More stuff

Daniel and MaryCatherine are napping right now, and Mom's at the grocery store. We went to the adoption building again today for an appointment. Daniel pretty much sat there in a daze the whole time; he was both exhausted and sick. He'd had a fever yesterday too, aparently, but he started burning up this morning.

There are some cute pictures of the last few days that I didn't upload yet, so I wanted to share them.

These life-size statues are all around our hotel! After MaryCatherine posed a group of cute Chinese kids came and I took their picture.

We went to a park one afternoon. There's a little playground, some monkeybars, and a see-saw, but lots of other structures that we didn't recognize. Then we came back in the early morning, and the park was full of adults! The park isn't just a playground, but something like a public gym. They're only simple metal structures but I think they're just as good as all our high-tech gym equipment! That red barrel-shaped thing is like a treadmill, you stand on top of it and run. There are lots of things that look like they're for exercising joints, or something. MaryCatherine's on a chair that can spin, I guess you hang on to the purple handle and go back and forth; the pink circle is one that you can stand on. (Also notice the background of that picture: a "bride" is in a photoshoot. She must have been a model because when she walked, she was wearing sweatpants under her dress!) Also, it's common to see adults and elderly people walking or jogging -- but there are also people that walk backwards, or wave their hands in circles when they walk. This must be another physical therapy. Maybe Americans would be healthier if they wouldn't be too embarassed to walk backwards down the street!!

Here's another one of those nifty statues! This is right outside Lucy's, the restaurant that serves hamburgers and french fries; we've been there twice already. And this is our hotel room.

Finally, my favorite picture. There's a nice shop that's connected to our hotel. We stopped by, and as usual, MaryCatherine made some friends!

-Sarah