We're now in day one of four of our staycation. Monday is "Children's Day" (4/4) and Tuesday is Tombsweeping Day here (when people visit clean the graves of family members). This means we get four days of interrupted togetherness. In order to maintain sanity, we try to get at least one trip out a day and we make sure Sam takes a nap. If this happens, then everyone survives. Going out of town is a bad idea because everyone is traveling so there are huge traffic jams. A great time to catch up on local life.
Today we went to the suburb where our language school is. We greeted the teachers and introduced Eva and Eli to them. Emily received the folk wisdom that because Eva has a long indent below her nose (what is this called?) she will be able to have a lot of children (and she pointed out that Emily has the same thing). Local culture still has a touch of phrenology. I never know to what to make of this. Sam was saying something to himself about a "big head" in local language recently, which I think comes from school (having a big head is generally considered a good thing here). We always get some interesting cultural wisdom.
The plan for the next three days is: tomorrow: church and park with old college roommate and wife; Monday trip to local science museum (weather will probably be bad); Tuesday: trip to waterfront and hopefully visit a friend. I think we can make it until Wednesday. Today I did about five hours of walking, so at least I'm getting some exercise.
Below (above? blogger always surprises me) are pictures of Sam's first visit to a huge sandbox. He had a lot of fun and played happily by himself for almost an hour. Also, Emily holding both kids.
2 comments:
Looks like you are enjoying your time together! I can't believe how big the twins are!
They grow up quickly! Even though it's a lot of work, I know we'll miss this stage.
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