Good bye summer.

Labor day weekend has come and gone, the kids have started back to school, and the air feels crisp and cool in the mornings and the evenings. Kai Wei started 5th grade on Wednesday. So far he says school is "little bit too easy". We'll see how long that lasts. He likes his teachers and is making friends and even learning some of their names. He tells us American names are hard. He was excited to ride the bus and buy a school lunch. I'm not sure how many academic things they did in the first week. He hasn't had any homework yet, so we'll see how things go once they really start working.





This weekend we went to a culture and arts festival that included dragon boat racing. It was really fun to watch, though the teams from our local Chinese association didn't do too well. They don't own any dragon boats, so they don't practice at all, they just participate the day of the event. There were 20 teams there from across the state and out of state. We also headed down to the "Indian Powwow" and watched some dances and the boys got to sit in a dug-out canoe.

Yesterday we had a pool party at my Aunt's. I didn't have my camera with me, so everyone involved is spared the embarrassment of having photos of them trying to ride on beach balls bucking bronco style in the water posted to our blog. :) I couldn't take any photos of our family kickball game either. Between my Aunt who would scream and then run in slow motion every time she kicked the ball, several athletic competitive teenage guys, and a few non-athletic types like me who only played because everyone else was playing it was a very entertaining game. My Aunt and her family just moved in a few weeks ago and we're sure they're happy to no longer be living in our yard (they spent a few weeks camped out there in their pop-up while house hunting) and we know we are happy to have them a lot closer than 4 hours away!