We're still here!

Catherine took this photo during breakfast this morning during her

“photo shoot.”  The breakfast area is really beautiful with a waterfall, bridge, fish, and a pond. 

 

 Here is her self-portrait.

Maybe the camera does add 5 pounds.

Yesterday, we toured the pearl factory. It’s a wholesale pearl market. Not too much to record there, here is Catherine recording the journey again.

 

In the afternoon we met to go back to the clinic for 3 more shots and a polio vaccination in the form of a pill. It is supposed to taste good, but Teagan spit out 5 times before she took it. Smart girl!  I won’t editorialize more than that today on the wisdom of this particular Hague requirement.

We ventured to the playroom in the hotel for the first time. It’s a really nice space, with toys and seating. Friends from our travel group were there, so Catherine had a good time running around with Bailey. I think she was happy to have a large space to run around in. It’s hard to live in a hotel room for 3 weeks. I tried to take photos, but they were moving too fast.

Here is Teagan dancing to some music. 

Playing with some blocks - alone....

and with Catherine.

She really liked this standing station with buttons and music. I am wondering if we saved the one we had for Catherine like this.

And a ball she likes.

We spent some great late afternoon time in the pool, in the shade. There were other families there with kids for Catherine to play with. Teagan got more adventuresome and did not want me to hold her all the time in the kiddy pool. She walked around, splashed and played with stacking cups and laid her head back in the water. Pretty cute!!

 Another fussy night and vaccination fever this morning. Along with that came the first tantrum. Teagan was sitting on Jason’s lap. Catherine came and sat on his other knee. I was all set to take a photo of this very sweet scene, when Teagan started screaming. Then kicking at Catherine. She did not want to share Daddy’s lap.  Jason tried to soothe her, tell her to stop kicking Catherine, and when she would not, he put her down on the ground.

She walked away from them and planted herself face first on the ground. Covered her eyes. Then, cried.  She was fine in a couple of minutes and back to her normal Catherine-love state.

We returned to Starbucks and hung out with friends from our travel group. Emily took me to two great stores I had not seen before.  Jason and I had planned to visit the church we saw last time we were here. It’s still here, but under construction. Disappointing for sure. Here’s the photo!  

 We had a good laugh about it because it goes with the general theme of this trip versus our last trip to China. This trip has been a very different experience.

Speaking of construction, there is so much construction here in GZ. They work all night. Which I know because I was up all night listening to jack hammers.

It was probably just as well. Things were heating up on Shamian Island and Teagan was falling asleep as we walked around.