Name that brand!

Sometimes I am surprised at how powerful advertising can be even to the casual consumer.  Often I don't even have to read Mandarin to know what brand is sitting on the shelves at our local grocery store.  Colors, shapes, and even fonts are enough clues to figure out what I am buying. 

Let's play a game, "Guess the Brand".  Here's round 1!

What brand is this?

Any guesses?

Keep scrolling down for the answer!

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How did you do?

Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot!

It seems that summer comes to Xi'an early!  The temperatures climbed to the 90's by the end of April.  

Hot weather means we must have water fights, right?  EBean was very excited to finally put her new water gun to the test.

We provided some great entertainment for our local neighbors within the apartment compound.  Many people were still wearing long sleeves and pants, so our girls running around in swimsuits and shooting water at each other was confusing and amusing.  We're the crazy foreigners!

In Suzhou I had rain boots and rain coats to get through the late spring and early summer months, but that won't be necessary here.  It might be due to the effects of the Gobi Desert to the far northwest of Xi'an, but I don't know that for sure.  Hot, dry weather arrives early here - lesson learned.

Just 5 1/2 more weeks of school left and we can really begin the summer weather.  Counting down...