Nightmare

Thursday and Friday we had a field trip. It was almost fun, but mostly terrible. We had a 4 hour train ride, 3 hours in an aquarium, way too long in a hotel, 3 hours in a zoo, and a 4 hour train ride. My kiddos are at that akward age where they want the freedom the older kids have but they're still not quite responsible enough for that, so we have a lot of arguments.

Here are some quotes that I like.

 "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy."
"I'm going to live forever, or die trying."
"If they're shooting at you, they're shooting through me."
"It's faster if you run."

Batman Panda!

Class picture at the Aquarium.

Dinner time.

Boys and some jellyfish.

Myself and Anna, my assistant at the seal show.

English Primary 5&6-my kiddos.

A mermaid and my girls.

Ironman Panda!

My Japanese girl and some giraffes.

BEIJING-CHECK

Went to Beijing this week. I went with the three English lads I work with. We had fun. I was less than sober the morning we went, so when I packed myself, I took 3 shirts, 17 pairs of underwear, a frisbee, and a vest. I forgot tennis shoes, my toiletries, and the cash I had ready to go. If you read a guide book, it will tell you the four main attractions of Beijing are: The Great Wall, The Summer Palace, The Forbidden City, Tianenmen Square. We did them all, plus some.  These pictures are what we did for five days in the capital city of China.

Being lazy and taking the lift up to the Wall.

Chris, Me, Brendan, and Dave. On the Wall.

Me. My water. A lollipop. The Great Wall of China.

Our first night in Beijing. We accidentally all matched.

Dancing with BossmanDave.

At the Summer Palace.

Dave, Chris, Brendon, Me.

The Great Wall-CHECK

There it is again!

The best part? The 10 minute slide down the mountain that the Wall is on top of.

Going down the mountain.
(Mom, I say that like the guy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid does.)

The Forbidden City. Not Forbidden. Not a City.

Brendon, Me, Chris, Dave. The Forbidden City.

The boys and the Bird's Nest.

Me and the Bird's Nest.

Swimming past the Water Cube.

The last afternoon, the boys got massages. I went to the Lama Temple.