Hefei is a small town, the Novotel has small room, and we are a bit fed up of the same thing everyday, on the food front, on the hallway front, on the people front.... everybody has got major cabin fever, except for Sprout!
she is sprouting quite the personality! Much like mortimer is our skinny hyperactive dog and Lucy is ouf fat, slow, pensive dog, Dumpling and Sprout are the same: Dumpling has energy to burn bt no excess of fat. Sprout thinks about every move before making it, but when she makes up her mind, watch out! And Dumplign could win the award for Drama anyday, her sister, on the other hand, is quite the comedian. Now that her smile is in full swing, she is alays making everyone laugh. She's also an expert at the stacking up, being fully able to pt them back inside one another, in order, thank you very much!
Compared to Nanning, this trip is a bit harder, only because we have had no activities outside of the adoption meetings and the orphanage visit. There are only so many games of running down the hallway you can play before everyone sort of loses their minds.... Also, the first night, they had nice sausages as the grill. The next night, I suspected the same sausages made an appearance in a giant sauerkraut dish. Sure enough, they were back the next day at lunch, cut in half lenghtwise, and finally, last night, in little pieces in a cabbage soup. That was it, we switched over to the other restaurant (it's all very spicy, no problem for us, but the rest of our group wasn't too keen).
today, I must attempt to put it all back in the suitcases, as we head for Beijing tomorrow morning.
Sprout you are scrumptious! Huge hugs to you and your family. Have fun in Beijing and a safe trip home.
:)
Posted by: Heather G | February 01, 2007 at 07:34 PM
She is just precious. Glad her funny personality is coming out. Enjoy this special time!
Posted by: Kim | February 01, 2007 at 08:10 PM
She is just the cutest! I want to gobble those cheeks!
Posted by: jen | February 01, 2007 at 08:43 PM
She is so incredibly adorable it takes my breath away. I'm so happy for you guys, and big sister too.
Posted by: Brooklyn Mama | February 01, 2007 at 08:46 PM
Your killing me with the cuteness. Man. You're in trouble. She could get away with anything with that smile.
Posted by: joybucket | February 01, 2007 at 08:50 PM
Good to hear everything's going well (but boring!)
Posted by: Johnny | February 01, 2007 at 08:53 PM
Oh but she is such a darling! Remember boring can be a good thing and at least you will be raring to go when you get to Beijing.
Also if you had all just eaten those sausages the first time they served them up you wouldn't have had to keep seeing them ;)
Posted by: Debberoo | February 01, 2007 at 09:55 PM
she looks so happy!
Posted by: Cat, Galloping | February 01, 2007 at 10:27 PM
Ai-she is so incredibly cute-amazing smile!
Posted by: lisa | February 01, 2007 at 11:42 PM
She is too cute! That smile would melt an iceberg.
Speaking of reusing food, a friend of mine put a pea into an untouched jello cup (on her tray) at a cafeteria once as an experiment.....guess which jello cup was in the fridge for sale the next day. Yuck!
Have a great trip home, happy packing.
Posted by: Melissa | February 02, 2007 at 07:52 AM
she is sooooooo cute!
Posted by: mijk | February 02, 2007 at 09:34 AM
Wonderful pictures - such a happy face!
Posted by: AFF | February 02, 2007 at 12:19 PM
Ah! She's so cute. Happy that things are going well.
Posted by: Pink Devora | February 02, 2007 at 03:48 PM
She's beautiful! Love that smile. Okay, get packing for the next leg...sounds like Beijing will be a relief after this week. Happy travels!
Posted by: Deanna | February 02, 2007 at 04:57 PM