Sunday, June 1

We have been working at learning our necessary Chinese--bathroom jargon, and in particular, the word for "don't" (boo-yao). Today, LiLi said her first English word--she put on Dean's glasses and shouted to us all, "hello!" Over and over again, hello. Needless to say, the richter on the cute meter went off the charts.
Too, LiLi and Dean had a great morning playing with flashlights together. She laughed a lot with him.
Today in China is National Childrens' Day. The children get to go places to play and are handed small gifts. In several days, it is going to be the Dragon Boat festival, a historic holiday created long ago because of an unhappy King who committed suicide by jumping into a river. Hm, sounds like an interesting reason to create a festival. Don't try this at home.