Still Sightseeing

I put some pictures of Lauren and Marshall singing and dancing while Todd played the guitar. They think they are rock stars. Yesterday while Todd was at work, we went to the bigger grocery store to see what they had and then later met Todd at work and went to visit a Lama Buddist Temple built in the 1700's. It was really pretty. It used to be a palace for the Emperor before he moved into the Forbidden City so it was huge and each building had different Budda statues representing different things, ie power, long life, medicine, etc. People knelt down to pray and burned large vats of incense out in the front of each one. We also saw the Guiness Book of World Record holder for the largest Budda statue built out of a single piece of wood. It was over 90 feet tall.
After we left there, we went to an area called Wangfujing Plaza (like Times Square) where they are getting all decked out for the Olympics. They have alot of Olympic merchandise stores there as well as other shops. We got caught in a heavy rainstorm, we were sitting under an umbrella in the middle of the area with drinks and popcorn but still got a little wet. We then went to dinner at a Mexican restaurant which was good, of course, Lauren did not like hers, even though they were plain cheese quesadillas. If she ever stops liking peanut butter and jelly or grilled cheese, we are in trouble. By the way, thanks Carrie for the jelly. She made her poor husband travel all over China with a jar of grape jelly for me. We were his last stop in a 2-3 week business trip, thanks Greg, you deserve a reward.
Today, we are going to meet Todd again and walk around a Hutong (neighborhoods where there is a courtyard in the middle of the house and rooms around it.
The pictures I put in of the kids next to the big stuffed animals are ones of the Olympic mascots. Lauren is standing next to her favorite- beibei, and Marshall next to him is HuanHuan, or as he likes to call him, "The Red Fire Guy" The other picture shows him holding his "red fire guy" moments before the meltdown and "red fire guy" being taken away for the rest of the day. Ahh, the joys of parenthood, I'm sure none of you have to deal with that kind of thing.
Take care all