also from last month

In September:

• We celebrated Mid-Autumn Festival once again. It's the 2nd biggest holiday here. Most folks get together with family, eat dinner, eat moon cakes, and gaze at the moon. Since our friend couldn't go home for the holiday we had her over to our house. We served moon cakes for her and chocolate cake for us. (I'm the only person in my family who will even attempt to eat a moon cake, and I can only stomach the fruit-flavored ones.) In our house, chocolate cake in the shape of a moon = moon cake.

• We discovered a beach in our city! I know, we live in the mountains, but somebody decided we needed some sand in our lives. (Think man-made lake with sand hauled in from somewhere.) We had fun one evening making sandcastles and skipping rocks into the lake.

• After almost a week of constant rain, we resorted to swimming in the bathtub for some indoor entertainment. Somehow bath time seems more special when wearing swimsuits. (Can you tell we bought Grace's swimsuit in Asia with the matching swim cap and all?)

• And we discovered Trinity is a snuggler. I know I posted this pic on fb but felt the need to post it here too. Grace and Trinity take turns sleeping on the top/bottom of their bunk bed. But most nights, especially if Grace is sleeping on the bottom bunk, Trinity will crawl in right beside her. It's funny to go in and check on them each night and see who is sleeping where. Grace told me sometimes when Trinity climbs over and starts talking with her she just closes her eyes and pretends she's asleep. Smart girl. That Trinity is a NIGHT OWL and would probably be nocturnal if I let her.

• You might be able to see Trinity's swimsuit jammies here, too. Thankfully she's out of this stage since it's getting COLD here but for about 2 weeks straight Trinity wanted to wear a swimsuit to bed. This girl already has lots of opinions about what she'd like to wear each day.

And now that these pictures are off my camera, maybe I can start blogging from October.