Sunday, June 26, 2011

HKG117 & HKG118 : Weekend Roundup

this was a pretty fantastic weekend. saturday, we took the kids to the zoo and to victoria park. saturday night, miss sally kept the kids while josh and i got out to a birthday gathering for one of josh's office mates and then to an all-night diner for a very american-style breakfast (the diner reminded me a lot of kerbey lane). while we were at the birthday gathering, i was introduced to a young man from the states. from texas. from san antonio...and then he said something to the effect of "oh, i am really from a small town called boerne." turns out, i graduated with his sister. talk about a small, small world!

today, we took the kids to discovery bay to play at the beach and wander around. we had a really great time both days, and we are sufficiently worn out

tomorrow will begin another 3-day stint of construction in/on our apartment. the communal area pipes are being worked on, and the crews will have to access them and/or build the scaffolding to access them via the windows in livie's room. i have learned my lesson about the mess these crews make, so i will be pulling everything out of livie's room first thing in the morning....all bedding/mattress, books, toys, and stuffed animals. i will probably tape garbage bags over her dresser. poor waffle kitty is going to have to be relegated to our room and bathroom. he has become very curious about the front door and the windows...can't take the chance he gets out.

pirate livie at the beach park

kids on swings at the beach park

bug mid-air on a doohickey at victoria park

kids looking adorable at victoria park

q found dirt at victoria park. actually, it was mulch. it is REALLY difficult to get mulch off a sweaty, sunscreened child!

q sportin' dinosaur horns. we got these for him and olivia while we were out in lan kwai fong last night. lan kwai fong is a little like mardi gras and/or sixth street in austin...there's a lot of revelry and silliness going on...and a lot of drinking.

livie making the horns look cute ;p

livie on a balance beam thingy at the beach park

quinn right after he ate his fifth mouthful of sand. he liked the sound/feeling it made when he crunched it between his teeth. meanwhile, josh and i were doing the heebie skeebie dance every time we heard q grinding sand between his teeth!

3 comments:

  1. Wow it really IS a small world. Can't believe you met some random person from your hometown!

    Ewww with Q eating the sand. Did you tell him there was fishy poo in there? LOL

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  2. quick tip on getting sand/dirt/mulch off of sweaty sunscreened kids: use baby powder on the area and the sand/dirt/mulch will come right off.

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  3. that's awesome to know! thanks, taz!

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