JIm's comments - March 17

Here are some pictures from today. Will has been a pistol today. I think I wrote too many good things about him last night and he’s making me pay for it today. He started off great – he actually sat all by himself at breakfast this morning. From there it has been all down hill. Shortly after breakfast, we were getting ready to go out and get some shopping done when he had a total meltdown. I ended up having to hold him in the manner we used to with Hope – we never did get the chance to go shopping.

We met Chris at 2:30 pm were he took us to Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall. He was responsible for the revolutionary party and uprising in 1911 (it’s the party that fled to Taiwan when communism took over shortly after WWII.) He stood for nationalism and democracy for China.

Our second stop was at the Chen Family Ancestral Temple. The temple was filled with some of the most amazing artwork (Ivory sculptures, embroidery, stone carvings, wood carvings, and some amazing micro sculpting. Unfortunately Will didn’t allow us to stay that long and we had to leave after only about an hour. The amazing thing is that Will now seems to have snapped out of his bad mood and has been playing with Jacob and himself for the past hour without any fussing! Go figure…

I sure hope Will does better tomorrow. It is our last full day with nothing scheduled and I’m hoping that we can get all our shopping done (I talked to Jacob about a Pearl River cruise, but he wasn’t interested. I will try to find us something fun we can do, but I get the feeling that the only thing he wants now – and really I feel the same way, is to come home.) We have to stay in our room most of Monday while Chris is at the embassy in case someone there needs to contact me about our application. Tuesday afternoon is our embassy appointment and then Wednesday!

I cannot think of much more to say for now. Jacob’s complaining about being hungry, so we’re heading out for Supper. We’re all quite ready to get home. Wednesday cannot come too soon!

Note from Mom: Picture of the boys at Dr. Sun Yat-sen’s Memorial Hall was added to the bottom of the blog.