YuYuan Gardens

We stopped to warm up and have some lunch. We enjoyed dumplings at the famous Nanixang Dumpling house. Bella had a blast eating all the watermelon that was meant to ease the spice from Mommy and Daddy's hot dumplings.

The YuYuan Gardens were pretty to walk around. Bella had Daddy carry her everywhere but for a brief moment she did try to warm up a bit with a little jumping.

Old Town

Old Town is a cool bazaar area full of what else - loads of shopping. The area was brightly decorated for CNY and showing off the year of the Ox. We had a good time exploring the streets and ducking in for warmth.

We underestimated the weather a bit, as it was -7 Celsius. Marin was all wrapped up in her snowsuit but Bella was cold. She was a trooper the first day bearing the cold. We took lots of breaks but realized it was time to head in and add more layers.

Off to Shanghai for CNY

We took a last minute trip to Shanghai over Chinese New Year. The girls were perched in their seats all ready to go. And Bella loves to ride atop the luggage through the airport. It is a perfect seat for her.

Marin

Marin was enjoying her first finger foods with some cereal.
Here we are working on our crawling skills. We are up on all fours and rocking. Not long now.

We chew everything all the time.

wave hello

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HK Wetland Park

Bella was checking out Pui Pui the crocodile. And comparing him to the one in her safari book.
It was quite warm at the wetland. Though nice enough to stroll around and look at the birds and fish. The view wasn't so bad either.

Bella was trying to build her own origami crocodile. The man kept doing it for her. There did seem to be a lot of parts.

Our natural bird watcher. Bella loved the telescope.

How tall am I? 1 meter says the monkey.

Going down the slide in the adventure swamp at the wetlands.

Bella loves the steps and these were perfect size for her to do on her own! Way to go Bella.