Day 3 - Nanning - shopping

Today was fairly low-key - too bad Siena picked today to be a bit out of sorts.  We had a bit of time until we departed for shopping, so we decided to give Siena a bath.  She does not like the bath, but we tried to make it fun by having her pour water from a bottle onto herself.  This worked great until we got to her head.  We then proceeded to get her dressed and downstairs for breakfast.  We had given her a few cheerios in the room to tide her over as it seemed as though she was hungry.  At breakfast, she was very fidgety and almost everything we gave her, she would chew and then spit back up for our pleasure.  So, having had enough of that, we walked her around the hotel lobby - holding her hand.  Our group all took the bus to go shopping at Wal-Mart.  This store was literally 4 floors in a large mall and has moving ramps (escalators) that you can bring shopping carts down - pretty cool - they have little cleats on them so the carriages won't roll as well as impulse buy items alongside like at checkout.  It was a pretty interesting place.  It has all the usual Wal-Mart stuff, but then it has lots of foodstuff as well.  Again, we were amazed at how diverse the Chinese diet is.  All sorts of items that would never find their way into a US Wal-Mart.  Can't ever imagine even trying dehydrated squid in a resealable bag - kind of like squid jerky.  Then we next next door to a large department store and sought out the coveted "squeaky shoes" on the 6th floor.  We got a few pairs so that Siena can have them as she grows.  We also learned that you can take the squeaker out when the noise has you going crazy.  Siena was a bit cranky and all over the place emotionally today.  Laughing and jumping in one moment and then crying and whining the next.  Hard to blame her, but it did make this shopping trip a bit interesting for these first time parents.  Many more to follow I am sure.   Back to the hotel and nap time.  So, a few moments to update the blog.  This photo is of Siena on a bike they had in the department store - she absolutely loved it. 

J