Basketball and Heat

The kids have been playing basketball a lot out side lately.  We don't have a basketball court in our complex so we take our indoor/outdoor basketball goal out side so the kids can play.  There are a group of kids who are home schooled in our city that get together once a week to play some kind of sport.  Todd has been leading it up this semester so they've played a lot of baseball and got in basketball this week.

October 15th to April 15th we have heat that is run by the government.  It usually starts getting cold in September and it can snow in May.  We had been having really nice weather in the upper 60"s lately but the day our heat was turned off it snowed!  I think it is warmer outside some times than inside.  Since our apartment is made from concrete it keeps the cold in.  This time of year the kids break out their winter pjs because they need them now more than ever.   However, the benefit of this is that during the summer we don't need many fans.  We only have a small fan for our bedroom.  I open the windows and we get enough air flow to keep the house cool.  None of the apartments in our city have air conditioners!

We took the kids to see the Jungle Book last Saturday.  It was fun to see a movie together in the theaters.  It was in English but had Chinese subtitles.  We treated the kids to Pizza Hut after the movie and on the way we found Capri Suns.  Our options just get better and better here.  Everything is double the price in America so these special treats we have to limit.  On the way home from Pizza Hut it snowed!  We had been having really nice Spring weather up until that day.  The day it snowed happened to be the day our government run heat was turned off.  We've been wearing winter pjs and under blankets in the house.  We really don't want to pull out our space heaters because they take up so much electricity but I think after a whole week of cold we are almost desperate enough to do it.  Ironically we've had nice weather since the snow but it isn't enough to warm up our concrete apartment.  It is warmer outside than inside!