Buddha Festival

We video chatted with Kyla as Mark and Matt were in China.

The kids loved using the FaceTime filters during their video chat! 

We picked up sushi lunch and then ice cream treat at the Queen St Mall.

We can't wait to have Matt back with us in Australia

After lunch we headed to the Buddha festival. We had no idea what to expect, but it was an amazing cultural experience. There were performances of jugglers and martial artists. It was so neat. Meanwhile, poor Matt was stuck at the Chinese airport waiting for his flight to leave to 

come back to Australia.

Derek and Rylie had an opportunity to practice Chinese calligraphy. They used a pen with a soft point (almost like a brush). They loved doing the calligraphy. It was very relaxing. To write the Chinese calligraphy the kids started at the right side of the page and go down each column.

After the calligraphy the kids were able to do some origami and coloring.

A drum performance.

Just as we were about to leave the festival we spotted a man doing Chinese calligraphy. We had him write Derek and Rylie's name along with our last name. Ironically, Matt was in China while we were at this festival and he wasn't able to find anyone to do calligraphy and we ended up finding someone in Brisbane. :)

Fireworks to end the festival. We could see them from the balcony!