We just celebrated Children's Day. Lauren and Katherine were so excited about it. They were told that they did not need to wear their uniforms, needed to wear a beautiful dress, and bring a purse in their backpack. Katherine got up at 5:40am and woke EVERYBODY up because she said they could not be late.
Jonathan and Benjamin had a boys day out and Regan and I had a full day of scrapbooking. It was a lot of fun. I wish I had gotten more done, but I really enjoyed getting to spend the time with Regan doing something that we both really enjoy.
Our friend wanted to take us out "to play" since it was children's day. We got up early and went to catch the train to another city. She had the whole day planned out for us.
My girls went crazy over this little street shop that was filled with hair bows. It was a little too crowded to actually see anything, but they had fun.
We saw this amazing stone cathedral. It really was beautiful. I gave my friend a hard time because they made her put a wrap on to enter the building because her skirt was too short. Anything above the knees was too short to enter.
Little Miss drinking her juice. She had to have sunglasses anytime we were outside. The kids are not used to pretty sunny days ;)
A street vendor selling fried robin eggs...they looked good, but we didn't get any.
We ate lunch at a famous local noodle shop. After many tries with chopsticks of trying to eat the never ending noodle, Lauren decided to go for the spoon and dive-in approach. It seemed to work pretty well for her.
We saw a guy making all kinds of things out of metal. It was fun to watch and Benjamin said he wanted to learn how to do that.
So, the guy gave him a lesson and let him help make a spoon. We spent a lot of time with us, so we decided to buy one of his spoons. It's a neat little souvenir.
We are the little ants on the bridge :) I love the reflection in the water.
Two of the girls in a wedding "carriage" at a museum that was near the park.
This little girl was a cutie. She just loved Regan (a lot of kids do) They played on the subway and I managed to get a picture of her looking right at me.
The subway always takes a little longer than you expect. We almost missed our train back home. We had to run as soon as we got off the subway and just barely made it. The train left before we even found our seats! Too close! :)
And last but most definitely not least, I am SO happy and proud of Jonathan for reaching the advanced level in his language! Now, it's time make more concrete plans for coming to the States :)
