
At the HK Heritage Museum, you can put yourself in a famous comic. Chaela went with the armed option…

…while Corin went with super powers.

Daddy led a “who can best imitate Bruce Lee best” contest. He said he thought he looked pretty close until the pic came out.

Corin achieved proper arm position, at least.

Chaela wins by taking it least seriously!
We made a big mistake this afternoon. After getting back from the museum, our plan was to take the kids to the outdoor pool. But, as it has been the entire time we’ve been here, it was in between thunderstorms and the pool was closed until further notice. With nothing to do, at 2:00 we came back to the room and turned on the TV and laid down on the bed…just to rest for a bit until either the pool opened or the executive lounge did and we could get some food. Gwendolin Rose continues to hold us all captive with her erratic sleep schedule (just like at home!). She does not sleep when we are out doing things- she doesn’t want to miss anything, so she might take a short cat nap in the Ergo pouch, but she’s always up within 30 minutes, and she was exhausted. We’d been up since 3AM and she’d only had two of those brief cat naps. We finally got her to sleep and I told Joey I was just going to close my eyes for a bit because I had a headache- he told me NOT to go to sleep or I would never beat the jet lag, which I know to be true. I assured him I never do that- not to worry. For two hours I did lie there and not sleep. But, by 4 I was a gonner, and so were the kids. Joey tried to wake me at 5 to go to the lounge, but with Gwennie still asleep, trying to move her while in that state was akin to lighting a stick of dynamite, so I told him to just go alone. Knowing full well we would pay for this later I drifted in and out of sleep for what felt like many, many more hours. I got up hopeful to go and check the clock, noticing Joey and all the kids still face down in their pillows, fully dressed. 9:30 PM…it was a crushing blow. Now I am up, ready to start the day, and I have 6 more hours until it is actually time to wake up. Our flight from Hong Kong to Kunming is at 7:50, so we are leaving the hotel at 5 AM.

Gwennie, happy watching TV at 3 am.

We did find, however, The International Pet House – saw this and thought of Marie C., the USCC Chaplains’ secretary.

At the HK airport, Chaela says, “I think there is some kind of pastor on TV.” Corin, “he looks like a game show host”. Me: “Nope, that’s just a charlatan.”

Little kid riding double on scooter with Mom. Seems risky.

Just a toddler playing with a ball as the third person on a scooter. No big deal.

Two women and two kids. Winners for the scooter packing contest!

And the paparazzi moments begin…