Christmas month 2025

My lovely sister came up to visit me at the end of November and stayed for two nights. We played four-handed piano, played the board game Saboteur 2 with my kids, went to see the movie Eternity on Dec.1, and she even cooked a healthy dinner. In the middle of the month, she came north again to accompany me and help us clean the mattress. My kids had a great time playing 1A2B and Chinese checkers with her.

My mom came to our place the day before Christmas Eve and returned home after having lunch with us on Christmas Day. Felix played basketball and had lunch with his junior high school classmates on Christmas Day.

I met my junior high school classmate twice this month. She invited me to her place for lunch on the 26th and specially made chicken soup for me. That day, Felix sprained his left ankle while playing basketball at school, so we bought a pair of adjustable crutches for NT$550.

My brother arrived the day before his birthday. The next day, he and I had lunch at LE BLE D'OR and received a complimentary 6-inch cake. We celebrated his birthday together at night.

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Our home is bustling this summer. My dad took my nephew to stay with us at the end of June. My nephew stayed for a month and took 10 day swimming lessons with my sons. We went to see Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Part One on July 11. My husband's nephew stayed with us for two nights after we came back from a river tracing trip in the south in mid July. Also, my brother stayed for 5 days. My mom took my niece to stay with us on the night of July 22. That night, Felix started to have a fever after swimming and was diagnosed with influenza A the next day. Two days later, Regis, my nephew and I were all diagnosed with influenza A! My brother went home. We stayed in the master bedroom for a few days so that my husband and niece would not get infected. My niece and nephew went home on Aug.4.

I hadn't seen my little aunt and cousin from the US for many years. It's great to finally meet up on Aug.9 before they went back the next day! My sons played chamber music at Dou Kitchen on Aug.20. We visited Yilan again two months later. This time, we visited Fushan Botanical Garden, Donggang Banyan Park and Sheng Yang Farm and had a birthday celebration with my junior high classmate's family. Her daughter and Regis have the same birthday!