Wednesday February 3

Today is our free day. We did not get back from Datong until 9:30pm. After we ate breakfast we went with the Hoaglands, the other family here with us in Shanxi from our agency, to the "Foreigners Bookstore", by taxi and then took the taxi to the mall. It was too upscale and so we took a taxi back to the hotel. Kurt and Jackson are taking a nap and I'm fighting with our internet connection to be able to post these myself.I'm hoping that my sweet sister-in-law, Angela, is able to get all of these on our blog!Jackson is doing well. Today we saw his cleverness...he and Kurt were playing with the toys. When he saw that Kurt was coming near him, he took all of the toys and scooped them up so they would be in front of them and kept his arms around them. Once he understood that Kurt wasn't going to take them, they played. Jackson finally started hiding them under our hotel bed and would started laughing!!!He is very well natured and mild-mannered. If he doesn't want something he will let you know. We have introduced quite a few signs to him, hoping that by