Beijing Day 2

 Our driver in Beijing Mr. Liu.

 On Day 2 in Beijing we set out to climb The Great Wall!  We had to first climb up this hill.  Then we took a cable car up to the wall.

 Us with the wall in the background

 On the wall!

 It was so cool to actually climb The Great Wall!

 Ben and our tour guide Emily on the wall!

 The girls on the wall

 Kenzie posing for me

 Hannah posing

 Hannah was a little crabby until I gave her fruit snacks, then she gave me a big smile.

 Kenzie on the wall!

 It was a hot day 84 degrees.

 In the cable car on the way back down from the wall!

 After we left The Great Wall we went to check out The Olympic Park.

 The Water Cube, it is now an indoor waterpark.

 The Bird's Nest

 After we got back to the hotel we went for a walk to get dinner, we couldn't resist getting a pick with the tea pot.

Gary pouring tea!  Haha!

Beijing Day 1

 We left for our first China vacation on Wednesday May 2, 2012.  We headed to Beijing.  The kids all did great on the plane, it was only a 2 hour flight.  Hannah and Ben slept the whole time and Kenzie played her leap pad!  We had a tour guide so they met us at the airport.

 After leaving the airport we headed straight to Tiananmen Square.  Here is Hannah with her China flag!

 Tiananmen Square

 Then we went to The Forbidden City (which is right next to Tiananmen Square).

 The gate to The Forbidden City

 Another gate to The Forbidden City

 The main gate.

 Inside The Forbidden City

 Family photo inside The Forbidden City

 As you can see it was very busy (like everywhere in China)

 Inside The Forbidden City Garden

 Also in the Garden

 After we left The Forbidden City we went to The Temple of Heaven

Our cousin Kyleigh who is in Kindergarten in Michigan sent us her Flat Stanley to visit so we took him on vacation with us!  

Our finished projects

 Here are the finished products that we painted.  Here is the bear I made for Ben.

 Hannah's bear

Kenzie's jewelry box.

They all turned out great!  

8 Months old

 Ben is 8 months old already!  I can't believe how fast that went.  He is growing like a weed.  He is now rolling all over the place and can sit pretty good (he only falls when he reaches for toys).  He has one tooth in and more are coming really soon!

He is such a happy little guy.  He has also gotten another haircut, this time by a professional and it turned out much better this time!  He looks like such a little man!

Ayi

Our Ayi.  Her name is Zhao.

Science Night

 We went to Science night last Friday at Kenzie's school.  They had lots of different activities for the kids to do.  Here they are learning about the food groups.

 They drew self portraits, Hannah had a little help from mom.

 Kenzie with her self portrait.

 They made clouds.

And danced!  They had lots of fun going to the different stations and collecting stamps from the teachers after they were all done they got a prize!  It was lots of fun!

Happy Easter 2012

 Happy Easter Everyone!  The Easter Bunny made it all the way to China!  Kenzie found her basket right away this morning.

 It took Hannah a little while but she finally found hers!

 Ben didn't have to look to hard this year, but next year he will have to look for it.

 Eggs!!

 Happy 1st Easter Ben!

 Our little Easter Bunnies!

 The girls love their little brother and he loves them!!

 We went to Brunch at the Kerry Parkside Hotel today!  It was lots of fun!  We also did an Easter egg hunt in the mall that is attached to the hotel.

 Ben ready to eat!

 They also had stuff for the kids to do.  The had a clown doing balloon animals.

 face painting

and egg decorating! 

We had a great day even though we missed our family!