China Shopping???

S had invited me to go visit another orphanage. However, prior to getting there, there would be a stop at a china store. Another girl I had met, A, needed to get dishes for her home here. Aside from dishwasher and mattress shopping, I couldn’t imagine anything worse. We got to the store, which was more like a museum, and I was proven wrong. The china here was incredible.

It was more like art on dishes. Pattern after pattern, each one was so unique and intricate. I have never imagined ever wanting to own china. But after seeing all that was here I thought about possibly purchasing a set. S asked me what kind of dishes I like. I told her I buy lots of random, mismatched dishes. She then took me upstairs to an outlet portion of the store, full of scratch and dent china.

There I picked up several random pieces… but, I’m still toying with the idea of getting a full set of something. I told Justin that he would have to take a field trip with me to see all they had.

Next stop- the orphanage. And this orphanage was full of… BABIES!!... They were so cute! The youngest room of babies had babies all over the place- in cribs and on the floor. The next room of a little bit older ones were all sleeping on the tile floor- no beds or mats in site. Same with the third room of just a bit older than the previous room. Maybe the tiles help keep the kids cool?

I picked one little sweetie up and fed her a bottle. While feeding her, there was a little guy in a bouncy chair. So with my foot I kept him moving. Then another little cutie crawled over and was standing while holding onto my knee. I had a whole flock of cute babies. I did that for over an hour and it was wonderful. I’m planning to head back there fo shizzle.

An interesting thing I learned about but didn’t see-
At one orphanage, after they feed the babies they put these leaves across their heads and the leaves make them go to the bathroom… hmmm, could be an interesting form of pottie training.