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2 hour sunday

Well this Sunday has proved to be much better than last. Last week we stayed for an hour and 10 mins. of the service and had to leave. Maddie just couldn't take anymore. She proved it by screaming for the entire taxi ride home from church. This week she made it all 2+ hours plus went out to eat afterwards. She wasn't very happy during lunch but she did very well. She fell asleep on my shoulder during the ride home and is still asleep (going on 2 hours now). There are rewards for putting up with a fussy baby long enough!

Towards the end of service Maddie started making hen duo xiao pengyou (many little friends). I guess the children's services let out before ours did so several kids came into the adult service. They were all playing in the back where Maddie and I had drifted back to. Maddie loved it. She was cruising around the pews trying to keep up with one particular little girl that had given her a cookie. At one point I was talking to a young lady and while I was watching Maddie I wasn't totally paying attention to her and she "walked" several pews up and started down the pew towards a man's Book that was lying there. She had almost worked herself behind the man (he was standing up) and to the Book before I got to her. He loved it.

Lunch was at a soup shop. Good stuff. The rest of our afternoon has been napping so far. Peter is supposed to come over sometime today. It should be good to see him. Maddie and I will slip out at some point to get a few groceries and some dishes. I only have 3 borrowed rice bowls and 3 borrowed plates. I need more plus some serving dishes and a good utensil for cooking in the wok. I saw a few dish shops the other day down an alley we found so I'll probably go there to look.

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