Making it through the days

That's what we're doing at this point! I don't have many new pictures because I just didn't pull out my camera much today. Our days are pretty routine- wake up, breakfast, walk around in and out of the shops on Shamian Island, movies and schoolwork in the hotel room, and then dinner! We did ask our guide, Connie, to take us to the electronics market today. One, Rion wants a laser and two, we need a diversion each day. The kids are starting to get too wild if we're in the hotel room too long. Kelly is doing great. Today she was in the other room and I called her name and asked her what she was doing and she answered "Reading a book." I was so excited that she understood what I was asking and was able to answer. She fits in with our family so well. I will have to say, though, she isn't much help when I could use her help translating something! We went to the Chinese restaurant tonight and had a tough time ordering- no one spoke English. At all. And what was written in English on the menu were things like pork stomach, bacteria encrusted frogfish, livers and intestines... and the table next to us still had their chicken head attached to the rest of their chicken. I ended up calling our guide and just gave our poor waiter the telephone- what we got was delicious. But I was thinking it would have been nice if Kelly could have helped me! Sometimes I think it embarrasses her at our cluelessness, but other times it almost seems like she wants to fit in so bad with her dumb, clueless family and maybe that's why she isn't helping. Who knows. Either way, she couldn't be any sweeter of a girl!