It did SNOW!

kids n snowman, originally uploaded by Armstrongs in Asia.

I haven't been able to post in a bit, so I will try and catch up. It did snow enough last week to provide endless hours of fun for the kids to get nice and soaking wet in the snow and muddy from the wet ground underneath the snow. It really was beautiful! Anthony had to go to work, which was pretty miserable for him. It was the weekend before Chinese New Years and here in China, in order to have days off during the week for the CNY holiday, everyone is required to work the weekend before.

Chinese New Years was on the 6th and we headed off to a hotel on the other side of town for a few nights. The hotel was very nice and the room was plenty big for all of us. We watched fireworks for quite a long time in the middle of the night. I've got some video of it and some pics - will try to post them soon.

Liz and Ryken have come down with a sickness - most likely from being out and about with all the other millions of Shanghainese over CNY. I can only imagine what kind of germs they picked up. We are taking them both to the doctor tomorrow. Will keep you posted.