Ella's 2nd day of school.

Would you believe me if I said I chose the 2nd day to take picture of Ella starting school because she is the 2nd child? Please believe it because I feel like a heel for not taking a camera on the first day. She is loving school. We had a set back because she got sick this week and had to miss a day but overall she is excited to go everyday. And she gets to do big kid things like eat in a cafeteria and go to the library and check out books like Ava.

A day at Yu Yuan Gardens

Last Sunday was a beautiful day in Shanghai. We've not had many of those since arriving. It was also the last day of Chines New Year. So we thought we would take off and do some more sightseeing. We decided on Yu Yuan Gardens which is world famous mostly for the traditional dumpling type things they sell there (I forget the chinese name for them). People will wait in line for 2 hours to get them. Anyway, this garden has been referenced in a book I read, on travel and cooking shows and is a populare tourist stop here in Shanghai. So we were really excited to go. We were dropped off they the taxi on this old street and he pointed and said over there. We didn't see anything that looked like a garden "over there" but we got out and armed with the address began walking. We saw a lot of really neat things. We came across a park that I suppose was ment to be the garden but didn't look very exciting and so we decided to give up and just walk around. Then we found the market associated with the garden and the place where the dumpling things are sold. Oh my, we definetly were not the only people thinking of going to the Yu Yuan Gardens that day. Hope you enjoy the pictures.