Dogs! Dogs! Dogs Everywhere!
There are as many dogs as people on the neighborhood streets here in Ubud. I have been told they are harmless but you know...
There are as many dogs as people on the neighborhood streets here in Ubud. I have been told they are harmless but you know...
As we sat around sipping wine after dinner at our friends' house, we overheard a conversation between Buchela and their 5 year old daughter.
For as long as I remember, books have been an integral part of my life.
This year, we wanted to get into the cookie making tradition in earnest.
Just like last year, we gathered our children and went to the French restaurant in town for a nice big breakfast and waited for Santa to show up.
I love it when my children's friends come over and do a project together.
It doesn't happen often enough but when it does, it is great for everyone.
Once a week - every Thursday - Buchela and his friends get together at a friend's home and I try to help them learn a thing or two.
Butterfly in the sky,
I can go twice as high
Take a look
It's in a book
Reading Rainbow.
I can go anywhere!
Friends to know
and ways to grow
Reading Rainbow.
I can be anything!
Take a look
It's in a book
Reading Rainbow.
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We love books.
We love Reading Rainbow!
All is as it should be around here.
As Buchela put on his Ultra-man (Asian Super Hero) costume (the red and grey one)...
Continue Reading "Halloween in China: Part 2 - Trick or Treat"
Art should:
Bring us together.
There is a university a 20 minute walk away from our apartment.
It is moon cake holiday weekend here in China.
Growing up in Ethiopia, I always loved taking part in the "Chibo" ceremony during holidays.
The teacher you see in the above picture is from the two year old class in Buchela's school.
Both Buchela and I were excited about his first day of School here in Addis.