Random pics

Cali was a flower girl for some friends.

good friends

Ayrik turned 5 this month!

Lego is the best!

Astronauts

This past week we recieved the last of our Christmas packages. (Thank you Papa and Nana!) The funny thing was, we had received the first of the 3 a week before Christmas. The other two, which were sent at the same time, came three weeks after! The mail can be so strange some times!

Aiden was very excited about his new book and toys!

Ayrik was almost dancing with excitement!

Cali loved the candy!

They were ready to go to the moon but settled for going to bed in their astronaut suit!

Snow

We have had quite a bit of snow this year (for Mongolia) and the kids have enjoyed playing in it!

This is Aiden, if you can't tell!

Ayrik loves to throw snowballs at mommy!

Snow angels! (Or rather dirt angels)

Sliding down the little hills in our yard.

Presents

Thank you to all of you who sent us packages! It has been such a treat!

Thank you Grandpa and Grandma! The boots are great!

Thank you Uncle Jon-Jon and Aunt Dora!

Cali's favorite was her new 'lipstick' (chapstick).

Party!

This was Christmas party #2! We had a blast playing 'Scum' (or "slave" in Mongolian) with our friends as well as enjoying a potluck.

The kids had a great time being silly and running up and down the halls with their friends.

We had the traditional foods of bodz, hoshor, tsoivan, as well as some western things. Very tasty!

Playing Scum.

Cali and her friend were pretending to be wild animals! Pretty scary, if you ask me!

Ginger bread party

Katlin was feeling festive!

Put boys together and out come the knives and guns!

We had a party at some friends house and while there the kids got to make Ginger Bread houses. It was a lot of fun and very special!

Even Cali got to help (or was it eat?).

Aiden liked the icing!

Ayrik worked hard to stick on as much candy as possible!

Here's the finished product! (yes that is a lollypop glued to the roof!)

Here are some more pictures from our trip! We spent some time in Tienanmen Square. The kids loved running around.

Aiden was the only one who enjoyed getting his picture taken by all the Chinese tourists. Some random people wanted us to pose with them so here we are. They also wanted us to make the peace sign.

Cali and CJ insisted on holding hands while we pushed them in the strollers.

Young love.

Aiden and Ayrik making scary faces at the Beijing Aquarium.

The great wall. (duh)

Like the boys hats?