Notes from the Homefront

We've finally been sleeping at night and walking upright during the day.  A huge accomplishment.  This means it must be time to ease into school and start some exploring.  We checked out a preschool for Eli.  It's in the same building where Matthew works.  We're still weighing our options for him but agree that he could use some structure and schedule and other kids his age. 

As for Naomi and Townes, I'm homeschooling them...something I never thought I'd do, but for lots of various reasons, it seems like a good fit. 

School -- or as we lovingly call it, Allison's Academy for Troubled Youth. 

Enough of that.  Time to take a walk around the neighborhood.

Creepy.

That was exhausting, so it was back to the books.

Wait, Dora isn't in the curriculum!

Time for a field trip.  We're off to the Shanghai Museum of Science and Technology. 

We're kind of excited.

Like the hoodie leash?



After a lunch of milkshakes (or really slightly flavored milk slightly shaken) and goldfish crackers, it was time to head home. We took the metro for the first time. Only one stop, but we were very proud of ourselves for figuring it out on our own (i.e. we'll do just fine when Matthew travels!!).

Finally, we made it home and despite the lack of a real cookie sheet, made these: