Olympic excitement has reached our little village on the outskirts of Beijing. There was a morning of performances in preparation for the opening ceremony in Beijing, so we took our children to the village square to watch the show.
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On our way! |
Julia and Abigail |
Chris and Adrian |
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| The shows begin! It was a competition between different neighborhoods of our village. |
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Annie gets a closer look. |
Cheryl has a bird's eye view. |
Julia played with an Olympic fan. |
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| Sitting way up high helped Ben and Luke see over the crowds! |
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Is that a princess, or is that Leah? Must be both... |
Brett |
The stroller brigade watched the groups practice. |
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It was a hot morning, so we all sat down to watch the groups getting ready to perform. |
Emily |
Brett |
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Ben |
There's Peter's bright smile! |
Abigail thought she needed to carry a purse today. |
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Snack time! Today's treat is a sucker. |
Abigail |
Olivia |
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Madeline always takes a nap on these adventures. |
Adrian visits with one of his nannies. |
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| In the afternoon, we took the kids outside to do "water painting." |
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| Some made masterpieces, and others just dumped water out on the ground... both were fun! |
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| Then came the bubbles... which combined with all the water generally resulted in the children getting nice and clean! |
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Abigail |
Cheryl had the bubble machine! |
Emily enjoyed the afternoon. |
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That's a big bubble, Ben! |
Luke helped blow bubbles for the babies. |
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| Liam and Trey came out to watch the floating bubbles... and popped a few! |
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