Morning Photos/Ramblings

So, we survived breakfast.  Hope was better today than past days.  No spitting or attempt to spit.  No spilled juice. The girls love to eat and finish everything on their plate.  They make little mess.  They have learned that they will come and take their dirty plates away so when they are done they waive them down.  OH, yesterday when we were buying the clothes a girl was helping us. And Shelly would say (in chinese) "Servant come here".  that seemed weird and insulting to us.  Shelly said it is not insulting here.

I took my camera to breakfast today to try to capture the lotus root.  Yesterday it was purple. Today is was more gray.  Hope ate it again. Maggie had congee, fried rice, a muffin and a banana.  She was full.  But now she's eating the jelly in the room and Pringles.  Goodness how is this child so skinny.

We are starting to pack.  They are confused.  We told them "airplane".  Hope got so excited. Started looking around the room for her new sneakers. Got socks and put them on. We said "noooo, not time yet". then Bill translated 5:00 to her. She ran for my watch and then grunted.  It was funny.  She is excited to go. I love that.

The girls are wearing new outfits today and new shoes.  Hope's outfit came from Walmart here.  The shoes were from the kids shop.  Maggie's dress is from the kids shop.  The leggings Maggie is wearing is from Children's Place at home. If anyone has leggings they are getting rid of, or if you are going to Children's place and have a good coupon, could you get some for us? We have 2 and she wears them with every dress.  I bought a size 7/8 and they seem to fit okay.  We just have white right now.

Hope had another hitting episode with Bill. She is not doing it out of anger.  She thinks it's okay to hit.  So he took the remote and turned the TV off.  She tattled on him to me. (laughed inside so she would not see).  I said "No, naughty" and pointed to her.  She understood. Then she came to me and wanted me to hug her.  TV was off for about 10 min. She started to "help" Bill pack.  He finally said "OK, watch TV".  LOL  She was happy.

I reminded Bill that even though we feel this is a hard time right now, it could be worse. They are bonded with us, they have not cried or thrown tantrums. They have not tried to run away or ask to leave us.  They are just curious and excited. Who knows what they told them at the SWI.  I assume they said "Rich American Family coming. Have them buy you everything".  Maybe they don't say that, but that is what it feels like.  We feel bad for saying no so much. But we have to or else we will get run all over.  They understand no.  And they do not throw a fit when they don't get their way.  So, we know things are not as bad as they could be. It's just hard when we are here to deal with it all.

Here are some photos from this morning.  We leave the hotel at 5 PM to head to Hefei's airport. Flight is around 7:15 PM. We should land in Guangzhou around 9 PM. Not sure when we will get online after we leave here.  We will probably just get to bed. Saturday morning we have to be up early for the medical exam.  So the earliest we might be online would be Saturday afternoon for us (EARLY Saturday morning at home).

Love from China!

Hope's breakfast today

Maggie's

View from Hotel Restaurant

Hope in elevator

Hope's new outfit and shoes

Maggie's new outfit and shoes