More sightseeing

Monday was another on our own day so we walked down to this park about 5 minutes from our hotel. There is a little playground with little carnival rides. The kids really enjoyed the park. -although at several points I realized that we had a crowd of people around us watching the Western children play. We have also gotten several comments of surprise about having 3 kids. It makes me appreciate that we have the ability to have more than one child without risk or penalty. D wasn't as thrilled to try anything out at the park as the only place she wanted to be was on my lap. She did take her first Merry go Round ride and she enjoyed it for about the first half- then she wanted picked up and held. In the evening we went on a quest to find more of the asthma medicine the orphanage had been giving D but it appears to have been imported by a foreign doctor who was working at the orphanage so we are still trying to figure out how to get more. We aren't sure that she really needs it- but until we have her examined and diagnosed at home we don't want to take any chances. We went to dinner afterwards and as always the kids' favorite part was the ice cream at the end.

Tuesday we visited the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which is a Buddist temple. The boys continue to be photographed frequently by people at the tourist attractions. While we get looks and stares everywhere we go, the only place people want to photograph the kids is at tourist sites. We think that many of the Chinese there are tourists from parts of China that Westerners don't go to. It is possible that some Chinese have never seen a Westerner except on TV- and there are very few Western children here that we have seen (especially young ones) which makes the boys even more interesting. The Pagoda was pretty interesting but the kids really wanted to see the dancing fountain in the park out front. Unfortunately, the schedule of the fountain show has changed and now they are doing it at night so we may try to go back on night before we leave. B. and Kaige had to go to the notary office this afternoon as there were some typos on our paperwork that needed fixed. We are still hoping to get her passport on Thursday, although as long as we have it by Friday before we leave for the airport we are okay. We took the kids to a dinner theater show about the Tang Dynasty. It was pretty cool, but they are all getting very tired of not being home so they did not enjoy it as much as we thought they would.

D did better toady- she actually rode in the stroller (okay fell asleep in the stroller) which gave my arms and back a nice break and she let me leave the room a couple of times to see what her brothers were doing in the other room. Of course, B. wasn't there so I don't know if that helped her feel more comfortable. She was a little more interactive and smiled a couple of times today.