Christmas Morning Pictures

Here are a few pics from Christmas morning. One of the gifts EG and Jack received was a GIANT bin of dress up clothes. Andy's family had one of these and it included lots of goofy outfits that they wore throughout the years. We decided to start ours early. Thanks to all the Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles who contributed to our dress up stash. It has everything from Cowboy hats to traditional Chinese clothes to crowns and ballerina outfits! So fun! The kids had a great time digging through it and we've been doing lots of dressing up these days! Today we put on cowboy hats and rode a broom and a vacuum all around the house! The outfit below is super special because it's the traditional clothing of the Yi People, a minority group here in China. Xiao Li, our helper is Yi-they have their own language, culture, and dress. It's so interesting. You might remember we went to the Torch Festival near her hometown last year. It's a GIANT Yi People P A R T Y where each subgroup of the Yi People (there are lots) comes together to wear their traditional dress and do dances, sing, etc. Basically, a giant celebration of Yi People culture. This outfit is not from Xiao Li's subgroup, but it's as close as we could get. EG was thrilled and so was Xiao Li and her family! These clothes are actually for Jack, but EG is modeling them since they are too big for him. They are from the Bai People group and are traditional dress for men (minus the umbrella)! Hope to get some good photos of all the frilly stuff we got from America along with the Cowboy hats soon!

Here's Jack looking cute in his Mamma Nette PJs. EG's had throw up on them so she didn't get to wear hers.

On Monday, Andy came down with "the bug." He is feeling better and I'm really hoping we are done with "the bug in our stomach" as EG calls it! She also told me on Monday, "I'm not sick anymore, seeeeeee! Feel my little heart!"