The Stucki's: September 2013

Ry and Beck

September 2013

Ryan and Beck have been best buddies since the first day they met at Metro when Beck's mom, Katie, and I were learning how to live and shop in China. They sat next to each other on a flat bed cart and quickly hit it off. They started playing soccer together with Sport for Life and had some great coaches. Coaches Jon, Dave and Ash helped train and mold their soccer skills over the four years we spent there. These coaches really took to these boys and their friends. We are grateful for them and their dedication to training our boys!! Sometimes after practice, when our husbands were out of town, we would stop and get a quick dinner at Baker and Spice together. We loved spending as much time together as we could get!

Century Park Field Trip ... September 2013

Century Park Field Trip

September 2013

I got to go and be with Ryan on his Year 1 field trip to Century Park, which is Pudong's version of Central Park. The students had a color palate that we had to go and hunt for things in nature that match the colors on the palate. It was a nice field trip, but the best part was spending time with my cute boy.

Bootcamp ... September 2013

Bootcamp

September 2013

For YEARS I have done my daily workouts at home, or taken my kids running with me in a jog stroller. Now that I have Sophie in school in the mornings I can take some exercise classes with friends. It is a whole new, wonderful world for me. My friend, Jill Burns, teaches classes in my neighborhood that I have been so excited to take. I started with her boot camp class on Tuesday and Thursdays. It is the perfect mix of work out and social time for us expat moms to chat and get fit together. On special days we take our bootcamp to the canal and enjoy working out with a view. The local Chinese get a big kick out of us and many stop to watch and take pictures.

Quotes to Remember

We were in Munich and just checking into our Hotel and both the girls needed to go to the bathroom. We all ran upstairs to our rooms and they both bolted into the bathroom. They began to fight over which one was going to use the toilet first. They argue for a few seconds when Katie shouts, "Mom, which one of us do you want to pee their pants?!" (May, 2009)
We were driving home from church last week and I said something like, "We are going to buy a Toyota Sequoia". Suddenly from the back we hear our 4 year old, Ashley, pipe up ... "You killed my Father...Prepare to Die!"...somehow she confused "Toyota Sequoia" with "Inigo Montoya" from the Princess Bride! (May, 2009)
Ashley and I were playing a card game when she says to me, "pause the game, I have to go to the bathroom". This is when I realized the technology gap between my childhood and hers.
I asked Ashley what country she was born in (she was born in Canada). She told me that she couldn't remember, so I tried to give her a hint. I said, "you were born in Cannnn...". To which she immediately exclaimed in triumph..."CANDYLAND!!"
Katie woke us up this morning telling us we needed to get up. Heather told her that her head hurt and she wasn't going to get up yet. Katie responds, "But you don't WALK on your head, so get up!"