Red Thread To China 2007

Today Levi woke up very happy and bubbly. After getting ready we went downstairs for breakfast. He eat great as usual, he loves noodles and steamed buns. He will also eat fruit and rice, he basically will eat anything you put in front of him. Behind the hotel is some sort of waterway with a walkway along it. There were some older people playing some type of musical instrument and alot of people just walking around. They have a exercise park along this same walkway with all types of equipment to use, there were alot of people there. We walked all the way down to the main street and back. Then we decided to walk around to see the hotel pool, it is very big and they had some ping pong tables in there also. Levi had fun watching mommy & daddy play ping pong, laughing loudly when mommy had to run for the ball so it wouldn't go into the pool.

After that we met our guide and driver downstairs to leave for the Peoples park. It is a very large park with all kinds of kids rides and such. Michelle tried to get Levi to ride some of the rides but he kept saying boo ya,which means no in english. He would not let me pick him up out of the stroller either, he was content to just look at the toys and watch all the other kids play on them. Michelle talked to him in Chinese but he still would not let her pick him up either. In the car going back to the hotel he feel asleep and we decided to put him down for a nap. He slept for about 3 hours and so did I. I was very tired. I guess the jet lag is finally catching up with me. We went to eat dinner at The Island Coffee House which is right next door to the hotel, they serve some american food also. Jerry got spaghetti with meat sauce and I got a spicy sausage pizza. It was very good. Levi had some french fries and some of my pizza. He loves french fries!! We came back to the hotel and gave Levi a bath, which he was not too happy about this time for some reason. And we think his tummy is a little upset, probably from the difference in food. I think tomorrow we will ask to go to the store and get something for upset tummy and we need more diapers and wipes also. The director at the orphanage said he only goes poopoo once a day, but he has been going 3 or 4 times a day with us. Again probably from the change in foods. Well I guess thats all for today. Tomorrow is another day of sightseeing.