Visit to Shanghai

Bubble tea at the night market

Some interesting finds at Marks & Spencer...

Look what we bought!

Sofie and Jolene meeting for the first time... looks like they hit it off!

Hanging out on the Bund
The 2010 Shanghai Expo's Mascot: Haibao
a.k.a., "Blue Guy" as Sofie has named him...

Haibao is a "人" (people)-shaped mascot that is apparently a goodwill ambassador for the Expo; he "is embracing friends from all over the world with his arms and confident smile".
Obviously. He had me at the wave.

Look at those confident moves!
We soon found ourselves in need of another stroller, in large part so Sofie wouldn't TOUCH anything...

A glimpse of the nicer side of Shanghai: Xintiandi

Sasha excited to eat at Din Tai Fong (of all places!)!
One last lovely dinner with Eric, Julia & Jolene

Teeth!

Sasha's pearly little nubs

Happy Birthday, Su-Ting!

 

Barbie Installation

Sofie: "My Barbies are doing exercise!"
(yes, she set this up totally herself)

Sofie at 3 years old

Skills: Obsessing over princesses, sparkles and dresses/skirts that fan out when she twirls, talking like an 8 year old, speaking and singing Mandarin, getting around on her scooter, using a computer (both her Barbie laptop and a real computer), assisting in baking
Strengths: Negotiating, pretend play, writing the alphabet, singing and dancing

Sasha at 9 months

Skills: Crawling, standing, cruising, talking, head-bob-dancing, kind-of-clapping
Strengths: Eating (anything), sleeping, laughing!

Sof the Savvy Shopper

 

Macao

 

Sofie's First Concert...

We went to Macao for the weekend to catch John Legend's final show of his latest International tour... and for Sofie's first concert! She loves his music, we kept her up way past her bedtime to go to the show. She was in total awe... but feel asleep on the way home

Here and there

Singapore

Had a fantastic trip to Singapore hanging with some old friends from Tokyo...


Sofie on her millionth plane ride

Zenna and Sasha having a Cheerios snack date

Alex and Sofie wrapped up in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

Poor girls were so hot at the zoo and waterpark...

Su-Ting took them for a dip to cool down

We think Sasha kind of likes it! Maybe.

Sofie's first pony ride

Excitedly awaiting their turn on the carousel. This was no simply horse carousel... this one had exotic animals that were exquisitely decorated

The daddies and their carbon-copy babies

Sasha's first carousel ride!

On the sea otter

Hanging out at East Coast Seafood - JUMBO Crab, our fav