trip to the grocery store...

Took Hudson and Titus with me to the grocery store the morning after we arrived. Grace was sound asleep for her nap at 8am (after waking up at 1:30am for the day) :)

I think the trip started with some comments about how cool it was that the store had 2 doors- and shortly after (not softly), "This is a fun place." (before we even looked at anything). Wondered what the man next to us thought when he heard all our excitement at entering Jewel!

Next we saw a man with a Cubs shirt on. This would be a big deal in China- don't know we've ever seen a Cubs shirt on someone outside our family, but Hudson was thrilled- and said, "Mom, look a Cubs shirt! He must be from Chicago!". :) Titus then proceeded to say "Hi, ayi" to a sweet lady who passed by and said hi to them. Ayi is the word for auntie in Chinese.

There were screams at the sites of Cubs/Sox gear ("I cannot believe my eyes!") and "They have CHEETOS!". I'm sure we were quite sight to see/hear...

I think it was partly the out-of-it ness of jet-lag, but also a gift we enjoy to get to go to Jewel :)

Also noticed how trained our ears are to listen for English speaking kids, not our kids' voices. Just about every English speaking kid we hear- outside or at the park- we turn our head thinking its H, G or T...thankfully there's quite a few non-English speakers for neighbors here too!

Here's T fighting jet-lag one evening...