Just got back from a dumpling party at 邓老师's house. She has been our Chinese teacher so far this year--the usual teacher gets back from China this weekend. Her house is in a very nice neighborhood north of North Campus (a very long bike ride!). The three kids were pretty cute, especially the youngest. They tried to help out making dumplings but all the pi, dumpling skins, that they rolled were sorta thick and not really round. They gave it a good try though, and I'm sure our amateurish folding job didn't help. 邓老师's husband made the filling, a mixture of pork, greens, egg and very fresh shrimp, probably the highligh of the dumplings. About eight people showed up, we chatted for a long time and sang children's karaoke songs with the kids. Fun!