Today we had a blue sky for the first time since we came back to Beijing. I pointed out the blue sky to Jack and Jed when we were on our way downtown for a doctor appointment and Jed responded by asking, "why is it blue today?" It is such a rare event, the kids don't expect it.

At the beach volleyball game, as I mentioned in a previous post, it was VERY hot and humid and everyone was uncomfortable and the boys were complaining. Tom asked the boys if they enjoyed the Olympic games, to which Jed replied, "yes, I want to go to more games, but only the inside ones."

The food is interesting at the Olympic venues. You are not allowed to bring outside food into the venues, but food selections are very limited. You can buy bottles of Coke, orange juice or water and snacks include a few types of Popsicles, ice cream cones and microwave popcorn (yes, you read right... MICROWAVE popcorn.) One of the terms and conditions of the tickets is that you are not allowed to bring food in and they even specify that you are not permitted to bring in "large amounts of throwable food." We confirmed this policy when the security people tried to make me throw away a medium size ziploc bag of peanut M&Ms I brought with us for the kids. After a bit of back and forth "discussion" Tom showed his diplomatic credentials and we walked in with our bag. Tomorrow I will leave the food at home, I guess. At least they can't take Zeke's food away!