New Zealand Trip

今天早上我们结束了9天的旅行从新西兰回来了。 我们一开始飞到了奥克兰，然后又飞到皇后城。在皇后城，我们乘坐缆车到了风景迷人的山顶， 并在山顶上玩了滑板车, 安娜高兴得大喊大叫。 然后我们开车去乘坐一整天的游艇开到了雨林及充满湖光山色的野生地带，在百尺瀑布下，景色尉为壮观。离开皇后城后，我们驾车沿着西海岸开到了著名绿玉产地的小镇赫基第卡 , 一路蓝天，白云，雪山，草地，牛羊遍地，享受着大自然的魅力。然后我们又开车横跨南岛， 途经雪山山脉，远眺连绵山川群峰峻脉，零距离欣赏景色壮观的冰川，来到了基督城。基督城被称为花园城市，我们游览了水族馆，教堂广场中心公园。快乐的时间总是过得很快，我们怀着愉快的心情，又飞回到奥克兰，在这里，哥哥和姐姐玩了高空蹦极跳，他们从192米的高空自由跳了下去，真是惊险又刺激。 我们第二天又开车去了荧光虫水洞，荧光虫就像天上的星星， 闪烁生辉，非常奇妙。在这里我们体验了在完全没有光亮的夜晚摸索前进的感觉。新西兰真是个美丽的国家， 风光绮丽。今天一大早回到家，然后各自上学，上班。安娜累坏了，下午在学校睡到了4点半，还是在老师叫了多次才醒的。爸爸晚上五点多去接她时，看见她还躺在自己的小床上。

We returned from a nine day trip in New Zealand this morning. First, we arrived in Auckland. The next day, we flew to Queenstown where we took the sky gondola to the top of the mountains. There we all had fun taking the luge rides. Anna was screaming and yelling while she was riding the luge with daddy. The next day, we then took a nine hour cruise along Doubtful sound to see its beautiful wilderness. After leaving Queenstown, we drove through the scenic west cost to Hokitika. We then drove across the south island through Arthur’s pass all the way to Christchurch on the east coast. We then flew back to Auckland. David and Leah went on the sky jump. They leaped off the famous Auckland Sky Tower and free-fell 192 meters straight down. What an unforgettable experience! We also visited the glowing worm caves 2 hours south of Auckland. New Zealand is such a beautiful country and we all had a wonderful time there.
Everyone was exhausted when we got home early early in the morning. We sent Anna to her preschool and she took a very long nap until 4:30 after her teacher tried to wake her up a few times. When daddy picked her up at about 5:30, she was still lying on her cot.

Happy birthday daddy!

今天是爸爸的生日！ 爸爸早上和姐姐滑完冰回到家，安娜就大声地说"哈皮波斯呆”， 然后又亲了爸爸好几大口。她还给爸爸做了个生日卡。 今年给爸爸的生日礼物是我们全家今天去新西兰旅游。小安娜等不及了，昨天就在她的小书包里装上各种小吃和玩具，到飞机上吃。中午爸爸吃了最喜欢的大龙虾。

Today is daddy's birthday! When daddy returned home from Leah's ice skating practice this morning, Anna said"Happy birthday daddy" followed by a big kiss. For daddy's birthday, we are going to New Zealand. Anna got so excited, she started packing her snacks and toys for the airplane ride. Daddy had his favorite lobster dish for lunch.

Synchronized ice skating

安娜星期日去看姐姐滑冰比赛。我们一大早6点半就出发了，开到迪斯尼冰场， 到晚上6点才回来。安娜平时经常看姐姐滑冰，但这是第一次看真正的比赛。她特别喜欢看姐姐穿上滑冰的衣服。姐姐滑冰队表演时，她也跟着观众大声呼叫，鼓掌。回来的路上，她累坏了，睡了一路。Anna went watching Leah’s team's ice skating competition on Sunday. We left early in the morning at 6:30 and drove all the way to Anaheim and didn't get back to home until 6 at night. Anna has seen Leah ice skating many times, but this was her first time to watch a real competition. She loved to see Leah in her ice skating dress and cheered up for their team. She was so exhausted and slept through on the way back.

Puzzle girl

安娜最近特别喜欢玩儿拼图游戏，几乎每次去学校接她时都看见在拼图。我于是给她买了几套，她整天都玩儿不够，拼得特好。32个的拼图板，她5分钟就可以搭好， 真是个动手能力强的孩子。
Anna enjoys playing with jigsaw puzzles recently. We see her working on solving puzzles almost everyday when we pick her up from school. I also bought her several sets and she likes them very much. What a smart girl!