Madness In The Middle Kingdom

We are in Jixi and I am finding my way around an all chinese computer well enough to do some posting but it is a steep learning curve.

We arrived yesterday and it was an epic journey but the kids did ok … except when the lights went out on the train. Little Nathan was exercising his vocal and staying power and Carter was very restless as well. It has taken 2 days but we have all caught up on our sleep for the most part.

This post is to highlight one of my highlights when visiting alice’s mom and that is a dish of noodles that is darn tasty indeed. It doesn’t sound like much (shredded meat, cucumber and scrambled eggs) but the sauce cannot be described. Carter loved it as well and he gobbled down faster than anyone.

The boys are really enjoying their stay thus far. Carter just ran right in without a Ni Hao to anyone and started playing toys with his cousin Rong Rong (she is a girl and so he calls her big sister or Rong Rong Jie Jie). Nathan still freaks a bit when Mom goes out of sight but he is settling down nicely and getting used to his Lao Lao (maternal grandmother).

On the down side of things none of the skating places are up and running because it is too warm. It gets below zero at night (maybe -5 or so) but gets above zero in the day. They could make ice but figure with the warm temperatures why bother. Just as well .. my skates didn’t make the final cut on the packing list although for the life of me I cannot figure out how a small (think big bread machine) washing machine made it on the list.

From Jixi - adieu