I get to come home tomrow

I get to come home tomorrow. I get to see my sister Sonja. I miss her so much. But I am going to miss Fuling too, because Fuling is more exiting than Forest Grove. Today we boarded a plane to Beijing, then Mama went shopping and I got to stay in Chessie's room and watch movings and we got KFC, which was awesome. This was a cool journey. I'm glad I came, and I thought it was cool the four of us came--my, Mya, Chessie and Lily, and together we had a lot of fun. I think being Chinese is part of my heritage, and I'm proud of it. I want to go back to China next week, but first I want to go school in Forest Grove and see all of my friends and say hello.

We started flying back home today. This is in the Chongqing airport.
That's Lucy and De Ang and their parents (plus Lily's dad). They live in Australia. Theyve got a lot of energy.

Lily and I got to ride on the cart. Tomorrow we fly together from Beijing to Tokyo and then home.
We hope there are carts in Tokyo too!

Last Night in Fuling

This morning we went to one of the museums, and I only liked the fossilized stuff. Because it was cool fish and it showed perspective and details. I liked being crazy with Mya and Chessie there. We went back to our hotel and talked things over. Lily and I wanted KFC for lunch but Lily's dad and my mom said no. And so we went to this small restaurant and had noodles. I liked mine because they weren't spicy and the sauce was sort of sweet. After that we walked around. In the afternoon we went to the orphanage goodbye ceremony. I liked the part where we got to plant a tree. First I used a hoe thing, then I traded it for a shovel. Then I picked up a heavy rock and put it on the pile and dropped it. We went inside and played with babies. Then we went to the bus and went back down the mountain to our hotel. We had a farewell dinner with Blas, the tour guides. I wasn't very hungry because my stomach hurt. So I ate two pieces of meat and french fries and two cuts of meat. Mama took me up to the room to get some rest, then later I felt better. We went out in the dark.

Fuling is beautiful in the dark because there are whole bunches of lights and flashing lights. The people were doing shopping and bargaining. We bought Chocolate kind of like hot chocolate and it was nice. We walked to a little shop and bought muffins like cornbread. They were good. We walked further the turned around and walked back to the hotel. I'm tired now and going to bed. We have to get up early to start the trip home. I really liked the trip to Fuling because it was exiting and like a mini adventure.

I think America is more organized but China is more fun.

This morning we went to a Fuling museum but I didn't pay attention that much. Mama made me add this photo. She said it was educational. The museum had rubbings and pictures from carvings on rocks that are in the Yangzte River. The carvings are underwater now because of the Three Gorges Dam when it filled in. The carvings are ansient and told people how high the water was for fishing.

Chessie and me had noodles outside with our parents. We love noodles. The lady cooked them in a big pot right in front of us. This place was called the Shun Jiang Garden. That gate behind me is spessial.

That's some of us girls at the goodbye ceremony at the orphanage. My aunties are laughing. Can you find me in the picture? We all got a special jade necklace that says Fuling on it to help us remember our first home in China.

Chessie, Livvie and me with Director Huang and Director Chen.
They help Director Yang run the orphanage. Those are presents all the kids gave them.

Carly, Chessie and me got to be in a picture with our auntie Wu Ping and Director Yang's husband.
He told me he carried me around when I was a baby.

Director Yang said I was too heavy now to carry but she still picked me up.

The kids could donate a tree to the new orphanage. Our parents decided to plant one in honor of the Fuling 7 sisters, the girls in our adoption group. We got to plant the tree ourselves. I liked it because it was hard work and I got all sweaty. Director Chen told us the sign he would put by it would say "The Seven Flowers of Fuling" (that's what they call us a the orphanage). The sign would list our Chinese names too.

That's Director Chen, Director Huang and Director Yang and us. It's a fig tree. The Chinese people make medicine with the figs.

I found a praying mantis and I picked it up. I found it when we were walking away from the orphanage to get us on the bus. It was cool, and Chessie thought it was venemous so she jumped away whenever I showed it to her.

Last Night in Fuling

Leaving Fuling is sort of sad because its an awesome place. We got to be here for only three days and we didn't get to see everything and we would like to explor a litt le more. And also Fuling has alot of traffic jams and sometimes you could only go five miles an hour. Also their food is really good. I liked their french frys and the meat with mild spicy sauce. Right now were about to go out and take a short walk around Fuling for a little bit. We'll try to send more pictures and news later tonght before bed. We have to leave at like 8 oclock in the morning.