Saturday

Saturday was a beautiful day! We actually saw weak sunshine by afternoon, and it was nice and warm! I actually wore shorts in the apartment, which is a vast improvement over shivering under a blanket at my computer (we only have one space heater, and I’ve put it in the girls’ room at night). I did laundry, and the clothes I hung up to dry actually dried in one day!

The nice weather brought lots of families to the park in front of the administration building. We played on the statues, and watched a dad do handstands to make his 10-month-old laugh. My observations certainly support what the Chinese census shows – more boys than girls. We saw 7 children at the park, and only 2 were girls. I’ve asked all of the adults I’ve met in the law school whether they have children, and so far, all who have kids have boys.

We took the bus to Wal-Mart again – but not to go to Wal-Mart, but to go to the Chinese department store next to Wal-Mart. It turned out that the department store was the anchor for a mall, so we wandered about looking for children’s clothing stores – still looking for raincoats for the girls. We finally found the area with children’s stores, and there were TONS! And we did find raincoats, so we are set for the rainy season. We then ducked into Wal-Mart to buy yoghurt and fruit. We even found cheese – or at least, as the box said, “cheese family!” It’s like the “Laughing Cow” variety, and the girls liked it.