20 Teeth!

Last night Kay's final two top molars came through. She now has all her primary teeth! It made for a long night, but nothing some ibuprofen and mommy snuggles couldn't fix. Our little girl is getting so big!!

Want to learn about Hong Kong?

Do you want to learn about our new city and lots of the restaurants I have posted about? Watch the Anthony Bourdain, The Layover: Hong Kong show. He talks about our BBQ pork restaurant in Wan Chai, favorite Dim Sum restaurant, and noodle place in Central. Yummy! We were excited that a lot of our favorites that we have discovered were listed as his favorites too!

What is a name anyway??...

I always learn something new here. Today in my Mandarin lesson I learned how the Chinese put family name first and then given name. My tutor said in high school one day her teacher said she was only going to call students by their "English" names. None of the students at the time had English names so they all went home to pick one. At home, she turned to the back of the English dictionary that listed example English names. She found one she liked and would be easy to remember...Sally. Unlike China, she said most Hong Kong children are given English names at birth by their parents as well as traditional Chinese names.

She is good at change...

Well, Kay still struggles with sleep but I can say she is getting really good at changes. She started her new class on Monday. I have started Mandarin lessons so I was unable to take her. My friend said she was all smiles going in. She loves school and new teachers did not seem to phase her at all!

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

Well, the rain has begun here. All week we have had Amber Rain Warnings and thunderstorm warnings. When you are two and have new yellow rain boots...the rain is great!

"Flat Charlie"

My nephew Charlie had a school project where they asked family members that lived afar to take pictures of a drawing Charlie made around town and little trinkets about the city. Kay posed with the picture and decided to send a toy dragon and book about Hong Kong. Her favorite part was the huge thank you note his class wrote.

Our first visitors!!

We were so fortunate to have our first visitors! My aunt and uncle came to visit for several days. I was so happy to have familiar faces here! They toured China for a few days and we were able to show them our new city. I think they really enjoyed themselves. There is even talk of them coming back to see more!! Kay LOVED having company. She was especially attached to Kate by the end. The day after they left Kay kept asking "where Gary and Kate?".

We took them to the big Buddha, introduced them to milk/bubble tea, and the restaurant where you pick your seafood out for them to cook. Craig even got them to eat chicken feet at Dim Sum.