First Day of School

M is off to school, all by herself this year. She continues to attend 2 days a week at a Chinese immersion preschool with me, but is going to our public school preschool the other 3 days of the week. She loves both! She was super excited her first day at the public school. She marched in the building and didn't even look back. The second day I walked her to school she said, "Are you going to leave me there again today?" "Yes" I responded to which she hollered, "YEAHHH!!!" as she threw her hands up in the air. I had to smile. Yeah, she was ready to start school all on her own.

A trip to Navy* Pier*

One Saturday in August, John and I took M to Chinese school for a make-up class and then went on to Navy* Pier* for the Cirque* Shanghai* show.

Baba and M checking out the view of Lake Michigan*

These bug like costumes were my favorite. M would look so cute in one for Halloween, don't ya think?

This was impressive!

We've seen 3 different Cirque* Shanghai* shows over the years and they are always good.

Before leaving we grabbed some lunch and M took a couple of rides on Thomas*.

A good time was had by all!

Longabeger* Bee- July

Ok, really behind here! Where has the summer gone??????

At the end of July we headed to the Longaberger* Bee. It's a convention for Longaberger* consultants where new products are introduced and many good times are had.

We made a visit to Dresden*, home of the world's largest basket*, a Longaberger* basket of course!

One of the many fun things about the Bee are the Bee Boyz* These are regular Longaberger* employees 51 weeks a year, like basket makers, office personal, woodcraftsmen, etc., but when the Bee rolls around they are celebrities hamming it up for the masses. They dance, joke, entertain and are just plain fun to be around. Last year M was terrified of them. This year she told me she was not going to be afraid. Well, the first evening we headed into the convention center there they all were. They were dancing and posing for pictures. M was a little hesitant when one first approached her, but I reminded her she wasn't going to be afraid and that was all it took. As she sat to pose for her photo, she proudly showed them her purse and informed them it was a Longaberger*. As you can see in the pic, they got quite a kick out of that!

Here's my big girl with the Bee Boyz*.


Here are the Boyz in action on the big stage. This year they even had their own beehive. M got soo excited every time they came on stage.

During the convention there are displays set up showing new and existing products with ideas for usage. This garden market was M's favorite. She enjoyed playing with the market wares.

M and I at the Longaberger* Homestead*.