party at the twins' house

hooray for chocolate cookies!

Chinglish

Went to the vegetarian restaurant after the pig farm... these signs are posted in the elevators.
"2. Don't smoking in the department and prohibit swinging acutely." (Swinging obtusely is okay?) "6. Carrying cargo by lift rust make the gravity evenly and adopt the effective package."
Clearance? Really?

pig farming is not for me

aren't they so cute?
I am now vegetarian!
lovely grandma and grandbaby...

weird sky day in Chengdu

really strange sky this morning, but beautiful!
Here's Niki playing in the yard, saw her on my way to work
sometimes the sun pokes through!

welcome back to Chengdu!

view from the car on the way back to the airport... look at that blue sky
I think this is the coolest pic! I love the guard rail...
mountains from the plane
blue, blue sky above the clouds
and going down through the clouds...
and... welcome back to Chengdu




ugh

more pics from Jiuzhai Paradise hotel

We decided not to go out this morning - we had to be on our way to the airport by 11:30-ish and based on how tired of hiking AB was (even though Mama was the one that did all the hiking!), it was not worth it to go back to Jiuzhaigou just for 2 hours or less... So, after breakfast (lovely buffet, and AB ate a lot!), we just played around the hotel.
very beautiful hotel
lots of fun things to pose with
and the best subject a photographer could ask for!
jump
jump
jump
jump!
she found her "car"
I absolutely love this photo... it is a bit off center, but what a sweet girl!
super wink!

she sat on the step and said she was driving... loved it! Wanted to stay and drive for a long time!
signing "flowers"






exploring all the stairs and corners of the Qiang village in the hotel
little girl, big hotel
sitting on the lamb - she was so pleased with herself
she really liked this statue
kept coming back to it
love love love this!


hahaha
you caught me!
see, it's just a light!
AB on the stone steps
random guy on the roof, fixing something
with the statue in daylight (much better than last night's flash photo!)
magic doors!
she had the best time jumping and dancing to make that thing open!
swans!
views from the room...
just beautiful