Initially I planned for a two-week Christmas break for our homeschool (one week before and one week after Christmas), but life happened and the break stretched to three weeks. The reason: a guest from China stayed with us for two weeks.
Michael is son of Guibo's third or fourth cousin, a recent college graduate who is going to UC Berkeley for graduate study. His staying with us was sort of unplanned because he supposedly secured a room to rent when he was in China, but that place was way too far from campus. We were glad to host him, and the boys had a good time playing with a big brother, wrestling, roughhousing, and playing basketball and soccer. Oh, how Daniel loved to play with big brother's i-Phone. The obsessive playing became out of control sometimes. Talking about kids quickly adapting to technology (or being quickly attached to electronic toys), even James was saying "When I grew up, I want i-Phone 4S."
A few places that we took our guest to visit: old town Sacramento, State Capitol, Effie Yeaw Nature Center, and Consumes River Nature Preserve.
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| Old town Sacramento |
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| Great Egret, as still as a statue, picture taken by Daniel |
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| Consumes River wet land |
Old town Sacramento, in front of a river-front restaurant.
Daixin,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great opportunity for Michael to stay with a family and interact here while he's attending grad school. Sounds like your kids really had fun with him. By the way - your two boys are precious! :)