Mike & Erin Featherstone

Here are some more photos from our phones that we haven't posted yet. Joseph helped some of the typing.

Here we are buyinig furniture from dirty old Chinese warehouse shops -- this one I liked the shape and had it painted lacquered antiqued white

We also loved this weathered antique table -- we paid like 750 kuai -- we had it painted a rustic beach house weathered white

A favorite activity - ride around the street with ayi

first day of school

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first day of school waiting at the bus stop with andrew brown (and tali riding her bike in the back)

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playing on the lion in front of the clubhouse

HEather and Elizabeth while she was here

Joseph is eating a sugar snap pea for snack

slowly getting furniture in to the right place - waiting for the guys to pick it up to paint it (the tv is our landlord's)

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More furniture shopping with friends

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Heather and baby and I at the forbidden palace

It totally rained on us

After the forbidden palace we went to a famous Peking Duck place

This is the double happiness painted chest famous at the forbidden palace

this is the summer palace

when Heather would sit and draw, tons of people would crowd around her to see what she was drawing

this is our side yard. I took a picture to take with me to the flower market - I am trying to figure out what to do with this space (the whole backyard is paved)

here we are trying out locations for the new paintings

we finished this one before Heather left

this is the clubhouse where I go to my yoga class and we pay our bill and we go to eat on date night

playing in the indoor play area at the clubhouse

sitting down to dinner - one of the nights ayi cooked - she has us take pictures of the dishes we like and then if we want them again we show her the picture (remember she only speaks chinese)

the night i finished the stripes - mike took the boys camping for the first time, and i used the time to paint stripes on the wall -

my tutor came and is teaching me chinese - she had me take a picture of all the sounds on my phone so i could review them when i am out and about

neighborhood hangout at the park

party at our place - these are my friends hanging out while the kids play in the other room

how cool do i look in my pollution mask - maybe once a month i get to put this baby on (anytime it is over 180 aqi)

mama and baby with masks

halloween dress ups riding scooters to the halloween party

we love halloween parties!

lizzie loves the swing at the woooden playground

Happy birthday Andrew!

he goes to a Montessori school so on their birthday they do a "walk around the sun" for each year of their life

singing a song before they eat their birthday treat

Happy birthday sign for Andrew

Andrew's giant gingerbread cake (meaning the gingerbread man was giant, not the cake, which was normal sized)

Birthday present - train conductor costumes (gotta love melissa & doug)

running around in the train costume

Andrew's birthday balloons

This is what Joseph wants to type for you:

';jkr gj

Joseph

andrew

mama

dada

ayi

rocket

"I write it ALL!" joseph says with excitement

love to all,

EF