These next four photos were all taken within about 5 minutes after I got home from work, and they are pretty representative of what happened this week.
Heidi and I are still happily married.
Grant has been practicing and is getting good at what he calls his "scumbag" face. His hair is wet, having recently gotten home from swim practice.
Luke was probably saying something like: "Can't you see I'm trying to do homework, Dad?"
Mallory stayed home from school on Monday, but went to school on Tuesday. She came home from school that day sicker than Monday, so she stayed home from school on Wednesday. She is still getting over her cough.
This is a fairly typical sight around the streets of Pudong -- a man or woman on a bike or scooter, with tons of balloons hanging off the back.
Mallory and a friend with the Chinese dancers at the school's International Day.
On Thursday and Friday Mallory didn't have school because of parent-teacher conferences. Heidi took her to the salon for a hair cut, and the guy ended up straightening her hair (I'm told it took 40 minutes).
Mallory loves the alternate look -- too bad it takes so long to do it.
Heidi and I were at the grocery store one night and found imported Norbest turkeys for sale. Since we were travelling by scooter, the only way we could figure out to transport it back home was to put it in the under-seat storage in the scooter -- a pretty good representation of our expat life here in Jinqiao.
Not approved by Mom.
Not approved by Dad.
Mallory invited some friends over on Saturday to celebrate her birthday. They played at the house for a while, then went to get pedicures, before coming back to the house for an ice cream cake.
