Monday, July 6, 2009

Be thankful for what you have!


He is just the cutest! His parents and grandparents were thrilled to have us taking his picture. Children are a blessing and treasured beyond our wildest imagination in China. I will post more on this later. Everywhere we went in Beijing, families had their small children outside playing in the parks. With nothing but high rise apartment buildings, they treasure outside adventures. But I kept noticing something everywhere we went....



little heinies shining everywhere. I really thought the heat may have been getting to me at first. Finally, I asked Dana and Natalie if they were seeing the same thing. All the toddlers had split pants on with nothing underneath!!! I asked a young mother about it later and she told me they use the split pants for potty training. No pull - ups for them...just split pants and bare bottoms!!!! I bet it makes you young moms thankful for disposable diapers/pull ups! Can you imagine the funny stories if you used these? Not there....WAIT!!!!

Chinese Silk Dresses



Beijing 2009
I love China! These are two of the dresses we had made by some wonderful Chinese Tailors at the Silk Market. We got to pick out our material, style and the next thing you know we have beautiful, made to order dresses! We both ended up with two dresses and a tunic top each! Couldn't help ourselves. I'll post more from the trip soon!