settling in

The jetlag is gone.  I have managed to find a few sources for safe food (www.fieldschina.com and www.smartdirect.com).  Our next order of business was to get the kids in school and back to a routine.

Murphy is attending Shanghai Community International School and is in Mrs. Michaud's kindergarten class.  There are 14 students--and only 3 from the US!  It is quite a little United Nations. Murphy has settled in quite well.  The first week of school her class celebrated the 100th day of school--complete with activities including counting to 100, doing 100 exercises, digging in a sandbox and looking for 100 objects, and (Murphy's favorite) putting one candy on 100 sections of a cake.

Then, her second week of school she is the Narrator for a kindergarten production AND won an award.

Check out Ms. Sassy Pants rocking the mic.