What else did we do?

So did we do anything else in China besides official appointments and touring?  Yes.  The girls could often be found as in the photo above - snacking and flipping through the TV stations with the remote.  Or as below playing with play dough.

Tikvah and I went shopping a couple of times with Ann of Red Thread http://redthreadchina.com/  She took us to the wholesale markets and got us some fantastic deals.  She also came up to the room to talk to our girls a little bit and translate for us.  If you are on an adoption trip, be sure to contact Ann.  She was so, so nice and helpful too!

Ann with Jen

Tooth brushing was a main event!

And MORE nail polish.

One of our best purchases while out shopping with Ann was little silk parasols.  The girls loved them!  They treated us to a song and dance about the rain.

We had MORE snacks -

And fed snacks to Hello Kitty.

And fed the fish. (Can you tell that eating is a favorite past time of these two?)

And walked through the gardens at the hotel.

We played at playgrounds,

and pretended to be Pleasant Goat and Big, Big Wolf.

 

We played in a little ball pit that had some rain water in it.

And we played in the pool too.

Oh, and did I mention that we ate?