Today we went to The Temple of Heaven. I love that place but not on a scorching hot day. Luckily the whole area is covered in trees(except for all the landmark areas which are out in the open and in the hottest areas) and when I say covered in trees, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s row after row of trees. If you aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t familiar with the Temple of Heaven you should either go there or look it up online. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beautiful. While there we(or I should say the kids) were approached over and over again to have their photos and their kids photo taken with Miles and Sofia. Unfortunately today Miles would not let anyone take a photo with him or of him. Kiah and I joked that no one wants their photo taken with us but then we know that Miles and Sofia are the super cute ones.<\/p>\n
Sofia was approached right when we walked into the Park and then again later about 10 times. Sometimes people would take a photo of her while she was posing for another photo with someone else. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s kind of comical really. I can hear them say things to her in Mandarin like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153can we take a photo with you my friend\u00e2\u20ac\u009d? Or they also ask if the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153didi\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which is little brother will join them but then Miles runs and hides. Because of having thousands of photos taken by Mark, Sofia has the smile down. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s very cute. She stands amidst all these Chinese people or little kids, puts on her best smile and then when she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s done she looks at Kiah and I, shrugs her shoulders and then moves on. The Chinese mean well, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just fascination but I wonder how it really makes Sofia feel. Miles obliged when we first got here but doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to do it anymore and Sofia will never really tell me if it bothers her or not. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a good sport about it but an even better sport about it when they talk about her hair and touch it or her skin. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all very innocent and just curiosity. People are never rude, if they were I would never let it happen. I think after living here for 3 yrs she could have a nice little stash of money if she charged per photo. Ha ha.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today we went to The Temple of Heaven. I love that place but not on a scorching hot day. Luckily the whole area is covered in trees(except for all the landmark areas which are out in the open and in the hottest areas) and when I say covered in trees, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s row after row of … Continue reading