sorry it's been so long...i guess when you get out of routine...you don't do things that you "normally" would do! summer has given us a lot of freedom to NOT have a schedule...but it's still been pretty fast and running. i think nearly all the ex-pats left town the first week after school was out so we felt pretty alone...not in a bad way...but it was just different to not see anyone. so in that time we decided to get a bunch of things done on the house that we had been putting off...like more murals and painting and figuring things out...it's been fun and the kids have been going to a day camp 3 days a week in the mornings...so greg and i get a lot of running around done in that time cuz our car lets us!!!!!! and we have also been working in the art room cuz 7 years of no "official" art teacher...means a lot of stuff getting piled up and unorganized...so it has been a lot of work going through that as well and getting it ready for school this year...it's been fun to find old pictures that i took, drawings we did, lesson plans we made, and just remembering the days of our first time in indo. the days in the art room too have been therapy for me cuz we get soooo much accomplished in ONE morning! i am frustrated a lot with how LONG it takes to get everything done here...but this was all fast and fun...and then our pimbantu comes as well and helps us sort and she took home all the trash from the room and recycled it for $10!!! pretty good and smart!
our house is getting more in order with projects getting finished instead of just being in our heads :D...now we will have to think of more! but greg's parents are going to be here in less than a week so we wanted to have the place looking more "finished" for them. the kids are so very excited and can NOT wait...i'm most excited to see the reunion of them...it will have to be videoed!
greg is right now watching the finals of the soccer in europe with good friend Jan(pronounced Yan) and they are sad that Holland is out...
hazel...she talks almost not stop...she has a lot to say...(and if she isn't talking...she probably isn't feeling well) every night she prays this prayer "Jesus loves me, sassy loves me, bruiser loves me. amen" sassy and bruiser are our dogs :D she likes to carry her baby around with her everywhere...she treats it just like she is treated...when we read books with her...she notices how people are feeling...where the boys tend to notice what people are doing...so interesting...and she loves to stand in front of the mirror and make faces at herself...or if she is really crying she will go and watch herself in the mirror to see a really good show...
paul is a bit naughty these days...trying us on everything...but at least he keeps us laughing... i think this camp thing wears him out...he is so tired all the time and it messes with their schedules...but he loves going to 'school'...everyone loves him there...his class is full of characters just like him...i kind of feel sorry for the kinder teacher (not for one more year of course)....ha h ah ah ha! it will be one creative year!
gavin is a bit sick at the moment...he has a hard time laying down but he feels just horrible so he keeps trying to forget about it and keep moving with his brother and sister or whoever is in the house...but every so often he comes to me just dragging himself and saying he doesn't feel good...so i put him back down in comfy spot and sit with him but then he goes again...it's hard to be sick when you are young huh?
anyway...i put a bunch of pictures from a couple different days here recently on the blog so you can keep reading for those...and i will try to stay up to date with the parents here...we are going to some fun places and we are excited to have a break now as well...thanks for reading...c ya soon...
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