Dragon Boats 2

Coming back from the race
Our friend's boat
Sam nervously riding his airplane
Emily with stinky tofu!
Corndog!

There are a number of other pictures I didn't post here. Highlights included copious quantities of fried foods--yum! We also had samosas and a meat burrito thing. One of the funny things about the race was an advertisement for an eMBA. Not the type of thing you see back home! We continue to get people who take lots of pictures without asking us, which is kind of a pain. I am mostly polite, but I think it's the whole cross-cultural/spectacle aspect that gets to me. I just try to remember that people are curious and cross-cultural understanding is a good thing :)

Otherwise life is good. I'm more productive lately. The long Saturdays always kind of over-extrovert me, so I'm up in the middle of the night right now (something I usually do when I don't have the time/space to process what's going on around me). I know this is sort of crazy, but lying in bed doesn't seem to help.

Babies are thriving. Sometimes I realize I've only been at this parenting thing for a couple of years and am still a rookie, so we're still tracking down resources and trying to figure things out. Emily spent some time reading through Ferber today to see if there are any tips for Sam (not much). I'm reading Amy Choa's book, which is an interesting take on parenting east and west and the immigrant experience.

I talked to my brother last night, which was a lot of fun. We're both playing with android devices right now. I'm hoping that this summer we'll get to connect with people more online and by mail.

More today or tomorrow!