Tuesday, May
12, 2009
BYE BYE BABA
Hi everyone. Today was a little
sad for all of us as we said goodbye to Gregg for another 9 nine
days! Ethan was sad, even when Veronica explained to him we
would see him soon after we all took a plane ride. Emma and I
were also sad. But being MacLarens (from the Greenberg chain),
we went to lunch and all was better……
Before Gregg left we had a fun morning. First we went to a silk
factory, and that was interesting. Gregg also reluctantly let me
purchase a hand made embroidered scenery in silk. I think its
gorgeous. And it completes my hopes for “souvenirs” – a piece of
jade jewelry as part of the tradition, cloisonné as the local
craft for Beijing , and a piece of silk art. Plus the kids have
their traditional clothing, and we all have chops with our names
in Chinese characters, so I feel we have some good
representations for all of us when we get home. Maile – if
you’re reading this, we also picked up a kite for Amelie –
hopefully it is the type you and Alan had seen at the Forbidden
City .
Afterwards we went to the Olympic area where we were able to see
all the buildings we saw on TV. The Bird’s Nest is far more
impressive in person, and the area has a long walkway more like
a boulevard. We included a few shots here.
More importantly, however, we hit a number of milestones today:
Ethan kept kissing me on the lips, he is blowing kisses, he
played pat-a-cake, and while he was going through the album we
made for him, he sat there singing “mama, baba, mama, baba,
mama, baba….” It was very cute.
Today we’re taking it easy – the skies are blue outside, but it
is very hot, so we’re keeping a quiet afternoon, and the kids
are playing together.
Tomorrow we’re heading to the aquarium and maybe the Temple of
Heaven. We’ll write more then.
Sending our love, Dawn, Emma and Ethan |
Olympic Park
Bird’s Nest
Tower |
