Shanghai day 7, adventures in Bowling!
The past two days in Shanghai have been dark and rainy, very happy we did lots of site seeing those first 5 days!
Last evening we headed over to the other wing of the hotel which contains a sports bar area with bowling, foosball and pool tables. Su Xue Wei had never done any of these things, Jennifer said she did not have a lot of "play time" in her life. We put on our little bowling shoes- which I am sure she thought were pretty weird- then went over to pick our bowling balls. Wish I had a camera for when she picked this ball up- she had no idea they were heavy, we had a good laugh. The first few rolls were shaky- then she began to get the hang of it.
We then headed for the foosball table- never my favorite, but the kids love it. Su Xue Wei, Jim, Kellan and Patrick had the first game. She watched Patrick carefully as he spun the handles, took her about 30 seconds to get the hang of it! The kids were pretty impressed, and ended up playing for about 30 minutes, she worked up a sweat!
Tonight as we sat having dinner, she put her head down. Told Jennifer she was still tired from last night, that she had never been so excited. Are kids are getting quite an education from her. Tonight we had the huge task of packing up this disaster of a room, but it is done. She was quite overwhelmed with packing all the new things that she has, I do not think she has ever had to move before, but we got it done. She let me help her, and we had some laughs with getting it all to fit. She is so sweet, with the prettiest smile, huge dimples. Cant wait for all of you to meet her. Tomorrow we head to Guangzhou. The Chens are meeting us at the airport to say goodbye, and as hard as this will be, it would not seem right to leave without them there to see us off.
She seems happy and ready to go with us, we know we have hard times ahead as she adjusts but it feels so good that she is happy with us. Tonight after packing all the kids somehow started this tackling match, all jumping on Patrick and chasing each other around. It was loud and wild, but she was just giggling and I thought it was good for all to have this contact. We feel like a family- and it feels wonderful!
Pictures from today are here!
Last evening we headed over to the other wing of the hotel which contains a sports bar area with bowling, foosball and pool tables. Su Xue Wei had never done any of these things, Jennifer said she did not have a lot of "play time" in her life. We put on our little bowling shoes- which I am sure she thought were pretty weird- then went over to pick our bowling balls. Wish I had a camera for when she picked this ball up- she had no idea they were heavy, we had a good laugh. The first few rolls were shaky- then she began to get the hang of it.
We then headed for the foosball table- never my favorite, but the kids love it. Su Xue Wei, Jim, Kellan and Patrick had the first game. She watched Patrick carefully as he spun the handles, took her about 30 seconds to get the hang of it! The kids were pretty impressed, and ended up playing for about 30 minutes, she worked up a sweat!
Tonight as we sat having dinner, she put her head down. Told Jennifer she was still tired from last night, that she had never been so excited. Are kids are getting quite an education from her. Tonight we had the huge task of packing up this disaster of a room, but it is done. She was quite overwhelmed with packing all the new things that she has, I do not think she has ever had to move before, but we got it done. She let me help her, and we had some laughs with getting it all to fit. She is so sweet, with the prettiest smile, huge dimples. Cant wait for all of you to meet her. Tomorrow we head to Guangzhou. The Chens are meeting us at the airport to say goodbye, and as hard as this will be, it would not seem right to leave without them there to see us off.
She seems happy and ready to go with us, we know we have hard times ahead as she adjusts but it feels so good that she is happy with us. Tonight after packing all the kids somehow started this tackling match, all jumping on Patrick and chasing each other around. It was loud and wild, but she was just giggling and I thought it was good for all to have this contact. We feel like a family- and it feels wonderful!
Pictures from today are here!
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