Branson

We went to Branson earlier this week for a few days. The first thing Karianne said when we arrived in Branson was, "how do you say "hi" in Branson? Not being able to resist playing a good joke on the kids, Brent told them to say "Ooolaboola" to say hi in Branson. They were so polite in greeting everyone with "Oolaboola". We went to the Shanghai Acrobats act (fantastic! We didn't realize it is the same acrobats that perform in Shanghai that everyone wants to get tickets for when visiting Shanghai). That night we had to greet everyone with "Ni Hao". The first person Angie tried out Ni Hao on was the very non Chinese old guy taking tickets at the back of the theater. She said "Ni Hao to him several times and never got a response. The next day we went to the "Island Fire" Show that showcases different dances from the Polynesian Islands. Here we told the girls to say Aloha to the performers after the show. Amy still wanted to say "Ni Hao" to them since she is Chinese. Angie said Oolaboola AND aloha to people. Things got a little confusing.
On the way home, we stopped by the BIG Bass Pro Shop in Springfield, MO and we were very impressed with the stuffed taxidermy animals. Angie told me they were just pretend animals and we didn't have to be scared. I tried to explain to her that they were actually real animals, they were just dead and stuffed. I didn't do a good job explaining it because soon after we saw a manequin of a man fishing and she told her daddy, "him not real, him just dead and stuffed."