Rosie Throws a Fit!

Well, it turns out she is a normal 2 year old afterall. She threw her first real temper tantrum today. She wanted to go in the back of the bus with the boys and I wouldn't let her. She was mad. Real mad. Yikes.

She has now discovered her brothers and she plans to do everything they do. Also, now that she is enjoying life so much, she has also decided she prefers not to go to bed. There are many things to do and see. Much to explore, plus, she often has to keep checking the toilet to see if anything is in there and if the water temperature is still okay in the bowl. Also, she has to make sure all the handles on the dressers are still in the up position. She has lots of work to do.

She is really getting picky about her food. Anything that doesn't meet her standard ends up on the floor. Interestingly enough, this food seems to be delicious if dicovered the next day under the bed or in a corner of the room somewhere.

Until today, she wouldn't wander far away from me, she would always be in hands reach, but now she likes to go running away gleefully swinging her arms for balance and chuckling all the time to herself about how clever she is. She tells lots of jokes and sings songs. Her favorite is now Patty Cake and she especially likes the part about "Marking it with a B for baby and me". I hope she never asks me what that means.

We leave China in the morning at 5:45 am. It is going to be a brutal day. 32 Hours from our hotel in GuangZhou to our hotel in Manassas. I am dreading it but oh so happy to be heading home. We leave our dear, new friends here to sort out what they are going to do about their sick baby whose test results come back on Friday. We so much wish we could fix everything for them. It is amazing how much you can come to care about people in such a short time. One of the people in our party is going to be arranging funds to help them, if anyone wants to contribute or help in any way, please contact me. Also, all prayers for Elainea will be most appreciated.

Our boys are actually quite sad to be breaking up from the other families. They have made wonderful friends with some of the other children in our group. Daniel especially is close to one of the boys his age and is so sad to be leaving him. Someday we hope to get to Alabama and catch up with them.