We're Taking Off!

January 21st

We are last-minute checking our lists of stuff we're packing and trying to contain our excitement to go! We have all our bags packed and all of our food carefully stored. Our electronics are double-checked off of our list and we're ready to go to our next pit-stop!

Here is all of our luggage!

Unfortunately we can't pack the cat!

And here we are with all of our stuff! 

Rose said goodbye to Jojo, our cat.

We made it to the first airport in Elmira, New York! Now we're on our way to Chicago, Illinois.

The flight was only two hours, but it was as exciting new as any other. The plane was extremely smal though! There were only three rows!

The kids had loads of fun on the flat escalators or "moving sidewalks". They raced back and forth on them while we waited at the Chicago airport for our flight to Beijing. We had three whole hours to hang out there (or.... Do homework). 

Here are the kids and my sister, Denise, on a moving sidewalk in a lower tunnel area. The lights and music were festive to the foreign and domestic senses.

I also insisted that we take one at the end of it, so we could get more of the tunnel in the picture.

Let's just say, it's hard to take pictures of kids on a moving escalate with people going up to another level.