hte window b. spit on the carpet c. spit in a towel and then when you stop throw it away d. spit on the passenger's side (ok maybe i made up letter d but it was s omething like that). you just have to see some of these questions to believe them! ok...well i had to explain the test before i tell you all that Riley got a 99 OUT OF 100!!!!!! No i didn't believe him ....as i have learned over the years, but he claims he is serious! anyway-with a test like that i can see why he did so well (ha ha --love you riley!). anyway-i got a 90 out of a 100 which was the lowest you could get to get a smiley face at the end of your test. there were a few people who got a sad face at the endof their test (they got below 90) but they still passed them.....we came as a big group from ISB...maybe that helped? anyway-i think everyone that went passed. i am sure if you did terrible they wouldn't pass you , so i am glad i studied. so now we can officially drive that jeep that has been sitting in our driveway for the last month! we didn't get any paper proof of passing so we will wait to drive until we have something IN HAND. I need to go out on the roads around here and practice driving a stick shift. has been nearly 10 years since ihave driven one! and those of you who have been to China know.....driving here is a mess anyway! i would get rearended in a heartbeat if i killed th car trying to shift! so i am in no hurry to drive....just glad we both passed.
we got home and relieved our ayi who must have worn kellan out b/c he took a 3 hour nap which was good since we had a pumpkin carving party to go to tonight. that was a blast....lots of great food and great company! i made special K bars which were a hit for those foreigners who had never had them...and an even bigger hit for those american's (mainly minnesotans) who haven' t had them in a while!
so now i am procrastinating doing my lesson planning for tomorrow....so i will keep going on and on and on....no i wont do that to you all. I hope you enjoy this and PLEASE....if you every plan to come to china....come visit! free place to stay and we could hook you up with a driver to all the sites!
we hope all is well for everyone!
Love
Laurie, Riley, Kieran, Kellan, and Baby
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