Goodnight is no fun

We had a quiet evening. We met the Chisums for dinner on the rooftop which was just beautiful. We figured this was a safe place to dine since Mavery was so wild at lunch, and had NO NAP today. They have these cool little rooms on the roof, I guess you can reserve them. We did not know that and they were full, but if you are coming to the Lakeview, keep this in mind. The view is spectacular. We were hoping to see the light show on the water, but no luck. Though we did not stick around long to find out if it ever would start. It was a buffet dinner, with no labels, but we figure sometimes it is better that way. No idea what you are eating, just try it and if it is good, don't think about it just enjoy! The chef making meat comes around to your table with fresh meat on the sticks every once in awhile. Do you want some chicken? Sure. Do you want some sausage? Sure. Do you want some cow tongue? WHAT? Uh, no, since that literally is in the shape of a tongue on your stick. If Mark said yes, I was going to change tables. He asked us some things we could not understand, and were in shapes that were questionable, so we skipped alot of things. .

SongSong was very quiet at first, I am pretty sure half asleep, which we thought was a good thing. Feed her, get her up to bed. Well protein does the girl wonders and all of a sudden she is running around the rooftop like a wild woman. Might I add that the edge is just an edge, no glass, so that was stressful. For those of you who know my Sage, imagine her in one of her spicy moods, on a rooftop fancy restaurant and that is what we had. The difference being is that Mavery is yelling at everyone in Chinese, saying who knows what with this cackling laugh. We are both sweating by the time we are ready to go, and the thought of our flight to Guangzhou tomorrow has us both scared. We are trying to talk the Chisums into letting her sit with MingMing for the flight, I am pretty sure they are not going for it! ha!

We get back to the room, sure she will crash and she is not looking tired one little bit. So we start packing and trying to play "calmly" so she might settle down. Not happening. Now I know they had her on a routine, and I know for 2 years old she HAS to sleep! So we try putting her in her bed, she climbs out. I try to lay with her, she refuses. I try to lay her in my bed with out me, she refuses. She screams and screams if we even try to get her to bed.

So what do you do? We do not want to upset her and ruin the steps we have made with her. However, we know she needs sleep. We finally kept putting her back in her bed, she screams, so we said, (as if she gets it) my bed or your bed. (we do lots of charades) So she lays down with me, but refuses to let me touch her, and whimpers herself to sleep. Which only took about 2 minutes once she stayed laying down. I am not against her sleeping with me at all, but that is not what she wants. She just does not want to lay down period.

Let me know if you have any ideas. Sage slept so well in China and is still such a good sleeper. We had others who were not so great, but obviously what worked for them is not going to work for a child who just met us 3 days ago.

Tomorrow we are going to the silk market with our guide and then leaving for Guangzhou tomorrow evening. Our flight does not land till 830 so it will be a late night. Pray for us if you will. I can not imagine what she is going to be like on that plane! I am sure I will have a fun blog after that ride! ;0)