Chinese New Year Red Envelope Lantern Craft For Kids Spring is in the air! At least for those of us living in Asian cultures. Next week starts the the Spring Festival, otherwise known as Lunar or Chinese New Year! Color, food, dancing, drumming, and money abound! So to prepare, here Read more
Everyone has certain times of year that they love and certain ones they could do without, but when you’re an expat family and living half a world away from family and friends, those feelings can collide. I don’t think I ever thought about it much before I had my son, Read more
Who takes care of Boogie when we’re working? Who is this mysterious person that holds our family together? Today I want you to get to know the heartbeat of our family here in Hong Kong, our foreign domestic helper, Theresa. I’m hoping that this can become a bi-monthly segment where Read more
Find out the 7 lessons learned hiking with baby for the first time and discover what the Man Cheung Po trail is like! We hiked up the steep steps on the Man Cheung Po trail in Tai O on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It had been a long time since Read more
So I don’t know about you, but I find planning budgeting so incredibly difficult even when I was single. I have even gone through Financial Peace University and I was able to pay off so much debt before I ended up moving to PA to get my art certification and Read more
There, I’ve said it. I. Am, Struggling. 2018 just has not been my year and we’re only 3 months in! So far my year has consisted of: Being told our lease was being terminated with no explanation. Having to figure out where to get the money to move because Read more
Kung Hei Fat Choi! Lunar New Year, aka Chinese New Year (even though other asian cultures celebrate this time too), is a huge deal here in Hong Kong. The only way I can describe how big this celebration is to Americans is that it’s like Christmas, Independence Day, and Thanksgiving Read more
Like every great adventure in life, there is always a first. First smiles, first laughs, first steps, first words… the first blog post. Ok so I have no idea if this will ever be anything “Great”, but there still must always be the first post :p. So let me Read more