Since May I feel like life has been such a vacation! With things here being slow at the office for Chip we have been able to enjoy having him around much more, and then with holidays here in China this week from Monday to Wednesday we have just had a fun staycation here doing fun things all week around Beijing!
First, we found a fun new market over by the hospital and had a blast shopping there - Cash had fun bargaining, I ALMOST convinced Chip to get some True Religion jeans for himself, and I got a cute fun purse and Cash got his new favorite toys - Buzzy and Woody! It is just a small market and so not much pressure and just nice change from the crazy big ones in the city! Thanks Sid for showing us a good time there!
Then we went to a fun park on a walk not too far from there - the kids LOVED the rides - and altho not totally safe it was really fun! I wish I could get the videos to upload but they aren't working of the rides and the weird exercise equip they had there!
First, we found a fun new market over by the hospital and had a blast shopping there - Cash had fun bargaining, I ALMOST convinced Chip to get some True Religion jeans for himself, and I got a cute fun purse and Cash got his new favorite toys - Buzzy and Woody! It is just a small market and so not much pressure and just nice change from the crazy big ones in the city! Thanks Sid for showing us a good time there!
Then we went to a fun park on a walk not too far from there - the kids LOVED the rides - and altho not totally safe it was really fun! I wish I could get the videos to upload but they aren't working of the rides and the weird exercise equip they had there!
One of the fun rides - NONE of them had seatbelts, and they go quickly so you gotta stand close I feel to get the kids the moment they want out - esp. since the rides last FOREVER here!
Cash loved them tho anyways - altho they sometimes went really fast and I think made him a bit sick by the end!
Enjoying the swings with Kees and Coy
After the park we walked back a long ways to find a good place to eat - Sid had lots of little places he pointed out to us that would be good - we picked a place that ended up being DELICIOUS - I had the best sauteed broccoli and cauliflower and shrimp, the kids ate yummy pizza, and the boys got sandwiches - we loved it and def want to go back! Fun atmosphere too just for a date night! Rian, I need you back tho for more of these types of outing with our hubbies cuz they walk SO fast and I was seriously dying at parts to keep up - i was so SO sore when i got home (not to mention I had done an hour workout that morning followed by climbing 35 flights of stairs to finish it off - so that probably added to it)! But overall a great GREAT day!
Then, we went to the biggest waterpark they have here in Beijing. It said on the website it had a huge man-made whitesand beach, the biggest wavepool here, great rides, and a great kids area, and longest lazy river with 4 great places to get food! We were excited to check it out!
Well, the white sand was more like brown dirt, the lazy rivery was so murky you couldn't see the bottom and NO one was in it so we didn't try, the wave pool waves never really existed at all, and the water was not chlorinated and with all the bare bums in it we weren' t sure how safe it really was at all to be in, and you rent tents instead of umbrellas to put out - so it was a little less than the website said - but we still had a blast and Cash and Nora LOVED it! The kids area was actually pretty cool minus the naked bums and worry of seeing floaties - we actually never did!
The best thing was renting a raft and sticking the two in it in the wave pool - they LOVED it and didn't want to get out!
Then, we went to the biggest waterpark they have here in Beijing. It said on the website it had a huge man-made whitesand beach, the biggest wavepool here, great rides, and a great kids area, and longest lazy river with 4 great places to get food! We were excited to check it out!
Well, the white sand was more like brown dirt, the lazy rivery was so murky you couldn't see the bottom and NO one was in it so we didn't try, the wave pool waves never really existed at all, and the water was not chlorinated and with all the bare bums in it we weren' t sure how safe it really was at all to be in, and you rent tents instead of umbrellas to put out - so it was a little less than the website said - but we still had a blast and Cash and Nora LOVED it! The kids area was actually pretty cool minus the naked bums and worry of seeing floaties - we actually never did!
The best thing was renting a raft and sticking the two in it in the wave pool - they LOVED it and didn't want to get out!
LOVE the cute diaper bums that were huge full of water - only 2 diapered kids in the whole park!
Cash and Nora having the time of their life while the boys swung them around!
liked his expression
Best Buddies!
Didn't want to take this pic - but Hil thought it would be fun since we had polkadot suits and black coverups to take a prego picture - I was just glad my legs went down from being as puffy as they are here the next morning - when I got home they were so huge and my ankles were cankles - the 97 degree heat and 80% humidity definitely added to the cause I am sure!
The wave pool was actually surprisingly empty for anything in China - in fact, I was surprised at how NOT crowded it seemed here - maybe we are just getting used to the millions of people everywhere!
enjoying the water
The kid area had great slides - but the water was a little deep so had to catch the kids at the bottom!
Cash just went up and grabbed the water gun - he is NOT SHY at all!
These big slides looked VERY old and one was broken - we never tried it out at all!
He figured this out all on his own!
The worst part about this place was the food - Chip paid for and bought a hot dog for Cash and then never got it -- stood around for about 45 minutes before givin up at one place - we tried going to another and they were out of every normal meat for kabobs - and since we didn't want squid or eel or any other weird delicacy we had to try a third - after 2 hours we finally got some hot rice with veggies and pork --- not really refreshing on such a hot day - and after that we left!
However, it was totally worth the adventure and the kids loved it! I wish I had pictures of the bare bums, WAY TOO MANY small speedoed guys, tents, and the food but didn't hav emy camera at those moments - the mental memories will have to do!
We had a great time tho and were happy to experience it - 7 peaks now seems like disneyland in comparison!
Yesterday we had a great day with our friends - eating authentic Chinese food at a couple in our branch's house, and then ordering Papa John's pizza for dinner and having friends over for Toy Story for the kids - a way fun day of friends and food! Yummy!
Today - back to reality - Chip is at work, and I am playing with Cash and staying indoors as it is pouring rain! Nice break from the heat and humidity!
However, it was totally worth the adventure and the kids loved it! I wish I had pictures of the bare bums, WAY TOO MANY small speedoed guys, tents, and the food but didn't hav emy camera at those moments - the mental memories will have to do!
We had a great time tho and were happy to experience it - 7 peaks now seems like disneyland in comparison!
Yesterday we had a great day with our friends - eating authentic Chinese food at a couple in our branch's house, and then ordering Papa John's pizza for dinner and having friends over for Toy Story for the kids - a way fun day of friends and food! Yummy!
Today - back to reality - Chip is at work, and I am playing with Cash and staying indoors as it is pouring rain! Nice break from the heat and humidity!
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