Guangzhou - Sunday

We attempted to clean the boy again today. Although he enjoys pouring water, he does not seem familiar with or happy with water on him. Mama was again the recipient of his ire, even though David was holding him while I attempted to wash him in the sink. I was wondering if the hotel management was going to come knocking at the sound of loud crying coming from our room. David thought we might be able to wait until we get to St. Louis to clean him again, but I think otherwise since that is a week away.  Before the dreaded washing, he was very happy and content. So much so that dad thought we maybe should wait until tomorrow morning before upsetting him. But who wants to begin the day that way - not me. He promptly fell asleep afterwards.

Kaleb still has the cough, but his fever over all seems better. So we went with the tour group today to the Chen Family 'Temple'. It's one of the oldest forms of Cantonese architecture in Guangzhou. It was the home of a wealthy family at one time. It has ornate carvings, and lots of bonzai trees, and other plants in its gardens. The embroidery was amazing, as were the ivory and bone carvings. Afterwards we went to a 'government store' and an older man made a calligraphy 'chop' of Kaleb's name. This is what is still used for signatures in China. Then we went to a local restaurant and were able to try a variety of different area foods. It was very good. Then some of us went to the local 'Wal-Mart' called Carrefour, so mom's could get formula, diapers, etc. It didn't really remind us of Wal-mart at
all.

Tomorrow we have to check his TB test, then we're heading to a Chinese herbal medicine street (scorpions, etc.) and Shamian Island and the Pearl Market. Hope the weather is better than the forecast. It has rain listed for the next several days, but it didn't rain while we were outside today - so that was good.
Hopefully we'll be able to enjoy seeing China more this week.  It was really nice to get out with the other families today. We think our hotel is really nice too, but it's better to have a mixture of going out and staying in I think.  :)  Have a good day!