Today we went back to one of our local parks as a family. The weather was beautiful (it has continued to be either horrible or beautiful...no in between) and enjoyed a nice day and getting into nature. See the pictures for explanations of it- but it was good to let our boys explore and get a little dirty and discover things God has made- thankful for good parks in the city.
I have had a full couple of weeks, which has left me little time to blog. Bennett had a stomach bug- throwing up and diarrhea- for almost a week. It started while Chris was out of town (an up- all-night beginning of course) and then just lingered with a couple of bad episodes a day for almost a week. In the midst of that, I had a mom's weekend in the city but away overnight. So i had Bennett sick for 2 days, then Chris got home the day I left and he got to be the solo parent. We had to miss our planned anniversary overnight because of Bennett, but we could not get a refund on the room so I stayed by myself for a night! It was really nice (and weird) to be by myself in a hotel for 24 hours. Now I am back, everyone is well and Chris is around (minus 2 nights next week) until January. Yeah!
The setting...a sandy beach with a big hole dug in it, a lake, lots of rocks and reeds.
Austin loved this big whole and completed the challenge of climbing out of it.
The victory dance...imitating a good friend of ours (and every Chinese person who has ever been in a photograph).
What a cutie pie! Bennett is talking more and more and speaking quite a few Chinese words too. Now he likes to count- but he starts in English and finishes (1-10) in Chinese...one, two...san, si, wu, liu, etc. It is very cute and gets him even more local attention than he already commands.
The reeds...we found these reed tops on the little beach. Austin called them "roasters" (and hot dogs too) and played with them for a long time.
And Bennett- pretending it is a hot dog. He was a little too good at pretending though!
And then...the discovery. Chris accidentally stepped on one and suddenly hundreds and thousands of little seeds came out- just like a dandelion that you blow away. The rest of the time was spent pulling them apart and watching it. You just pulled a little bit and it sort of exploded out like in this picture.
whoo! Austin was entertained completely by this and we had to drag him away after there were no more "roasters" left to disembody. 
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