Quiet Day...

Today was very quiet for us, we were on our own all day. There was a small problem with our paperwork, the orphanage wrote something incorrect. It took our guide all day to straighten it out but eventually it was corrected. We spent the day playing and getting to know each other. We did go for a long walk initially we were in search of McDonald's but we never did find it. I can't begin to tell you how much construction is going on, not one or two buildings but hundreds. There doesn't seem to be too many safety requirements, pedestrians just walk through the construction zones and under and around the scaffolding. It is always entertaining to go out and about the locals like to try out their English and laugh at/with us when we use our Chinese. Lila of course has full conversations with people hopefully she is complimentary when they ask about us, she does like to tease a lot. We got ourselves turned around but were able to show people our cards with the hotel address and they would point us in the right direction.
We only had one meltdown today, again it had to do with Ultraman but we were again able to work through it and soon she was back to her old self. She really likes playing with Anna and doing Mommy's hair. She is doing very well letting us know her needs and wants and is picking up new words.... later, tomorrow, no Anna, potty Mommy, you're welcome, color.  Words she isn't so fond of ...please and sorry but I'm sure they will come. We had lots of fun Skyping with Grandpa, Grandma, Aunt KK, Uncle Paki, Sarah, Noah, Amelia and Ben.

First breakfast, these pictures are actually from yesterday.

Having Fun.

A cute little one who wanted a piece of the girls candy, Anna was more than willing to share.

We were trying to learn from the locals how to cross a street ,this is a very small quiet one.

Fireworks store, they are everywhere. Anna is happy here but other people like to stop and watch us take pictures.

Mommy telling her it was time to be all done looking at the fish in the lobby.

Her latest funny face, she has wavy wild hair, which reminds us of her big sister Amelia's.

Overall a restful day we are more than ready to move on to Guangzhou which is more step closer to home. Kim