Easy Goin' Days

It's been pretty smooth sailing here on the island. Routines are setting in. Josh wakes up around 7am then we go for breakfast. At 9am the group will do a tour till about noon. Nap time from 1-4 then we have the rest of the evening to do whatever we want. 8p and Josh is ready for bed. Shopping on the island is fun. There is some really neat stuff and it's quite inexpensive. Last night we found a place that sold Christmas stockings which the guy said we could pick any fabric and he would make one with "Joshua" on the front and his Chinese name on back in calligraphy, hand stitched. Total cost: $25 us dollars. Yea, we ordered one. It will take a day for it to be ready.

This was our breakfast table this morning. Rough, we know.

A group of ladies line dancing for exercise this morning

We had to take the babies to a local hospital for a physical exam this morning. It really was no big deal but they all have to have it. He really does weigh 22lbs. He's not the biggest in our group as there is a 24 pound chunk with us. Josh really didn't fuss through the whole thing except when she put the tongue depressor in his mouth. He really hates having things forced in his mouth like a toothbrush.

We got there just in time as lots of families showed up right after us.
This is a picture of James. He stopped us to practice his English. He wanted to talk about basketball because that is his favorite sport. He spoke English very well.

Just down the street from our hotel is a market/restaurant that sells many interesting things. Many of the items are kept alive just until serving. As you might have guessed we did not eat there.


The picture above is silk worms and the picture below is of very large water beetles.

Yum! Yum!

This is large container of eels, but there were also turtles, frogs, shellfish, snakes, and some other unidentifiable things.

At the moment Josh is napping or should I say just waking up grumpy because he has a wet diaper. The the five of us are going to go to a street market this afternoon. We'll try and post some more pictures later.

Love, Matt, Jenny, and Josh