Today was the day I planned to take Stuart and the boys to my parents’ graves to pay respect.  We took the MTR to the nearest station to the cemetery and we walked around to find the things for praying.  With some asking for directions, we managed to buy some incense/burning materials, some apples and a roasted duck.  We were ready to go up to the cemetery but unfortunately the line for taxi was super long.  We waited for at least 45 minutes and we were finally driven up to the hill.  After a short walk, we made it to the cemetery building.  While we were walking, we talked with the boys about the meaning of passing and being respectful.  Once we arrived at my parents’ graves, I got a little emotional and the boys were caught off guard by it.  We talked a little bit more about it and I had all of us doing just simple praying after I put out the things we brought up.  Suddenly, Connor started crying, then Logan began to sob too.  I quickly moved through what I had to do, burning the incense. Then we all prayed one last time and said goodbye.  The boys were still sobbing and they were genuinely sad.  Both Stuart and I talked with each kid separately and acknowledged their feelings while we walked away from the cemetery.  We hopped on a van to return to the MTR station, and by then the boys finally felt better.  Once we returned close to our hotel, we had a late lunch of their choice (pizza) to wrap up the tough morning outing.
    We rested for a couple of hours in the hotel room, then headed back out to meet up with Jennifer at Time Squares in Causeway Bay.  It was nice to see her along with Jesselyn and Jayden..  Jesselyn was very friendly as usual giving the boys a nice welcome that made both of them hope to sit with her at the restaurant. We ate while we chatted; later the boys played with Jesselyn as they drew.  Poor Jayden was tired and almost fell asleep on his nanny. After dinner, the kids all seemed quite energized again and ran around the lobby with each other.  We took a few pictures and finally said goodbye to them to head back to the hotel.  Logan was so tired and almost fell asleep in the MTR.  We were all asleep by 10pm.