Rain Rain Go Away

This is another one of Tyler's class activities! You can guess what "shoe" they are supposed to be learning about.

They gathered at the local park(the park we go to everyday) and the kids each took turns to stand under an umbrella while the teachers pour water while singing "Rain rain go away". It's actually pretty comical!! Tyler was one of the first few ones who volunteered which i was quite impressed. But he's been quite interested in umbrellas lately.

Tyler and his class at the park with their umbrellas

Tyler and his umbrella

Waiting for his turn, with his pants rolled up!!

Our brave little boy

This is what it looks like

Still smiling..

After he was all done, he of course made his way to the bucket of water and started to play with it! So, i wonder. In a whole class of about 10 kids, why is my kid the only kid interested in playing with water??

All excited about all the water laying around

After being shooed away by his teacher and dragged off by me, he went to the side to wait for the rest of his friends to be done. And this is what my family does for comedy.

haha!

Cody checking out the umbrella too!

P.S. Shoe for the lesson - rain boots!

Cody's foot imprint

Getting foot imprints of his kids are Alan's thing. He wanted to do it for Tyler, after which i swore off doing it! And now, it's Cody's turn. It's REALLY late to get a foot imprint, but as Alan said, better late than never!

Surprisingly, Cody was quite happy to go along with it. I'm not sure whether the clay has been left for too long or it's just too hot here, the clay was really sticky. Took us a few tries before a "good enough" imprint was made.

Happy go lucky Cody

Failed attempt - sticky clay

Cody showing his dirty feet(and big belly)

Our last attempt

P.S. If you're wondering what's up with Cody's dot on his forehead, ask Alan!

Visit Ocean Park - Manila

If not for my friend Pari, i would probably never leave the house. She's got 2 kids of her own and i'm sure she's made of stronger stuff as she is much more willing to take the kids out to battle with traffic, people, noise, cranky kids and stuff! I just want to curl up and go to the park! haha!!

Anyways, so she invited us to join her to go to Ocean Park and just to NOT look like a complete wimp, i said OK. I even got our own taxi to get there!! Woo hoo!!

Ocean Park turned out to be a small aquarium and not nearly as fancy as the one we went to in KL. But it was fun for the kids and it was just nice to be out and doing stuff. It's scary to think that Alan and I who usually are active members of society are becoming home-bodies and the only time we go out is because i demand to be fed in a nice restaurant!! ha!

Tyler checking out the star fish. Didn't want to touch it though

For the record, he actually voluntarily kneeled to have his picture taken with Cody!!

After 3 attempts, my maid successfully takes a picture of me!

While we were there, we saw some divers in one of the bigger tanks. Thanks to "Finding Nemo", Tyler is no longer scared sh*tless when he sees a diver. He is even quite intrigued by them but taking a picture with them is still out of bounds of his comfort zone. He still thinks they are "bad" because they took Nemo away!

Tyler checking out the diver

Tyler following the diver around

A picture with the diver

Tyler and Aarav by the shark tanks.

Oh, and they have a fish spa at the Ocean Park. Of course I had to go try. Pari has done it a few times and did it just to encourage her father in law to give it a try.

Pari, Aarav and her father in law

Me and Cody

Those fishes must really know what they are doing because when i put my feet into the water, they went CRAZY!!! Biggest feast that day and when Pari put hers in, there was hardly any nibbles because she had just gotten a foot spa the day before!! Mine are at the bottom, Pari's in laws at the top, Pari in the middle.

Notice the difference in the number of fishes around our feet.

The boys having a ride in the Jeepney

Aaron's birthday party

My friend Miriam's son, Aaron turned 3 and we were invited to his birthday party! Woo hoo!! It was held at the local Shakey's joint. Alan who's only been saying that he wanted to go to Shakey's for 4 months, was looking forward to it!

So, the first thing i noticed when i got to the venue was, man, that's a lot of man-power for a party, where are all the guests?? Turned out, they were all guests, but because they were all wearing the same scarves(party favors), they looked quite official! ha!

The scarves i was talking about.. ha!

Miriam said - Air-Shakeys!

Cody and Tyler surprisingly kept their scarves on

Special guest - Mr Pizza!!

The birthday boy and his family!

It was a fun party and i actually felt like i was immersed in the local scene. There were some games for the kids and adults and some of them was pretty funny! One of them involved me sitting on a balloon and popping it. Man, did i let my team down! Tyler thought it was hilarious as heck and was laughing and laughing and clapping! So funny!

Is it true?

Tyler says lots of things these days and some of them are pretty funny. I never remember to write it down right away and of course, i never remember them when i'm in front of the computer.

But this one i did remember. I was feeding him his dinner.

Tyler : I no like carrots, Mummy.
Me : Really? When you were a baby, you used to love it! It was your favorite.
Tyler : Hmm.. i'm not a baby anymore, Mummy!
Me : *loss for words..*

Finally baking

After being here for 4 months, i've finally gathered enough courage to light my gas oven to bake some stuff. The lighting part still freaks me out and my maid still claps each time I successfully light it!!

One of the things that is almost on my list every week is bananas and each week i throw half of it away coz in this heat, you can't eat the bananas in time!

So, the only solution to this banana situation is banana bread, which i love. I usually bake a loaf, give half of it to my maid to take home and take a few days to finish the rest.

Banana bread.. yumm...

Cody in the park

While we're in the Philippines, we go to the park nearly everyday because i just want Tyler out of the house and so that he can run around, expending energy and at the same time keep my sanity and house in tact!

So, usually Tyler has the most fun while Cody and I(and our helper) just sit around a relax. But since Cody is a little more steady on his feet, he's been allowed to approach the "fun" area. They are usually full of boisterous, rough kids running around.

Cody at the steps

Cody at the slides. He's not sure he likes it!