Some families are leaving China tomorrow for home (Lucky ducks!!) so we had the farewell party this evening and combined it with a birthday party to celebrate for all the people who turned one year older on the trip. We had Peking duck and an assortment of other dishes. Ethan won't eat plain white rice like Halle and requires it to have sauce or broth on it. He will however try to eat noodles raw. We had great entertainment this evening - a juggler, a magician and a woman who did the mask dance. The kids were transfixed. Ethan was taking it all in and trying to process how everything worked. He particularly like the mask dance. It does originate in Sichuan which Chongqing use to be part of so perhaps he felt a kinship to the performer?!?! Anyway, the important part was that the entertainers were lively, kept his attention and he sat still. Completely still. Ahhhh.
As one of the birthday people, I got to wear a crown, received a Happy Birthday Scroll (which I can use at Halle and Ethan's future parties) and got to eat cake with chopsticks. The cake was delicious!
The photographic evidence, well, not so much!
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