Packing and last minute stuff day!
This morning we woke up around 7:45 (I did, at least), and went down for our last full breakfast here in China. Olivia likes to have oatmeal for breakfast, mixed with a little scrambled eggs. If she really wants a treat, we give her some mashed up bananas. One thing I kept forgetting to tell you about is that the Chinese love to have baked beans for breakfast. On all the breakfast buffet lines, you will find baked beans in containers next to things like french toast, bacon, noodles, and oatmeal.
We went shopping and looked at the painting that Ben did for us; it is absolutely gorgeous! We have to let it dry completely, and we'll be picking it up tonight. We found some nice silk outfits for Olivia to wear now, and some for her to grow into. The young ladies who work in the shops here are quite good at sales. They try to lure you into their shops, and they show you everything you express an interest in. Most times, you can negotiate on the price a little bit, and they will give you a bit of a "volume discount" as we found out! One of them made a point of asking our names this morning, and when I went back to pick up a chop that we had engraved, she smiled and said "welcome back, Michael!" A chop is a small piece of marble or something like marble, and ours has a rooster on top for the year of the rooster. On the bottom, they engraved "OLIVIA" on the top and the Chinese characters for her name on the bottom. It's a stamp, and you put the chop on an ink pad, and then you stamp the name on a piece of paper.
Christine finally got Olivia to sleep, and now she's packing to come home! Only one more night for us here!
This afternoon, we'll go to the consulate office, and do some sort of swearing in ceremony. We can't take a camera, so I can't show you pictures, but I'll try and describe it tonight.
Michael, Christine and Olivia
We went shopping and looked at the painting that Ben did for us; it is absolutely gorgeous! We have to let it dry completely, and we'll be picking it up tonight. We found some nice silk outfits for Olivia to wear now, and some for her to grow into. The young ladies who work in the shops here are quite good at sales. They try to lure you into their shops, and they show you everything you express an interest in. Most times, you can negotiate on the price a little bit, and they will give you a bit of a "volume discount" as we found out! One of them made a point of asking our names this morning, and when I went back to pick up a chop that we had engraved, she smiled and said "welcome back, Michael!" A chop is a small piece of marble or something like marble, and ours has a rooster on top for the year of the rooster. On the bottom, they engraved "OLIVIA" on the top and the Chinese characters for her name on the bottom. It's a stamp, and you put the chop on an ink pad, and then you stamp the name on a piece of paper.
Christine finally got Olivia to sleep, and now she's packing to come home! Only one more night for us here!
This afternoon, we'll go to the consulate office, and do some sort of swearing in ceremony. We can't take a camera, so I can't show you pictures, but I'll try and describe it tonight.
Michael, Christine and Olivia
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