The Nutcracker

I was a polka girl in the Nutcracker and I was a clown in the Nutcracker.It was fun and tiring in the Nutcracker.We had to put makeup on in the Nutcracker.Joel is in the Nutcracker too.He is Fritz's friend in the Nutcracker.I had a pretty dress on.Joel had a sword in his hand.

It was fun playing soccer. At the beach, we caught frogs and we kayaked.And we made pies. And Jayden put his feet in the water. We went on a kayak and I did a good job steering.

we made it home!!!!!!! And we were glad to see each other!!!

Safari and temple

We went to the temple. We went to the safari. We saw the monkey show. We saw the pandas. We saw the elephants. We saw two peacocks. We saw pelicans. We saw the elephant show. We saw deer. We saw the statues in the temple.

Dance time

meeting my friend

We went to the arts and crafts museum. I got a painted glass ball that is not for playing with. I put the cup on Jayden's head and he laughed. We met a new friend. Her name is Neve. And we saw cool carving things. It was very fun. We saw ivory carvings. Jayden got a chop. Our friends have the same guide as us. We are going to go swimming with them and my other friend. Our guide made Jayden laugh and smile. We got strollers for Jayden and Oliver.

walking around

We ate dumpling soup. Jayden ate his first food! It was very good! Jayden is lifting up cups. We went to Gaozhou. We met new friends. We went to the pagoda. I went in to my first squatty potty.

playing with Jayden

I made Jayden laugh and smile by tickling him.

I bounced the balloon.

We went to a game area.

I sat with him on the sofa.

We went swimming with him.

Adopting Jayden

We got Jayden at 3:15. We ate food in the hotel with Jayden. We went swimming this morning. I got new shoes. We hung out in the hotel. He has no arms. There were people that were adopting from the same orphanage. We are having a lot of fun in China. We watched TV too. Jayden was not crying. He was staring at us. He fell to sleep. He got two pandas.

Pizza Hut

Hi, We had pizza at Pizza Hut last night. It was good. We went on one double decker bus. I got the pen from the castle at Victoria's Peak.

In Hong Kong

Hi, we went on the Star Ferry and the tram and the double decker bus and subways. I had ice cream. It was very good! We had a very good lunch. We had steamed buns. We went to Starbucks for breakfast. We had a lot of fun in Hong Kong today. I got a pen. We wrote on a heart. We saw pretty flowers. The cars honk a lot here.