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Option # 4

 

 

HA!  So after returning to Texas we still had not decided which house we should choose.  We did decide that we were going to be a suburb family and not city dwellers.  It just felt like the right place to be.  We were changing so many things for our kids (new school, new house, new country, new language, new friends) we wanted to be able for them to enjoy playing outside, riding bikes on the street - semi-normal activities we were used to at home.  In the city apartments I felt like we were in a nice hotel and didn't want to always be telling my kids to hush. Most Chinese only have one child so everywhere seemed quiet...and we are not a quiet family ;)  I think if our kids were a little older we may have opted for the city.  We did agree that we would travel into the city often to explore and expose our kids to the real China as much as we could. 

 

When we finally did decide on Option #2   we learned that the landlord had just accepted another offer.  It turned out to be a blessing in disguise... Rob had to return to China for work so he went out house hunting (without me this time) and found a great house in the perfect neighborhood!  Remember option #3?  They finally toned it down a bit and found us a house that suits our family much better in Yosemite - the neighborhood across the street from the kids' school! Yay!  We both felt so much better about this than any of the other options we had.  Does it look like China?