Lazy Sunday

Hubby finally came home after a two wk stint in the States. I

know... don't ask why we are here and he is there for the second time

in a month.  Anyway, we went out for lunch on Sunday.  Eva had a ball eating

alfredo penne pasta.  She had pasta all over her mouth!  She's the

fourth kid... thus if she's happy eating, then we enjoy our food and

we don't care that she has alfredo sauce smeared all around her mouth

(you know, looking like she dipped her face in the bowl). However,

we've noticed that here in China, the waitstaff usually gives us extra

napkins or tells us when they see how messy Eva is. Not that they are

mad - more like how a new parent wipes down their kid's face if even a

drip falls from the child's mouth.  Here, they give us the napkins and usually specify

that it's to wipe Eva's mouth with. Today, when we nearly finished our

meal, Sammy asked if I had wiped her face. Nope I hadn't. But miraculously 

her face was all clean! So at some point, one of the

waitresses must've come and wiped her face and neither of us

noticed!  Now that's service!  (and you don't tip here!)  Wonder if 

they'd change her poopy diaper....

Below is a sign near the outdoor pond of the restaurant where the kids
fed the fish.  It's just a bad sign all around . . . 

This picture is of a man selling stuffed

animals...my minivan could've easily looked like that with our stuffed animals alone....