The past few days

We had a wonderful weekend. On Saturday Logan and I made homemade pancakes and Preston got a chance to sleep in. After lunch we went to the Exchange Mall, a very western mall, and just did some browsing. This will be a great place to keep myself stocked with running shoes (once I can actually run again). We also found a Cold Stone Creamery, so we all got a Gotta Have It (which is closer to the size of the US Love It) and shared it. This will only be a special treat because it cost us 52 RMB (about $8). After the mall we went to the Drum Tower, which has lots of shops, very much like Ancient Culture Street. We found some beautiful embroidery pieces. Two of them found a way to our home and now sit on the wall of our living room above our couch. The embroidery here is so beautiful. There were pieces nicer than the ones we got, but they were also about 10 times the price.

On Sunday, we went to a friend's birthday party. Later that evening the same friend and his parents and sister came over to our house for dinner. I made a favorite mexican dish and everyone enjoyed it. Oh yes...and the sad part. We went and bought Logan a fish. He was really happy at our house for about 4 hours....and then he died.

Today I had a Chinese lesson. They are getting harder and harder every time. We then walked with three of Logan's friends and their parents (no school today) to McDonalds. After McDonalds Logan's friends came over and played at our house all afternoon. They spent tons of time in the sandbox of our back yard. Logan was a complete sand monster when he was done playing and I had to take him straight to the bath.




Tonight, Preston had an exciting moment. Preston was sitting on the couch with a chocolate chip cookie and a glass of milk. Logan, after finally finishing his entire dinner had a cookie too. He scooted on over to Preston and dunked his cookie in Preston's milk. Preston was so excited.