Tuesday

Kaleb is acting like he feels a ton better. He actually wants to get down and run around a bit instead of us carrying him all the time. Unfortunately his cough sounded quite a bit worse last night. His fever is gone though - so that is great! But since it's chilly and drizzling a bit today, we opted out of the trip to the botanical gardens.  We may take a short stroll to a local park if it stops raining a bit later. Another group that went to the Safari Zoo yesterday said that we should try to go there if it works out before we leave. They said it was similar to the San Diego zoo, but had lots more animals, and the train goes in through the animals. They had to stop and let a giraffe cross the tracks.

Kaleb continues to enjoy music. He starts dancing and singing when he hears music. He also pretends he's playing a trumpet, and does the drumming thing with chopsticks - which he is pretty adept at using to eat as well. We also found a 'Kiddy Land' on the 4th floor of the hotel. They have a nice outside playground and pretty pond area, and a small inside room with a kitchen play set, and legos, etc. He loved the big lego set. It kept him entertained for quite awhile.

Our guide was telling our group about the 'Han' people and their history the other day and mentioned the various minority groups as well. Then later at a shop, someone asked us if Kaleb was a minority. We said we didn't know. But he did seem to fit our guide's description of the people from the northern part of China. They tend to be very tall. I guess we'll see.  :) My guess is with the way he eats, we may see some major growth before too long.

The three of us walked to a restaurant for supper last night and had an older lady who latched on to David begging for money. Then she started pulling at my sweater. It's hard to know if people are pan-handling or have a real need. Our guide had told us that people here are very persistent and that we should keep walking. The woman was not happy with us.

David & Kaleb are currently drawing together. David showed him how to trace around a knife, etc. I guess we need to start thinking about things to keep him occupied during the flight. So far he's been pretty content during short trips.

Well, it's almost lunch time, so I guess we need to figure out what we're going to do today. Such decisions we have :)