Cousins visiting Shanghai!

Spring is time for visitors; the cousins came over to visit so time for a big sleep-over party! Marysia, Sophie and Isabel arrived on a Sunday which was great for an all family welcome at the airport. Nina and Stasiu had to go to school during the week, but after school was for play of course. Fortunately we had a long weekend too. We all fitted in the car so off we went on a little road trip to Moganshan (bamboo forests) and after that towards Huangshan where we stayed in two picturesque old Chinese villages that are both on the UNESCO Heritage list, Hongcun and Xidi. Wonderful forest walks, kids had a great time discovering their new surroundings, sample new Chinese cuisine/tea and of course, with 4 little blond kids - the inevitable photo shoots with Chinese people everywhere we stopped for more than half a minute. Nina and Stasiu really enjoyed having their cousins around for an extended time and they in turn got to sample Shanghai life.

YCIS Sports Day 2015

YCIS Sportsday Regency Park campus 2015: Nina and Stasiu were both on the Green team called Tribal Tigers this year. And they had their cousins over to support them. Relay running, soccer, basketball, tug of war; an exciting and sweaty event with temperatures hitting 30 Celsius that day. Both came home tired but very happy - Tribal Tigers had won the cup this year!

Stasiu 6!!

Our little boy got bigger again: Stasiu turned 6 on April 8. An early morning rise, all excited about his presents and the treats he was going to hand out in class. It was extra special because we had ciocia and Francois visiting to join in the birthday fun and help try out his new skates. And of course the long awaited birthday party with his carefully chosen friends at Amazon Jungle playground.