Adjusting to China

First of all, jet lag has been going very smoothly--mostly due to the Russell family, who graciously sent along a carry-on full of items to keep the children busy while in the hotel room! What a gift!!!!

The supplies included painter's tape for marking out roads on the carpet and cars to ride on those roads, balloons and little paper plates for playing tennis, card games, markers and paint supplies, playdough--which kept the children busy for HOURS on the plane ride(!), Legos with Lego challenges(!), engineering challenges with clips, clothes pins, and popsicle sticks, etc.!!!!

The children always have something to do when they are awake, and Derek and I are able to sleep knowing the children are safely occupied in the hotel room. "Thank you, Russell family!!!"

Secondly, the washing machine also dries!!! How exciting!!! It takes about 4 hours to dry a load of light-weight clothes, but still, it's a dryer!!!

 Most importantly: The Cheat Sheet!

What blessings!

We are so thankful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!