Ngoo way duh gung zung hay ay woo. (I speak Shanghainese!)

Noong haw.
(That's "Hello" in Shanghainese)

Today we went to Barnes and Noble and got seven books on Shanghai... Ken said we SHOULD know how to speak their language by the time we get there after the forever-long flight. This is where we are getting to stay, LOVE the name, makes me giggle. I will be thinking of Palmer, our little dog, Pootie is one of his thousand nicknames, but one we use frequently... we will be missing our babies when we are gone. We will have to hit up the Pudi Afternoon Tea, just sounds fun, doesn't it?! Who does afternoon teas any more? Pretty cool.

We are two blocks from all the shopping, supposed to be the greatest shopping area in the WORLD! I'm getting more and more excited about it all!

We are going to try to meet up with Ken's cousin over there, Robert. He and his family live there- he's a genius and works over there as an engineer.

I hope everyone had a great weekend... ours was cold, windy, wet and snowy. Welcome spring!

ming dsaw way (goodnight!)

Excited but Nervous

Irridiating energy -Shanghai Pudong District 放射着能量, originally uploaded by Y. Peter Li Photography.

We are Shanghai bound soon... anyone have any pointers? I got our electrical outlet converters... next to buy is a little book on how to say, "Police, Restroom, Food, Help, I can't get up..." all the basic necessities in a foreign country. I am going to love to hear Ken try to talk Chinese in his oh-so-country way of speaking I love so much. Thrilled, but nervous about it all. I've been to Europe before but this is such a different culture. I've heard it compared to New York, and I love New York, so that part makes me super excited. Let me know if you have any pointers, or good books for the LONG 18 HOUR plane ride. I hope everyone is having an excellent mid march week. We are LOVING this sunshine! Keep it coming!

Lots of love and happy smiles,
Mandy

My Loves

All my boys... the 4 loves of my life. We enjoyed the sunshine to the fullest this weekend. Hopefully it is here to stay for a while! I hope your weekend was a sweet one.

Love and smiles,
Mandy

Signs

Fredericksburg Snow Day