Two of Five
Sep. 8th, 2006 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizzybennetI was just getting ready for bed, with my mind made up that I wouldn't log on tonight. I mentioned to Chris that I was too tired to update my journal even though I really did want to. He said "You know you have to sign on and see what's going on in everyone's lives. You can't stand to be severed from the collective." *grin* he's right, of course. I must check in to see how the rest of the world is functioning.
So, today was such a great day! Julie came over to babysit and did an excellent job. Her hubby, Cameron, also came over towards the end. The boys loved him. Even tonight Petey said "Can we go to Cameron's house tomorrow?" I thought he was talking about a Cameron he knew back in AZ. It didn't even occur to me that he would remember Cameron's name, much less want to go hang out with him :) That's cool. She took the kids down to the playground and played limbo with them, which they loved too. I think it does wonders for both the boys and I to have some breathing room from each other. Being together all day, every day, it gets hard to always be patient and loving (it goes both ways.) They need the time off as much as I do.
While Julie watched the boys, Chris and I went to the city gate. He led a group field trip today. Initially it was only going to be his class (5 students) but when the other kids heard about it they decided to come to. It was so cool to see Chris standing in front of the group teaching them all about the city gate. It amazes me all the info he has in his brain that I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm explaining that right...I just sometimes assume that we always know the same things. Not so. He knows so much that I don't know, because he's studied for so long. I was very proud of him.
After the gate, the group walked over to the Confucian temple. We tried to hang around them initially, but they seemed to have no idea what they really wanted to do. I, on the other hand, knew they had live pet turtles for sale somewhere in the market and I really wanted to check it out. We finally ditched the group and took off on our own.
The pet market was so amazing. Turtles of every size, from the size of a quarter all the way up to your average turtle size. I even saw snapping turtles. Why would someone choose to have a pet snapping turtle? There were also lizards and snakes of all sizes and colors. The boys would have been going nuts there. And of course, the prices were so cheap. A few booths down, we found the mammals. Kittens, rabbits, chipmunks, pigs and puppies all for sale as pets. They sell pure bred puppies for about $100. Ohhh, so tempting. Dalmations, beagles, basset hounds, chihauhaus, sharpaas (ok, I have no idea how to spell all these dog names!) Petey's birthday is at the end of this month and he did ask for a puppy :) We couldn't help but wonder what sort of custom problems we'd have to go through to get the dog back home to the US. Yup, just what we need to make our life a tad bit more complicated....a dog....
Traffic. It is so bad here. Today I almost got run over by a moped. I was running out of the way of a bus and suddenly I noticed a moped coming straight at me. I froze like a deer in the headlights for just a split second. It's amazing how long those split seconds can seem. I took of running again and finally got out of the road. So very scary. I always try to cross the road when the locals cross. I figure I can trust them to cross when it's safe. Somehow this time I found myself still crossing the road when the traffic started coming. Like I said, scary.
So, today was such a great day! Julie came over to babysit and did an excellent job. Her hubby, Cameron, also came over towards the end. The boys loved him. Even tonight Petey said "Can we go to Cameron's house tomorrow?" I thought he was talking about a Cameron he knew back in AZ. It didn't even occur to me that he would remember Cameron's name, much less want to go hang out with him :) That's cool. She took the kids down to the playground and played limbo with them, which they loved too. I think it does wonders for both the boys and I to have some breathing room from each other. Being together all day, every day, it gets hard to always be patient and loving (it goes both ways.) They need the time off as much as I do.
While Julie watched the boys, Chris and I went to the city gate. He led a group field trip today. Initially it was only going to be his class (5 students) but when the other kids heard about it they decided to come to. It was so cool to see Chris standing in front of the group teaching them all about the city gate. It amazes me all the info he has in his brain that I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm explaining that right...I just sometimes assume that we always know the same things. Not so. He knows so much that I don't know, because he's studied for so long. I was very proud of him.
After the gate, the group walked over to the Confucian temple. We tried to hang around them initially, but they seemed to have no idea what they really wanted to do. I, on the other hand, knew they had live pet turtles for sale somewhere in the market and I really wanted to check it out. We finally ditched the group and took off on our own.
The pet market was so amazing. Turtles of every size, from the size of a quarter all the way up to your average turtle size. I even saw snapping turtles. Why would someone choose to have a pet snapping turtle? There were also lizards and snakes of all sizes and colors. The boys would have been going nuts there. And of course, the prices were so cheap. A few booths down, we found the mammals. Kittens, rabbits, chipmunks, pigs and puppies all for sale as pets. They sell pure bred puppies for about $100. Ohhh, so tempting. Dalmations, beagles, basset hounds, chihauhaus, sharpaas (ok, I have no idea how to spell all these dog names!) Petey's birthday is at the end of this month and he did ask for a puppy :) We couldn't help but wonder what sort of custom problems we'd have to go through to get the dog back home to the US. Yup, just what we need to make our life a tad bit more complicated....a dog....
Traffic. It is so bad here. Today I almost got run over by a moped. I was running out of the way of a bus and suddenly I noticed a moped coming straight at me. I froze like a deer in the headlights for just a split second. It's amazing how long those split seconds can seem. I took of running again and finally got out of the road. So very scary. I always try to cross the road when the locals cross. I figure I can trust them to cross when it's safe. Somehow this time I found myself still crossing the road when the traffic started coming. Like I said, scary.
traffic in China
Date: 2006-09-08 08:24 pm (UTC)