The weather was awesome today and Nadia and I enjoyed it while Mike worked away in the apartment. During Nadia’s first nap I ran to the bank and the grocery store. And because I am leaving no Ritz in China untested I bought the peanut butter filled ones today. They are much like you would expect, but the peanut butter is a little lighter than at home and of course the Ritz are light and fluffy like the others in China. For lunch I ran down to the pastry shop and got us some tasty stuff. I got us each a hot-dog wrapped in a sweet bun, then topped with pizza toppings. YUM! Then I got a cheese filled sandwich on a nutty wheat bread. The cheese tasted like Brie and was delicious. Then for myself I got a little custard tart. It was wrapped in the same bread as our lunch and filled with an egg custard with a little blob of blueberry jelly in the middle. Total for all that – $2.80!! As others have commented, you would think I would gain 10 pounds, but my jeans still fit! I think it’s because we walk everywhere instead of drive like at home.
After Nadia’s nap I took her down to the playground near us and she had a grand old time. This was a momentous occasion, since it was her first trip ever to a playground! We met 4 boy babies, 1 little boy and 2 girl toddlers. Girls were clearly outnumbered today, but one little girl shared her toys with Nadia including this very cool bike in the photo. 3 of the kids there had these and I have never seen one like it in America, although I have never looked.
Those poor babies were bundled to the hilt even though it was in the low 70’s. I had Nadia in a hoodie just to try and escape the comments. I was in a short sleeved shirt and people were asking me if I was cold. Even I can’t escape the clothing police! Look at Nadia checking out this boy on the merry go round. Her face is like, “Why is he dressed like that?” His mom looked Nadia over and then took off one of his 3 pairs of shoes/slippers and unzipped his jacket…a little. The baby probably wanted to have a party!
And here is Nadia from this morning when she wanted her new mittens and shoes on with her jammies. She is too funny!
