Opening party

We're watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. You know, that's like a party to open the games and races.

Just to date myself, I grew up calling the city Peking.

What are those squares? (A printing press. It's like a typewriter.)

Dad: That's what the stadium looks like from the air, from an airplane or a blimp.
Older daughter: What's a blimp?
Daddy: It's like a dirigible.
Older daughter: Oh, yeah. How do you drive a blimp?
Daddy: Very carefully.

The green star people. How do they do that with the lights? (We decided it was magic.)

Oh, I see how they do that, daddy. Those people that are walking upside and doing cartwheels, they're attached by string.

Why do those dancers have big feathers on their head? (Just for decoration.)

Why were there so many people holding up a floor? What are they doing now?

Why are there astronauts over the stadium? How can they fly like that?

Wow. Look at that.