Nov. 4

Nov. 4 - This morning we painted the bike shed - although we used the wrong color of paint and may need to be repainted it soon:( Some of us went to play with the kids - it was great to see them again. I went to a different house and there were only about 2 boys available to play. We finally found some toys for them to play with. We are somewhat saddened by the lack of toys for the 1-2.5 year olds. I ventured to the preschool today to find some supplies (water table) and found the preschool packed with tons of fun things to do. When they took the boys away to go to therapy, we heard some other kids upstairs so we followed the noise and found them all sitting on the potty - it was quite a cute site. They sat there for quite some time before the nannies diapered them and put them down for a nap. So, we took that as our que to leave:) And we were off to get ready for VBS. VBS went great! Judy spoke in Chinese and told them the story. Andrew sang some fun songs. We then rotated throught the centers - it went great! The kids had a blast!! And so did we!!! We are now getting ready to go to the univeristy to shop and share;) Here are some China quirks: You have to drink bottled water & brush your teeth with bottled water. When you use the toilet, you cannot flush the TP. The bathroom always stinks. You can never figure which way the doors will open. And you always have to step over a raised threshold in the doors so you don't trip. They do this so the "evil spirits" don't enter the house. When driving they use their horn instead of braking! ...I'm sure I'll think of more later Gotto go!
PS - Thanks for the VBS pr...ers! IT was great!!