How to impress the ladies 101

At the moment we are in Singapore and I have been working on my latest method of impressing the ladies.

Firstly, I smile at them and they usually smile back. Then I like to wave and do a little bit of a dance and then they usually smile back at me. Then after we are smiling and making real contact I then stick my finger right up my nose. I can sometimes get it past the first joint and if they are really special I try it with a finger in each nostril. Mum just sits there laughing her head off, and dad keeps muttering something about "uncle Dan".... I am not sure what that means but I bet he knows how to impress the ladies :)

Training, training, training!

It seems that every weekend mum and dad have some sort of training. It is great for me because I get to play with all my friends while they are getting trained! There are about 7 or so other kids to play with and we always have a great time! Mum and dad are learning something about contextualisation or something like that - I don't know what it means, but I reckon that if you live in a country where people are different you have to try to be like them! It seems pretty easy to me!

I have also had plenty of opportunities of training of my own. Every morning mum or dad or Ibu Sumi or Ibu Tati take me walking through the kampung and I meet lots of people. In the mornings I usually see other children going to school and I play with them, I also like looking at the paintings on the wall at the entrance to our kampung, there are lots of different kinds of animals and fish! Every time I want to go out I find my shoes and say "shoos!" I am slowly getting better at walking but I still fall over every now and then!

In this photo I am carry around one of my favourite toys - the clothes basket! I play with it every day - I carry it around, I sit in it with some toys, I read books in it, I put it on my head, and when Ibu Tati needs it for the washing I am not happy! My other favourite toy is the dirty clothes basket which I like climbing into and putting all the dirty clothes on the floor and then putting them back in again! Mum calls me "the discarder" because she thinks I like throwing things away!

Swimming!

The wet season has officially ended now and we are now in the dry or hot season which means that it is generally a bit hotter during the days although it can be quite cool in the early mornings. We have been to our local swimming pool at a resort just near our house and I went swimming with Ethan and Ezekiel! I had a great time and splashed and played and climbed in and out of the pool! AND I only drank a bit of the water when I fell over!

We also had a nice dinner there one night with Ethan and Ezekiel and I played with them in the restaurant! The photo is a picture of the big pool and the gardens in the afternoon from the restaurant. There is also a kiddies pool which is just right for me and the water is very warm as well!

Easter Celebration

Dad and Mum's language school had a special Easter celebration for all the students and their friends about a week after Easter. They had a special Easter play and mum was meant to be Mary who first saw the empty tomb and met the angel. She did a great job in the play and I was very excited to see her come out on stage. A student also gave a talk about Easter and we sung lots of songs together. At the end we ate lots of food together. Each student had made food from their home country so we had Greek moussaka, Korean kim chee, Japanese noodles, American pasta bake, and plenty of Indonesian food! Dad and another Aussie tried to organise a lamb on a spit but it ended up being a bit expensive, so we got satay instead! We were all very happy!

Mud, Waterfall and Satay - what a good day!

Today we went on an adventure to a waterfall just near our friends house. Dad did a great job of weaving the car through traffic, everytime I get a chance I jump into his seat and try to steer and change gears and say "broom, broom!"

We had to walk for about 40 minutes through rice paddies to get to the waterfall. It had been raining all day so the track was very muddy and everyone was slipping over and their shoes were covered in mud. I was high and dry in the back pack on dad's back. The water fall was really nice and some people put their feet in the water. There was a big sign that said "No Swimming" so no one went for a swim. On the way home I fell asleep in the backpack and it wasn't very comfortable! (look at the photo!)

When we got back to our friends house we had a big feed of satay chicken and lamb and I played with all my friends. By the time I got home I was so tired that I just flopped into bed and slept straight away! It was a good day - I would love to show you that waterfall sometime!

Guess who walked?

That's right, i decided to take my first few steps after many failed attempts. My first attempt was with Ibu Sumi who looks after me in the mornings while mum and dad are at school - they didn't believe i had walked so i decided to show Uncle Jason and Auntie Paula the next day while mum and dad were at school again. And they still didn't believe i had walked. So on the third day i decided to show them that i really could walk and took a few steps in between mum and dad! They were very excited by i am not too sure about the advantages of walking as it seems much easier just to crawl! I can get places so much faster without all the hassles of bruises and falling over!

My Friends are here!

Today was very exciting as my friends from Australia finally arrived! It was very exciting to see them and i was able to play with Ethan and Ezekiel and had lots of big hugs from Uncle Jason and Auntie Paul. Mum met them at the airport and they were very excited to be here at last! Mum and dad help them out with speaking Indo language as they can't speak it yet. Dad took Uncle Jason shopping for some small things and four and a half hours later they returned - things just take a little bit longer here!

We have had fun times playing together and Ethan and Ezekiel have some great toys which i really enjoy playing with. They even gave me this big squishy giraffe which i love, but i don't know how they managed to fit it into their suitcase! Here is a photo of me with Ethan and Ezekiel all in the pram together with Auntie Paula. And me watching a dvd with Ethan and Ezekiel and Uncle Jason.