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I'm having trouble posting new pictures, so we'll share a video instead. Peyton tied her ribbon around her head then started showing off all sorts of moves!Click on a video below to watch it:
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We have thoroughly enjoyed our trip, but we're starting to get more than a little stir crazy. The island is not very big, and there is a limit as to how many times you can entertain yourself going into the same stores. We have definitely done our part to stimulate the local economy! Tomorrow is our last full day, and part of that will be spent at the US Consulate for the "swearing ceremony" which is the final step of this process. Yesterday, the boys spent the entire day at the Safari Park. As you could see from the pictures posted yesterday, they took it all in! As you might have guessed, the girls went shopping! Today, we spent a quiet morning around the island. While Peyton was napping this afternoon, Madison and I walked over to the pedestrian mall about 15 minutes away to check out the pearl market. We really found some bargains there! During our downtime, Peyton has entertained us with her ribbon tying skills. We have all been victims and had our hands and feet tied to various things. Conner, you are going to love playing with her! She continues to amaze us with her language acquisition and her happy, playful personality. Today she was singing parts of the ABC song -- not sure where she learned that! She doesn't always like what we tell her, but she usually listens and has never thrown a fit. She is extremely active, but she seems to understand that she has to play by the rules. Good thing because she is about to be introduced to a lot more rules! |
We took advantage of our free time this morning and slept a little later than normal then had a late breakfast -- partly because Allen was busy watching the NFL playoffs! We spent a couple of hours bargaining for some souvenirs before heading back to the hotel for an early nap so we could meet our agency group at 2:30 for some pictures at the White Swan and a trip to White Cloud Mountain. It is a botanical garden of sorts and was absolutely beautiful! MM and WW, you would have loved it! Most of today's pictures were taken there. After the garden, we all went to the Thai restaurant around the corner from the hotel for a delicious dinner. Now that we know what they have there, I think we'll be back often! Peyton particularly enjoyed the chicken wings. Conner, you would have been proud of the way she cleaned them off!! On the way to the garden, our guide was talking to Peyton and asking her various things. When she asked her English name, she quickly said "Peyton" -- which we weren't aware she knew! She has already learned quite a few phrases and is also starting to loosen her grip on Madison. Apparently she has decided that the rest of us are okay too! Tomorrow is a free day, so Allen and Carson are planning to go to the Safari Park while the girls join the group for some shopping in the afternoon. We've already bought a new suitcase to haul our goodies home!! Now we just need someone to lug it through the airport. |
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At least I think it's Sunday. All the days kind of run together. Whatever day it is, we have had a good one! We met the other three families with our agency this morning and took a tour of the Chen Clan Academy then visited the zoo before enjoying a delicious lunch. The entrance to the restaurant featured tanks full of fish and snakes and a chef very carefully skinning the snakes then chopping them to pieces! We were glad our guides chose chicken and beef for our meal! We visited the Academy on our last trip, but it was still very impressive the second time. Carson went there earlier in the week with MM and WW while the rest of us were busy with something else, and he enjoyed his third trip just as much as the first two! Many of the new pictures are from there. After we got back to the hotel, we got in touch with some friends from home who are also adopting and arrived in Guangzhou last night. We spent the rest of the afternoon and evening showing them around the island and enjoying getting to know their new baby. She is a doll! Peyton was surprisingly nice to her -- she has a tendency to be very rough! Right now Peyton is prancing around the room in her fancy red dress, counting in English, and eating bread sticks . . . and forcing Madison and me to eat them too. She is VERY persuasive! The rest of us are counting the minutes until bedtime!! |
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