Lately

I haven't written on our blog in awhile, we have just been enjoying summer. Beijing is hot and humid and the air quality is crap, but we've managed to have some fun. We finally got to see the last Harry Potter movie here in Beijing. They delayed the release a few weeks to cut down on the number of illegal copies on the street. It was still available before it came to theaters, but we held out and waited to see it in the theater. Other than that, we have been eating a lot of ice cream and trying to find things to do indoors.

Last week we went shopping. We heard about a market that was closing to remodel, so all the vendors were trying to get rid of things at great prices. We didn't really need anything before we left, but once inside we found several things we had to have, including this:

Nick as wanted a toy helicopter for awhile now, and this one was cheap. He has had a great time flying it around the apartment and scaring CoCo with it. CoCo is starting to get braver, but he still eyes the helicopter warily whenever he hears it. At first he would not get within 10 feet of it, now he will get a little closer and bark at it.

We got a few other little things:

• a cute little tea set
• a new LeSportsac bag
• a new "Prada" wallet for me
• Crocs for Nick (He was excited to find shoes that actually fit him here)
• Passport holders
• A big scroll with a cool picture on it. I want to get this one framed eventually.