L loves to kick!

Party Time!

The girls were invited to a party for friend K today. It was a dinosaur-themed party. One of the fun games was 'excavating' 'dinosaurs' from a chunk of 'rock'. There was SO much gluten-free party food -- the girls loved it :-)

 

It was so lovely to see K's new baby brother - only one week old :-) Our little baby looks quite big next to him; she's certainly no longer a newborn!

 

Yep. She's definitely growing :-)

Saturday is 'Family Date' Day

Every Saturday, Jon takes the girls on a 'family date'. Sometimes together, sometimes one after the other. Occasionally with Mum and Eliana :-) It is almost always to Greenbelt for a Pinkberry (strawberry!), then to feed the fish, and finally to the toy store. Just to look :-) 

When Jemima goes quiet in the car on the way home we pretty much know what's happened :-)

We love visitors :-)

Dr Aunty Jazzy came to visit - and share a book with the girls about the Human Body

And then Lovely Lola, back from the UK. Hurrah!

Mum really enjoyed the adult conversation and the girls loved being visited. They also had a great time as usual with Teacher Rizzy and Teacher Erika, both of whom come to our home for 'school'. We love it when people come! 

Farewell Ate Lin

So sad for us, but so happy for Ate Lin - finally getting to go and live with her husband! Two weeks ago we had a 'Despidida' - a going away party - before she left Manila.

We each said a little something about Ate Lin and did 'cheers!', which the girls LOVE

And the girls got to help prepare and wrap gifts for Ate - and then give them to her :-)

Our last night with Ate Lin. A lovely night. We have many wonderful memories of Ate Lin and are so glad we got to share more than a year with her.

Typhoon Glenda

Yesterday was a day of no electricity, wild wind, some rain, and Dad home. We are so grateful to be very protected in our village, but the storm was devastating for many others in Manila... http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-16/an-thousands-evacauted-as-typhoon-rammasun-closes-in-on-manila/5600234

 

This was after crews had cleaned the streets of large branches so cars could get through

We watched the action from the lanai. It got a good deal messier as the storm progressed

Name change :-)

 

This 9 month old photo is unfortunately the most recent family pic that we have (our thanks to the Foxes for taking it!)
Our precious third daughter is on the way and scheduled to be born in 5 weeks' time. It has been a long wait! A new blog was needed since we are now 5 and no longer 4. We figure we can count this chicken before she's hatched :-)
After five great years in Hanoi, we moved to Manila in Feb of this year and this baby came into being pretty much as soon as we got here. 33 weeks in the Philippines so far :-)