Dragon Boat Festival....

As soon as we stepped out of the car the smell was divine....China Town smells beautiful! Needless to say our first stop was lunch and what a lunch it was.

The boys all ordered won ton soup(thinking of the small bowl you get when you carry out Chinese), well the bowl was the size of a large kitchen mixing bowl. They also ordered these creamy tapioca drinks and sweet and sour chicken. What the boys ordered alone could have fed us for a week.....what Russ and I ordered could have also fed us for a week! No complaints, however, the food was spectacular and June had her favorites...noodles and dumplings.

Then it was on to the Dragon Boat Races....

The races were fun to watch and all the proceeds went to sponsor literacy....

We also did a little shopping. June picked out a pink umbrella and the boys picked out solar powered Nintendo bobble heads. For those of you who have been to China I purchased an embroidered picture for just a few dollars more than they cost in China. Next time we head to China Town I am on a mission for "squeaky" shoes.

This is a beautiful tile mosaic in China Town. Today was our first visit and it won't be our last there was so much to see and soooooo much to eat. I enjoyed seeing authentic Chinese culture mixed with our own. We saw people doing there morning exercise, Chinese grocers(just like the stores we bought water from in China), stores with all sorts of Chinese goodies as well as "Hello Kitty" merchandise, and a melting pot of people. What a great experience for all of us....