Guangzhou Zoo

Today we were off in the bus with our travel group for a quick trip back to the medical clinic to have all the little folks' TB tests read. Of course, that put us out and about at Jack's preferred nap time--again!  This time, he spread across our laps.

                                 

When we arrived at the clinic, I just scooped him up and he continued his nap. He never even knew that someone had looked at his arm. We're grateful to announce Jack's test was negative! Thanks for praying.  From there, our bus took us all to the Guangzhou Zoo.

                                 

At first, we rode around the zoo for a quick tour in the motorized carts. That was probably the highlight of the trip since it was shaded, there was a breeze, and we were sitting on padded seats!

                                

Jack perked up with excitement and exclamatory utterances at various times, spotting different animals here and there.

                                

The ride did stop for us at the panda exhibit. Fun to finally see a real live one!  He was chomping away on bamboo that he would select (inspect) from a pile before crunching on it.

                                            

                                

They are even trained to pose for pictures with visitors to the zoo!  After the luxury ride, we began to mosey around with some others in a rather miserable 90 degrees and about that much humidity! We were soaked with sweat. We only made it to a few exhibits...I think even the animals felt like us, as they were not very active.  The chimpanzees, however, were more lively, and we'll have to tell you about the lady who talked to them...

Can you spot the tiger? 

Just before the melt-down, literally and figuratively!  To his credit, Jack was the only one who honestly expressed his feelings at this point (though Julianna was a close second -- but we didn't have to scoop her up off the ground)... He was hot and tired and he let us know it.  See the little sweaty head?

So we were all in need of a cool treat. Great diversionary tactic.  Jack enjoyed his strawberry something ... seriously have no clue what it was ... maybe a frozen yogurt type thing?  But it was tasty, and Peter was thrilled to get three treats and two bottled waters for less than $5 -- at a zoo of all places!! 

Back at the hotel, we made some PBJs for the PCJs :). Jack enjoyed his, along with leftover noodles (he really likes noodles!). We enjoyed some downtime; Jack comes alive when we are all together in the room -- he does so much better here than being out on the go.  

Peter and J-N headed to the pool for awhile, along with a dozen other adoptive families. I kept the little fellow in to play and take a bath. He liked playing in the tub. 

Julianna does have a touch of something. She thinks that it's a rare Chinese disease, but we think otherwise. Please pray for her and ALL of us!  Six more days, but who's counting?!?!?