HKG149: The U.S. Consulate

mini-pat (josh's mom) working on her brand new coloring book. she waited less than 30 seconds from opening the box to get started in this book, and then spent less than 5 minutes in the book because she wanted to start on the friendship bracelets that our friends sent supplies for. livie developed a case of crafting ADD :-)

q was THRILLED with his new train set. his friend, c, had one just like this, and q loved to play with it.

we took a snack break in the aviary this morning. i am constantly surprised when i see pics of the kids next to one another and it looks like q is taller than the bug. the thing is that most of his height is in his torso, which is why he looks like he's the same size as or bigger than his sister that is 3 years older than he is!

q had to make the sand a full-body experience. we had to wash up in a park restroom before continuing on our adventures, and there was a mandatory bath as soon as we got home.

livie tracing her foot in the sand. she later also made the sand a full-body experience and had to wash up in the park restroom.

today, we started the day off with an early-ish appointment at the u.s. consulate to get a document notarized. it turns out that doing a change of address between countries is a big, fat, hairy deal...and a pain in the rear. we found a digital mail service we wanted to use, and then we had to get a document authorizing the use of this company notarized. NOW we can submit a change of address form from our old house to a physical mailing address for this digital mail service. see? PITA! my dad has very graciously been sending us our mail, but i don't feel fair/right asking him to do that for two years.

after our appointment with the consulate, the kids and i headed over to hong kong park. we had not been to that park since we first moved to the mid-levels. we had a pretty good time playing and checking out the aviaries. the rest of the day was mostly low key until we got a box! our chicago friends sent us a box of goodies, and we had soooo much fun opening it and playing with all the goodies!