Starting to Make Room

So today we made some progress towards figuring out where Kai will actually fit into our house. We love our tiny little house, but the idea of adding another person is making it seem even smaller! The plan is to convert our spare room into a nursery. The problem is that this room currently functions as our guest room, holds all my magic gear, Tina's teaching gear, misc storage, sewing, etc.

We are starting by trying to maximize the functionality of all our other closets. Pack it in tighter!! Tina and I went to Lowe's and bought ClosetMAID shelf systems for our bedroom closet and the laundry closet. We got the laundry closet ones installed and they look pretty good. We've got a ways to go, but I think it's going to work. Heck, it's got to work!

After dinner, Tina and I watched one of the documentaries we got at the library yesterday. This one was on the time from 1976 to 1992, so from Mao's death to just after the student uprising in Tiananmen Square. We were curious to see what it said about the one child per family policy, and were amazed when they barely noted it, and didn't address the effects this has had on the country or the issue of abandoned children. Most of the documentaries we've watched so far have been on the history up through Mao's life, so maybe we'll find some that deal more with this.

The boys were watching a movie over at the neighbors house, but came home in time to see the army move into disperse the students from Tiananmen square. They were pretty shocked by the images. I want them to see more of these documentaries before we travel so that they will have an understanding of the significance behind the places we will get to visit.

There was a brief passage on a modern rock singer who performed protest music which was quite popular in China. The boys asked about the drinking age in China. They are hoping they will get to go to some clubs and see live music while we're there.