Mother's Day in GZ

Sorry brain is tired, so you get it bullet style today:

• Ian gave me my first unsolicited hug this morning.  So sweet and just out of the blue as we were walking down to breakfast this morning.
• Missing my kiddos at home like crazy
• Still going without makeup, kinda enjoying it
• We went out shopping or at least the guide's version of shopping (big mall, high prices) this morning with our guide.  I wasn't impressed and look forward to shopping with Ann from www.redthreadchina.com on Wednesday.
• After the shopping trip, I took the wife of the other CAWLI family to Shamian Island.  She is Chinese, but was born in America.  She is very much American now, married to caucasian
• This is her first adoption (5th child), so she wanted to visit the island
• We did a lot of looking and chatting with what felt like old friends (shop keepers) on the island
• Enjoyed some tea with our old Wuchuan (Faith's birth city) friend in one of the shops
• Had lunch at Lucy's (remember it was Lisa's first trip to the island)
• Then we stopped off at Starbucks for a little break from shopping.  Travis and I split a yummy piece of cheesecake :)  Hey, it is Mother's Day ya know!
• We left the island and headed over to the Garden where Lisa is staying
• I took Lisa and her husband down to the massage parlor (CJ's favorite place in China)
• We all enjoyed our Mother's Day massages (Ian didn't want one)
• Afterwards we went to dinner at a local Chinese food restaurant, it was very good
• The boys and I then hailed a taxi and headed back here to the Shifu
• We are turning in finally since we are heading out to the Safari Park tomorrow morning

Wanted to wish my moma a very Happy Mother's Day today!!  Pretty sure I got the best moma around.  I am certain that my kiddos are blessed with the best Nana in the world.  She can't wait to rottenize Ian as soon as she can ;)