A weekend with only girls

Bert went to Houston to play golf with Anhui Dads. Toby and Josh are at Boyscout Councilor training camp. It left only the girls and me home for this weekend. We stayed in bed late. Then we went to Sam's club to develop some photos from our trip to China so we can make a life book for Jenny. In the afternoon, we took a walk with Elizabeth and her kids. Anna and Jenny really loved to be with Eleanor, Evelyn and Kevin and their dog Luke. We took a long walk in the Saugatuck Dune park all the way to Lake Michigan. I was surprised to see that there are still a lot snow on the ground. The open air on the lake was really refreshing, but it got cold after a while. Beside, this walk was really not satisfying Luke. He just wanted to run. So we took him to the dog park. He had great time there. It was first time I had been a dog park. It is so interesting to see dogs interacting with each other. They are kind of like kids.

We did a quick grocery shopping after the walk. For some reason, Anna could not stop saying "Mom, you make the best dumplings in the whole world"We had wanton soup for dinner. Yes, we had homemade wanton soup for dinner -that is Anna's version of dumplings.

We had a great day..now I miss having a full house. It is too quiet.

We are going to Masschusetts in April!!

Kids will have spring break in April from April 5 - April 12. We can't just sit at home! We have decided to visit our friends in Massachusetts and visit some colleges there as well. Both Toby and Joshua have their eyes on MIT! I will be just very happy if they can go to University of Michigan - top university with an in-state tuition, what else I can ask for....We will see. We do want to learn more about Harvard, MIT and Brown University. If not anything else, we hope this trip will help Toby to determine what field he will be learning in college.

Instead of staying in a hotel which we will need two rooms, we decided to look for alternative solutions. We found a house on the ocean in Plymouth/Manomet area for rent at a reasonable price. It has four bedrooms and sleep max 8. I can't wait to go now!! It is going to be fun and relaxed. Most importantly, we will spend family time together again. Downside of this house? No internet. I wonder if we could survive the week. Or we probably will spend a lot time in the library or a local Panera Bread. I am hoping that we can stay together to read and play board games!

We hope to visit our friends Pat/Judy, Malte/Marcia, Kevin/Jeanie....I wonder if the hospital where Toby and Joshua were born is still there:)..I think we may drive by our old house just to see what it looks like...maybe there are some neighbors that still remember us...yes, possible visit Rody and Mike. They were were our neighbor then moved away and Rody was Joshua's favorite babysitter!

Here are some photos I down loaded from the website....I can't wait! Yes, we will pack the van and drive over there straight! We have three drivers now. Can't wait to go!!

But, first Bert will take a trip to Houston to meet Anhui Dads and play a lot of golf. Then I will go to Lake Geneva in the end of the month to meet Anhui Moms for our B&B reunion. These are our friends from Anna's adoption group.