October is upon us

October usually starts with a bang around here...and it definitely did today.  Today is National Day (think, Fourth of July for China, but a bigger deal here I think) and yesterday was Mid-Autumn Festival (or Mooncake Festival).  This year the two happened to fall together this year, making an 8 day holiday for many folks.  So no school this week.  A quick update...Chris and Austin did leave at 5 am this morning, plane bound two days late for their trip.  After almost missing their flight due to holiday craziness, they did make it there safely.  However, Austin is still in the middle of a bad cold and Chris said he fell asleep before 7 pm tonight.  Lucy woke up sniffling and coughing and Bennett, on day 8 of the cold, is still coughing and snotty.  I have that telltale tickle in my throat tonight...so it looks like even mama is going down.  Needless to say with travel changes and sickness, we did not do much celebrating here. I did notice the beautiful and bright moon at 2 am last night when Lucy woke up crying...and heard fireworks (maybe firecrackers is more accurate) this morning.

We did join some neighbors at the new park across the street from our complex this morning and it was a beautiful day.  Would appreciate your thoughts for us, that we would heal quickly as our family is scattered and especially for coughs to heal. I hate coughing, especially in little ones.

Here is a just a recent shot of the kids playing together.  We turned in our rental car and currently are without one, but brought the car seats inside.  Somehow the seats that are a requirement in the car seem much more fun as an option in the house...they took turns pushing each other back and forth across the living room.  It provided lots of entertainment!