Lets Go Kiddo

The summer is closing for us and school will start again soon.  Part of me is excited for this and part of me isn’t.  I’ll miss the lazy days and sleeping in, but I’m also looking forward to getting back into the routine of things.  It’ll be easier for me to get some of the work I’m doing done when I don’t need to juggle Kiddo and J in the mix and I can just have my 8 hours a day.   We’ve been making the most of the end of summer, though.  Climbing, Museums, we’ve done 3 play days with good friend H, now that she’s back from the UK and before her brief trip to Seoul before the start of the school year.  We’ve just been having some fun, either as a family or with friends.   It’s been a great summer.  We really got to explore a bit.  Getting into the mountains was a wonderful treat.  Quiet the experience.  High speed train, plus getting to a place that a lot of the Chinese people we know have said that they haven’t gotten to in the...

As we come to the end of summer, a month left for Kiddo and about 2 more weeks for J, we are just finding our summer flow.  It’s summer, but it’s not boring.  We’ve been feeding Chickpea the chicken and we’ve done some shopping for new shorts and shoes.  Not only is Kiddo growing, but she has a new activity.  She is in a basketball camp.  She loving it and has expressed the want to play on a team, if she can.  It’s something we are open to doing for her and after next week and the last week of camp, we will see if she still has the want and see how that can fit into her life and schedule.  She’s ok at dribbling and shooting, but I gotta give it to the girl… She is a tenacious defender.  She is always on the ball and quick to slap it away from the others when they dribble or go to shoot.   Besides that, she’s been taking on more responsibility around the house.  She is helping with laundry and folding and putting it away.  She is ...