March 2007

My Trip to China

Jillisa Goossen (13) travelled to Zhengzhouwith her parents Maxine & Darcy, and her siblings, Brenton (15 ) & Nicolee (3) to meet their brother Seth. Jillisa offered this report.
There were three other families on the trip – these families travelled to Nanchang. The four families met back in Beijing.

First of all I had lots and lots of fun on my trip. It was good to see China again. Although I was kind of disappointed that it was so cold. At the Great Wall the wind was blowing quite strong and it was snowing so I was freezing. But the hardest part was when we got Seth. We waited anxiously in the lobby for a while and all of a sudden in came one nanny with a little boy. He didn't look quite the same but just about. I could tell the nanny had been crying. I felt really sorry for her. Mom picked Seth up but he started to wail loudly. Everybody turned around and starred at us. It was kind of embarrassing but mom took him outside to the fountain and he stopped crying soon. Nicolee didn't  know what to do with a crying baby. And by luck he happened to be a mama baby. And the reason I wrote “luck “was because Nicolee is already a mama baby and so the jealousy kicks in and mom is supposed to carry both of them around. She’ll have to start lifting weights soon. And I don t know what its like having 2 two-year olds around. well, I'll let you guess. But they are both good siblings to have! 

 Jillisa Goossen