This week we've decided to try again! Back in May our family added one to it's ranks--a small rabbit we named Rose. Unfortunately, her life span was much shorter than expected. I won't go into the details, but the short of it was that we did not supervise our kids playing with her closely enough! Her tragic demise was upsetting more to me than anyone else, but nonetheless, her absence in our family (even after only having her for about 3 days!) was felt. We told the kids that after talking a lot about how we handle animals, we would try again and let them get another pet rabbit. So now we have Bo who has joined our family! We are really hoping that he is not just another sacrificial lamb in order for our kids to learn an important life lesson in how to treat animals. But so far, he is living large, enjoying an indoor cage and as much food and water as he can handle (which is a far cry from where he came from!)
Kevin's baseball friend Lief took us along with a friend of his who knew about a fun animal market. It was absolutely incredible to see the number of animals, of all different types and varieties (reptiles, fish, small animals, cats and dogs, etc.). They even had cages of squirrels (which you never see out in the wild here!) and these huge trays full of truly disgusting worms all over (for feeding the fish).
The other photos are of our special breakfast this morning. We made "kooky faces" with our pancakes, idea courtesy of HighLights magazine (thank you, Nana!). I thought the boys did a good job, so I pulled out the camera. When Noah saw the camera, he didn't want to miss out on the action, so he started yelling "cheese" until I snapped his photo, too. What can I say, a blonde-haired kid in China is no stranger to having their picture taken!
