Strings Bash

On Monday, the  school had a joint strings concert with all the elementary, middle school, and high school orchestra kids.  Joseph played the cello with 2 other boys from the other elementary school campus.  He only got to play in the finale so he wasn’t that happy with the concert overall.  He also didn’t really want to go since the kids all had off from school that day.  Joseph thought it was grossly unfair that he had to attend a rehearsal and play in the concert on his day off!  Mommy wanted him to participate since it was a good opportunity to hear what the more advanced strings students were playing. Plus, there just aren’t that many cultural events that take place in Jakarta.   He was in a better mood once we stopped for KFC on the way home. 

Two Front Teeth

Joseph lost one of his front teeth about a week ago.  Today at dinner he lost the other one.  He is losing his baby teeth later than most of the other kids his age, but that’s okay.  The permanent ones are already coming in. You can see them peeking out through the gums. He won’t be toothless for long.

Pool

Katelyn is starting to feel more comfortable in the pool.  She is willing to venture out into the deeper water without her floaties and she will actually swim around a little.  Audrey is like a fish and loves being in the water. Joseph only likes to get in the pool if there are other kids to play with.  He won’t swim just for the sake of swimming.  Funny how all the kids are so different.

On a different note, Mommy really likes taking picture of her kids. It’s nice when they are cooperative.  Most of the time they prefer not to have a camera in their faces.  Who can blame them?  Anyways, Daddy bought Mommy a new camera!

The kiddos better watch out!  Katelyn was in a good mood when we were at the pool the other day and let me snap a few pics.  Mommy is in love with her new camera!  The first picture is only slightly cropped to remove a swimmer that was to the right of Katelyn.  The second picture is cropped to show just her face and the amount of detail that is still there is amazing!   Mommy gave up on doing a Project 365 this year, but she is hoping to post lots of fun pictures of the kids this year.

Recent Photos

 

It has been awhile since I posted recent photos of the kids.  This last weekend we were able to go to Puncak for a few days.  We had a great time and I was able to take lots of pictures.  The kids were even semi-cooperative.  Usually they don’t like for me to take pictures of them.

Christmas Party

SLB sponsored a Christmas party for kids on Saturday morning.  It was held at a playground in Kemang.  The kids had a lot of fun and Santa even made an appearance!  It had been awhile since Mommy dug out her digital camera and took pictures.  Mommy decided that the party might be a good opportunity to get some nice pictures of the kids.

   

 

 

 

Meeting the Teacher

Katelyn will be starting school on Monday.  Yesterday we went to the school so she could meet the teacher and see her classroom.  We got there a little early so we went to the school library and checked out a few books.  Katelyn looked at the books while we were waiting.  When it was our turn to meet the teacher, she was a little shy at first.  The teacher and her aides all know Audrey since she was in that class.  Katelyn warmed up a bit during the meeting.  She wrote her name for the teacher.  She also went and did some painting and played with play dough while Mommy met with her teacher.  Mommy is probably as nervous as Katelyn is about starting school.  It will definitely be a change for  both of us.  So, come Monday, Katelyn will be off to school with Joseph and Audrey.  She will ride the bus there with Joseph and Audrey and then she will come home before lunchtime.  Mommy and Daddy hope she will enjoy school and have a good year. 

First Day of School

Joseph and Audrey headed back to school today. Mommy made onion pancakes for breakfast. The kids love them. Mommy thought we were doing pretty good on time but the bus was already downstairs waiting. Mommy tried to snap a few pics but Audrey was not feeling very cooperative.

Joseph and Audrey were pretty happy when they got home. They said they had a good first day at school.