5/10 - Happy Mother's Day to my mother, Carol and all the other mothers reading this post. Kim-Kim woke up a happy little girl, like she always does. We did the usual breakfast and met at 9:30 for today's adventures. The bus took 4 families plus Mary Clare (Finnegan's stayed back with Eva) to the Folk Arts Museum. There were lots of exhibits like tea, gardens, porcelain, china, woodcarving, ivory, brick carving and embroidery. Our little girl rode in the stroller the whole time. Each family went their own way and then we met up in the courtyard again. Next stop was the pearl market; it was at a crowded shopping center with multi-floors of jewelry vendors. Zhou knows the area and already had a reputable and inexpensive pearl store picked out for us to visit. The booths were small and the aisles were narrow, but we navigated with four strollers and set out to shop. The pearls were sold by the strand and we could design the piece of jewelry that we wanted - a necklace, a longer necklace or a doubled up bracelet. In the middle of picking out pieces Jie-Jie, the new little Harp daughter, cut her thumb on something and it bled and bled and bled. Sharon, her mom, is a nurse and pulled out the first aid kit to bandage it up. A little bit later in the day she took her to the Children's Hospital where they cleaned it and wrapped it again without stitches. While we were at the mall, Zhou also took us to an electronics store for needed computer supplies. Somewhere between pearls and computers Kim-Kim fell asleep in the stroller. She slept on the bus back to the hotel and we had a late lunch of noodles while the other kids were napping. Dan was working on a headache and he decided he needed a nap, so I took the little one out shopping. We had some girl-girl time. I bought a bunch of stuff that will hopefully mean something to her when she gets older. I bought her squeaky shoes for now. We went back to the room, woke Dad up and tried the shoes out in the hallway. It is a Chinese thing; they put squeakers in the heels of the kid shoes. When the child steps they squeak. She also got a jingle bell that I put around her arm. She loved the noises that she made walking up and down the hallway. We still had time before dinner so I grabbed the camera and we went for a walk. There was a small park/playground nearby. The trees and greenery were beautiful. Families come to this area just to hang on and enjoy themselves all day be playing badmittin, hacky-sack, skateboard or whatever. A lot of weddings have been taking place and brides come to this area for photos. Weddings take place at any time through out the week, depending on when the lunar calendar says it is lucky for the bride and groom. Kim-Kim stayed in the stroller and was happy to take in the sights. Dad met up with us in the park and we hit another store, Jordan's, for more baby toys for the plane ride back. We tried to pick out soft stuff without multiple pieces - in case they get thrown. We also bought her a Chinese flag and Chinese songs on CD. Next we found a stroller similar to the one from the hotel. Dan would have paid full price, but I was able to barter them down. That was our only real big purchase so far. Back to Lucy's we went for dinner without the baby bag. We managed, but gotta remember that in the future! We didn't have time to walk by the river or shop on the way back because the girls had an appt at 9:00 pm for massages. All of the shops believe in staying open late - even on a Sunday. Kim-Kim got to play in the tub again tonight and then we put her in the crib for bedtime. That wasn't her idea of bedtime so she started with tears. After a few minutes she went to bed with Dan and was out before we could say Boo. I headed down for my massage and we walked to the professional medical building about 5 minutes away. All of the girls and Zhou sat on a stool with our feet in a bucket of stuff fully clothed in a group room. The guys came in and worked on our upper backs, shoulders, neck, lower back and arms. Then they did a whole lot of pulling and stretching. It felt good, but was hard to relax with a knee in my back. Then we sat in recliners and they worked on our feet and lower legs. That was the best part! The whole massage was $100 yeun ($15 USD), included tip and lasted 1-1/2 hours. We walked back to the hotel at 11:00 pm Sunday night and stores were still open. Everybody was sound asleep back in the room when I crawled into bed for a good night's sleep.