A Day at the Beach

One of our few difficult moments with Zane has been washing his hair. He doesn't like getting his face wet, and is definitely timid with water. His first reaction to the crashing, tsunami-like waves you see below was to run the other way.

But Hudson soon had Zane calm and confident, playing in the sand and surf.

Isn't it great that on October 30th, we are spending the day at the beach! It was a holiday here in Hong Kong. "Climb the Mountain and pay respects to the dead" day. (or something like that). Hong Kong has 20 holidays a year, more than any other country. We celebrate Sweep the Graves Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Buddha's birthday.......most of which mean a day at the beach for us.



At times he seems to be a pudgy little toddler (like below), and at times he is this huge little boy with confidence and decisiveness. He monitored the sun for us today, and when it set at about 6:00, he declared, "The sun has set, it is time to return home now." Large and in-charge!
Zane obviously adjusted to the beach just fine, and asked us tonight at dinner: "Can we go to that good place again tomorrow?" His first two weeks in our family has certainly been unrealistic. Flying on planes, going to amusement parks, to the beach. We're going to have to ease him into the reality of schedules, and maybe even a kindergarten in January. He actually told a mandarin-speaking friend of ours, "I've already been to school. I don't want to go anymore."

But until then, life is a day at the beach...