4/25/2009 Beach Bum Entourage

Today, Uncle Wu Xin took us to the river park, which also has a pretty good-sized beach. He not only was our guide....he was our photographer.

The girls had a good time running around and playing about in the sand. Miriam found a "seashell". I told her it could not be a "seashell", since we were not at the ocean. She called it HER seashell just the same.

She also enjoyed hopping.....

And climbing on rocks.....

And jumping off rocks.....

And even jumping with her sisters......anyone remember the Monkees?

Rebecca liked imagining herself to be the "Queen of the Universe".

And Claire, well she must have been imagining something.......

We were not the only ones there. This is China after all. Those 1.3 billion people have to be somewhere. I spent some time taking pictures of two Chinese children playing in the sand. They did not seem to mind. They were in their own little world. She began by watching the sand fall as she threw it into the air.

He scrapped up sand and began to create his world.

They seemed to believe that what they were doing really mattered.....that their world was something special.

They decided that they must leave their hand prints on their work, sort of like God did when he created His world.

They reviewed and admired their handiwork. Maybe they felt just a little of what God felt when He scanned His universe and said it was "very good".

Others were also building sand kingdoms and works of art, too.

And yet others liked playing in the water........

Finally, we had to leave the beach and make out way back through the park to our car. Elizabeth thought the "Talking Rocks", that played music, were interesting.

And yes, they had to pose for me in this twisty-limbed tree. Elizabeth thought it was a little to high. You might can see it in her face.

Like I said before, people are always interested in taking pictures of our kids. I hope Rebecca does not expect this kind of attention when she gets back home.

Elizabeth always finds the bamboo....wherever she goes.

And Rebecca has always liked rocks.

And Miriam....she knows how to mooch a ride.

And what a good day we had....and the kids...they had a ball.