Last Day!

I knew it! We stayed up until 10 pm and slept until 0500...finally adjusted to China time...and we leave in 12 hours:-) That's OK...we're headed home!

I think we have decided to catch a cab out to Shamian Island, and enjoy it one more time before we leave, today. There are a few more haunts that we want to get to, and we think we will have plenty of time.

Last night, we decided to go back to our new favorite restaurant, and we are hereby declaring it the new "Lucy's" for all adoptive families! I will write a separate post, once we are home, with a new and improved packing list and some places that have easy walking access and are kid (and wallet) friendly! The Greenisland Western Restaurant was a big hit, again, last night. We ordered a dish that equates to Chinese fajitas made with spare ribs. Our other dish had a little meat mixed with fresh ginger and broccolini. The meat in both dishes was so tender and had such great flavor! Kai LOVES meat! So much so, that I had to perform the Heimlich maneuver on him. It was pretty scary! He had shoved a big piece of meat in his moth and it was stuck! It finally came out to the point that I could physically pull it out...whew! OK...so we really have to cut his meat small and watch him like a hawk with meat. (Do you think my nomination for Mother-of-the-Year will be revoked?) I think it scared him pretty good, too, since all he could do was stare at his plate for several minutes before deciding he would continue to eat. In the end, he decided that sucking the marrow, right out of the bone, was safer.

Since it was our last night, we splurged, and the three of us split an ice cream sundae....also a big hit, and no choking hazard!

Below are a few pictures of our last evening, here. You can see that Kai is a real comedian and an escape artist. (BTW: The pull-up on his head was clean:-)

Next post....U.S.A!!!!!

THE FERLANDS HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY (well...almost)