randoms

i was trying to think of a title to summarize this post.. but the fact is that it is just going to be a bunch of random pictures with descriptions.

but that is what my life is like here in china...random.

 this is my chinese boyfriend at one of the salons here. we are pretty much regulars... 

more than regulars. we are celebrities to them! they take out their phones and take a bajillion pictures with us every time we come in. we enjoy it... to a certain extent. then it's just excessive.

 oh how i love freda!!!! her hair is sooooo stinkin long. 

 do you notice how i am pretty much bent over at a 90 degree angle?? 

 this is tony!!! 

we were on our way to the Sun Yat Sen Park with our kids for a little day field trip. 

The kids were SO excited. They were all told to bring hats because it was sunny outside. chinese people are so funny.  tony is such an angel. i love him to death.

he is also a baller. nuff said.

 these are most of our ilp students!

 we were missing max and william. man they are cute.

 this was a little pond at the park. there were HUGE fishies swimmin around in it.

 i am obsessed with our kids.

mandys cuddle buddy on the bus ride home.

we had a little too much fun trying on different costumes at the supermarket. 

this makes me feel uncomfortable.

creeeeeepy

nope, i stand corrected, THIS ONE makes me feel way more uncomfortable... and quite scared.

be a bunny!

bumblebee!

i love him. all the workers at the salon all loved mandy's pirate costume hat a little too much though..no matter how many times she put it away in her bag they would take it back out when she wasn't looking.

NOMNOM NOODLES! only 5 yuan. a.k.a.  75 cents.

we went to go visit another ilp group in xioulan for the end of the weekend. 

this is a sweeeet elephant statue in the middle of their neighborhood.

all of us out to dinner!

at the top of a beautiful pagoda in xioulan. it was surrounded by beautiful scenery and a gorgeous pond! you can take out little boats and paddle around the lake for super cheap. just one of the many things i love about china.

this is our cozy, quaint little group!

this was an interesting motor bike ride... he took us to the wrong place twice. mandy looks like she might be enjoying this a litttttle bit too much... what do you say?

schleepy april on the bus ride home. the bus is a perfect place for naps! oh wait...

my most favorite picture of freda ever? yep, i think so.