Weekend Highlights

1. Starting the weekend early because of a level 8 typhoon. As Cody mentioned, he had to take the day off because his office was closed. I loved having Cody home and spending the entire day together as a family. The only problem was we couldn't go out; for one, because of the storm, and two nothing was open anyway. I have to admit I was going stir-crazy by the end of the day. But Indian Jones: Temple of Doom soon put my boredom to rest.

Here is the view from our apartment window on a clear day and a typhoon day, respectively.

2. Hitting the markets in Central and finding a killer-deal on a baby swim suit for Jadyn. She is old enough to swim now, so we are going to try it out tomorrow. We'll see how it goes...

3. Being coerced into buying a Jade bracelet at the Jade Market by this girl.









I wanted to look and price them just out of fun and curiosity, but yah, we got taken. I felt too bad to leave without buying anything after she had spent so much time and effort on us. We did talk her down on the price and I came away with a sweet new piece of jewelry. We justified our purchase by saying it was my Anniversary present (happy 4th to us...a week ago; sorry we didn't get a chance to blog about our trip up to The Peak) and chalking it up to experience.

4. Seeing all sorts of shocking items at the Wet Market. I felt kind of bad taking pictures at first, because this is really how and what the locals purchase for meals, but after so many surprising items, I started snapping away.

Yes, you do see fish heads, dried sea food (this stuff reeks!!), pig's hooves (Cody claims he has tried these), live chickens, and my two personal favorites: a pig's eye and a pig's head. Lovely, absolutely lovely. The one thing I didn't get a picture of and wish I had, is the LIVE frogs for sale. Yes, apparently they eat those too.

5. Coming home with lots of inexpensive loot we bargained for at the Night Market. A couple noteworthy purchases:

My new coin purse. Cody was embarrassed to see me with my old one; I'm really not sure why...

The painting of the Hong Kong skyline (which, by the way, we bought for 80% cheaper than the same one at The Peak--Yahoo, I love this bargaining stuff)!

6. Having the best meal I've eaten since we've been here. While Cody's parents were here, we found this Shanghainese restaurant down the street. Cody ordered a couple of our favorites from when we went there before and a few new dishes to try. I'm happy to report this is the first time I LOVED everything we ordered. It was simply amazing.

7. Witnessing Jadyn pee all over her dad's lap during Sacrament Meeting. Yep, it really happened. We were even using the best diapers we've found here. He was holding her on his lap and suddenly felt something warm and wet. As soon as he started groaning, I turned to look. Sure enough urine was running out the side of her diaper, down his hand, and onto his lap. It was pretty disgusting. We made a mad dash to the mother's lounge, that we so fortunately found locked. After finding an open classroom to change her in, we couldn't help but laugh at the mishap and how clueless Jadyn was of the trouble she just caused us.