We were very excited to get home just in time for the Olympics. It was such a great opening ceremony. We loved watching it, and stayed up so late to do it even though our bodies wanted to go to sleep at about 6:00pm from the Jet lag. We arrived home early that same morning around 1:30am. Being here in China, and seeing all of the preparations going on for this big event has been exciting to see. They are so proud of having it here, and proud of how well they are doing. My driver has put I love China Olympic stickers on our side-view mirrors. I guess he must think we are cheering for China instead of the US??? :-) We are cheering for both. He is very happy to tell me that China is first, and the US is second. It has been interesting to try to watch the events. We live at a State-run hotel compound, which means we get Chinese television (which is all government run) and a couple of cable stations like Star TV, a couple of movie channels, National Geographic, and a couple more. The channels we have been able to watch the Olympics on don't show much other than the events that China took Gold in (and they show them over and over and over and over...) We have seen a couple of events with the U.S. involved. We mostly have to keep track online. It's fun to watch, though, and we are glad to be here during this exciting time for them. We are excited they are doing so well in the events.
Jay's birthday was on the first day of school. He turned 9 years old. He was very excited. Rachel and Caitlin went shopping to the new Toys R Us we now have here in Nanjing, and spent just a FEW dollars more than we would have paid in the US to buy some fun Pirates of the Carribean legos for him. Jay wanted hot dogs for his birthday. We have found some decent Hot Dogs (most hot dogs here are strange) but no decent buns. But we make due with what we can find. Luckily there is a big German population here, so it's easy to find sour kraut, which amazingly all of the kids like. Nicole made a chocolate cake for him, and Rachel frosted it. It was a team effort, and he seemed to have a great evening. Jay is such a great guy. He is growing up so fast, and he is excited to be in the 4th grade. He loves sports, and playing ps2 and watching any movie. We are so glad he is in our family! Happy Birthday Jay! Here are a couple of photos from Jay's birthday.
