Dressed for the beach
Annabelle and Mommy
Playing with Lucy and Reagan
Joy
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
We Made it Home
Lucy and Grace with Annabelle.
Noah joins in the fun.
Happy not to be on a plane!
Big sister Lynsey looks on.
Sholpan likes Mei Mei too!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Last Entry
Annabelle playing with Susan Song's cell phone as Carter and Nate look on.
Sorry, Aaron, there are no new iPhones here yet.
Todd King: You are the garbage man. You are the garbage can.
Mei Mei in the Swan Room, playing toys with the boys.
Music is my life!
Feeding carter as he plays with a boat.
Well, folks, that is about it. We are about to go to sleep and we have to leave here at 5am (that's 5pm eastern time on Thursday night) to get to the airport for our flight from Guangzhou to Tokyo. Then we are on to Detroit and then to Richmond. We have really appreciated all your comments and encouragement and we can't wait to get home. We will probably update the blog from the beach if there is internet access.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Lunch and Strolling
It's always funny when multiple things spill at once, domino style!
This chocolate milk tastes a lot like Ovaltine. Hey! Where is my secret decoder ring?
Carter King, new son of Todd and Nikki (friends of Mary and Allen Neal) sneaks up on a tourist.
Annabelle playing run around the gate with Carter and dad.
An historic monument, memorializing the time when Confucius and Abraham Lincoln
met to have a Coke and discuss government and human nature.
Back Pack, Back Pack
Cool waterfall at the White Swan Hotel.
Mei Mei with panda backpack, chillin' with mom in the hotel.
A store owner gave Annabelle this cross.
All smiles.
Dinner at the Thai place with our group.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Olympic Garden Afternoon
The children had a great time running through the gardens.
They saw many different beautiful plants and were told many wonderful things
about them by our guide, Li.
The proud moms look on as school is in session.
Here they are shown the fish pond which they all enjoyed.
This is Annabelle with Li by the fish pond. The children all had a very good time.
Afterward, we ate dinner at Thai Zheng, the local Thai Diner, and everything was awesome (fresh squeezed apple juice, chicken, beef, pork, vegetables, rice, noodles, banana fritters, etc.). We had a really good day with Annabelle and several other families but we are ready to head home soon.
It's All Done With Mirrors
Check out Annabelle's newest shoe purchase. She loves them.
Having two pair of shoes is truly fantastic.
It is a whole lot of fun to make faces in the mirror!
I enjoy hanging out on the little ledge near the mirror. Look! There are two of me...
We went to a special botanical garden this afternoon. Like so many other parks, it now has a Beijing 2008 Olympics theme. Kindly note the five official mascots (fuwa) on the right. They are Beibei (the fish), Jingjing (the panda), Huanhuan (the flame), Yingying (the Tibetan antelope), and Nini (the swallow). Together, their names spell Bei Jing Huan Ying Ni (Beijing Welcomes You).
Monday, July 14, 2008
Out for Shopping
This guy tried to give me some lip but I called upon the power of Naruto and we destroyed him.
As a commemorative gift, the hotel provides "Adoption Barbie" dolls to all new mothers. The box sates it is NOT A TOY and is for AGES 14 AND UP. Adoption Barbie comes with a Chinese baby and 5 inch pink heels.
This is downtown Guangzhou in the shopping district, their version of Times Square, and quite bustling at all hours of the day.
We ran into our old friend Jon Kroll in front of a department store, doing the Chicken Dance to attract customers, much to the delight of all, especially the store owner, who is curiously low on squirrel nuts and Stalin cigarettes since Jon's arrival.
The shopping areas are very Chinese, including the ubiquitous KFC, McDonald's, and (not pictured) Pizza Hut.
A Trip to the Folk Art Museum in Guangzhou
This is the left half of a sculpture called The Storyteller. The raconteur is off camera to the right. Look at how attentive everyone is!
We went to a folk art museum today. We saw many fancy things but the most photo worthy was Annabelle Mingmei. Here she is smirking for the camera, not being a big fan of smiling on demand. She likes to run around and play peek-a-boo. There were many fine places to do so at the folk art museum, which is mostly outdoors and nicely landscaped.
I caught her hiding behind the stairs, so this is a REAL smile.
This is a photo from a game called follow me around the fancy garden.
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