Matt is so lucky! He was
able to celebrate Father's Day with both of his daughters in China
today! That will most likely not happen again so we enjoyed it!
Today was a day free of
appointments. We slept in later, had breakfast, and then walked to
the park. On they way to the park we walked through a shopping area
but Ava freaked out about the mannequins and Ella started crying as
well so we high tailed it out of there pretty quickly. Once we were
on our way to the park again the girls were much better. The park
was gorgeous with a huge lake, lots of beautiful foliage, and walking
paths. The girls (and adults) had a lot of fun on the park exercise
equipment. The park had elliptical type equipment, leg press
machines, pull up bars, and lots of other equipment that we didn't
really know how to use but still had fin with. This area of the park
was packed! And we had just as much fun people watching as we did
playing on the equipment. As we were walking through the park we got
caught in a brief down pour. We huddled under a roof but honestly it
felt so good and cooled down the temperature for a brief period of
time.
We walked back to the
hotel a little after lunchtime. We grabbed some sandwiches and
headed to the room for naps. Ella ended up napping for an hour and a
half. Ava and Matt curled up on one of the beds and watched a movie.
And I was able to take a long bath. Successful afternoon!!
After nap time the girls
each had a bath. Ava's was more like swim hour but Ella's was quick.
She still was not happy with the bath and cried the whole time but
also wasn't trying to climb out of the bath; so I'm marking that up
as progress :)
Tonight was met up with
lots of other Holt families and headed to the Pearl River boat dock
for a dinner river cruise. We really enjoyed this the last time we
were in Guangzhou and were really looking forward to the boat cruise
tonight. It did not disappoint! The views were amazing! The
buildings and bridges were all lit up and the girls had a great time!
And the breeze on the boat was very welcome. We ordered Papa Johns
pizza for dinner which was delivered at the boat dock. This was also
a special treat! Since Ava isn't a big fan of pizza and Ella had
never had it, Matt also picked up chicken nuggets for the girls.
They downed every chicken nugget available! There was also a clown
on the boat who we watched for a short amount of time. She was
juggling and doing tricks. She also helped the kids who wanted to
balance a spinning ball on their finger. Ava was able to do this! I
was so proud of her!
Once we arrived back to
the hotel we opted for an ice cream treat. This was Ella's first ice
cream. Her and Ava shared a vanilla ice cream cup. Ella put the
first bite in her mouth and her reaction was hilarious! The look on
her face was “Wow! That is cold!!” This spit out the first bite
but when we all kept eating it she decided that she better take a few
more bites. Each time she had the same funny look on her face but
she did eat a few bites with a huge smile on her face. We all
enjoyed watching her reaction and the snack.
This was a great day for
Baba and for our whole family!
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