Family Day Festivities

Like last year, we went to Underwater Adventures, a huge aquarium, today to celebrate Jia's Family Day. Jia loved touching the rays and seeing the sharks swim overhead. Willa liked it too and peered around while kicking her legs the entire time.

We returned home and had Chinese food for dinner. Jia asked me to read her fortune cookie. I normally read what they actually say and then explain it but, for fun, tonight I said, "It says, 'You're a cutie pie Jia and your family loves you very much.'" Jia then exclaimed, "Oh, that's a good one!"

When we were in China we bought Jia a present for every Family Day until she turns 18. We gave her a sleeping doll last year. This year we gave her a matching awake doll. She was more thrilled than I imagined! She promptly put both of them to bed and then she "went to bed" as well.