It was a shock to get word from my parents that my Grandpa Hugh died on Saturday. He was my mother’s father (in Mandarin, my waigong). He was in his eighties and had been in and out of hospital lately, but still . . . The most upsetting thing for me is that we will […]
Click here for a slideshow of today’s photos. Bit of a rough morning: we goofed on Lia’s sleep re-education yesterday, and let her nap too long in the afternoon. So she was bouncing around our hotel room for many of the wee hours. I think the aroma of rice crackers will forever be connected with […]
Click here for a slideshow of our China pictures so far. After an early morning flight to Toronto, we met up with Oma, Opa and Uncle Kevin outside International Departures at Pearson–it was great fun to be able to visit with the latter two before Oma, Ali, Lia and I boarded our long flight to […]
When Lia wants us to entertain her during stroller and car rides, she asks “Can you read me a pretend story?” I love that books are her primary model for narrative 🙂 Her request is usually followed up with plot specs: “A pretend story about Cinderella and all her family going to the pet store/gymnastics/daycare/Chinese […]
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