Hi there - back again. We are now in the local coffee shop - the internet terminals were open this afternoon. We just finished shopping in a local store that benefits all of the Chinese orphans. They had some beautiful handicrafts, so we found some very nice things. One of the shopkeepers is from the UK and had lived in Hong Kong for several years, so she gave us the low-down on a few sites to see and what to do. We may need to skip the zoo tomorrow; we have a full schedule this afternoon and then everyone wants to re-hit the jade and pearl market that they went to yesterday. We had skipped it yesterday because he was so tired, but it looks like people got some good bargains. We also just want to see the herbal market for the heck of it. People said that is filled w/all kinds of things, including tiger paws. I guess that they don't believe in endangered animals here.
We had a little baby party in the hallway this a.m. All of the babies came out to play. Kyle is getting more and more friendly; however, the word "sharing" is not in his vocabulary yet!! He kept playing tug of war over his toys. He is now looking at his family photo book, too. He seems to look at a few of the pictures but again likes the softness of the book and its handles. We gave him a real paper book last night but he almost ripped it up, so I quickly grabbed it back. (I don't know why the type of this just switched; all of the directions are in Chinese so sorry about that). Slowly, he is starting to play with more and more toys. He likes the other little children too.
I forget to say that when we post the pictures and he is wearing the same green/blue sweater in all shots, that is not because we only have 1 set of clothes. It's a little cool here sometimes and we only have one sweater for him + a winter jacket, so he has to have that over his other clothes. We'll probably look back and wonder why all of the pix look the same, years later. I had to buy Chinese Pampers the other day, as he was blowing thru diapers. They are not as "padded" as the US diapers, so those are his "day" diapers and I save the American ones for night.
Our group all exchanged addresses and emails today, so that we can all keep in touch. There is one little baby that they are concerned about that may have autism. This woman has only been with our group for a few appts., but others say that her baby is acting very strangely. The doctors here supposedly don't even understand what autism is, so she is trying to get an American doctor from the states on the phone. I guess that her mother is an early childhood pyschologist and she definitely thinks that something is just not right. That would be very sad. I am not sure what happens in this case, except that you ultimately try and refuse to take the baby back with you. Our guide is trying to work with her on it now. The family with the boy twins met the foster family that they stayed with and they think that they were quite wealthy. The boys had really nice clothes and electronic motorcycle bikes. I guess that the family also took pictures of the boys and had them laminated for them; they also gave the twins new parents envelopes with small money amts. and a pearl necklace for the new mother. Any of the children that were in the same orphanages are very close; they listen for each others' cries and they will touch each other on the hands. They also seem to have the same mannerisms.
Charlie just ran back to get the camera cable so we can attempt to try and upload a few pictures - you are all only seeing a few. We have taken 300+ so far, so we'll have lots and lots to show when we arrive home. We have snapped pictures of people riding by on bikes with all kinds of stuff on a little bicycle. Last night, a man had an air conditioner and a refrigerator on the back of his bike!!! Another man had coal in Nanchang.
Must run for now. Talk to everyone later................
Love, Lisa & Chal & Kyle
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment