After-School Activities

Joseph signed up for soccer, a computer class, and a robotics class as his after-school activities this fall.  He stays an extra 45 minutes after school and rides the late bus home in the afternoon.  Joseph loves to play soccer.  His computer class is taught by his teacher so he really wanted to be in that class.  The robotics class uses legos to make robots.  Joseph loves to play with legos so of course he wanted to sign up for that class as well.  Mommy was a little worried that it might be too much for her little man, but he loves all the activities.  It's nice that Mommy doesn't have to go pick him up since he stays late 3 days out of the week.

Audrey started ballet as her after-school activity.  On monday afternoons, Mommy takes Audrey back to school for her ballet class.  Audrey loves ballet.  She loves to wear her outfit and dances all around the house.  It's so cute!  Mommy is glad the kids are enjoying their after-school activities.

Lollipops Again

The kids love Lollipops and ask to go all the time.  Today the kids were off from school so Mommy thought it would be fun to go check out the newer Lollipops at Gandaria City Mall.  Normally we go to the one in Senayan City Mall which is very close to where we live.

The kids had a blast.  Mommy had not expected to stay all day, but we did.  We got to the mall around 10:30am and did not leave until close to 4:30pm.  Mommy thinks that although Lollipops is a bit pricey, it is a fun place.  We had a great day.  Too bad Daddy missed out on all that fun.

Hairstyling Session

Audrey and Katelyn love to play together.  They often play dress-up.  The other day Audrey said she was going to help Katelyn put on a princess dress and fix her hair.  Here are the results:


I hope Audrey knows what she’s doing!



I don't know how I feel about this look.



So how do I look?



Check out the back of my head!

Silly Kids

Mommy gave the kids a snack of chocolate chip cookies before bedtime…probably not the smartest thing Mommy has ever done.  Anyways, there were crumbs and broken cookie pieces all over the floor so Mommy told the kids to go get their little brooms and dustpans and to sweep up the floor.  When they came back, they had the brooms and dustpans, but they were all wearing their swim goggles!  Mommy cracked up laughing. The kids said they were ninjas.

 

Anyways, after cleaning up the mess, the ninjas played for awhile on Mommy and Daddy’s bed. Mommy took some pictures and laughed the whole time.

 

Too bad Daddy missed out on all the fun.  Poor Daddy is in Balikpapan for another 2 weeks.  These pictures should make him laugh though. Mommy is sure Daddy misses his “Anak-Anak Gila,” his crazy kids. We love our silly kids!

Taman Mini

Mommy and Daddy decided to take the kids to a place called Taman Mini today.  I think the word "mini" is rather misleading since the place was huge!  There are full-sized replicas of representative buildings from the 26 or 27 provinces of Indonesia.  There are also all sorts of museums and other attractions.
We decided to go see the birds, reptiles, fish, and insects today. We saw them in that order.  The kids had a great time.  There was no way to see everything in one day.  Mommy had even brought swimsuits in case we had time to go to the Children's palace, playground, and swimming pool.  Daddy had thought it might be fun to catch an IMAX film.  But, after we saw the above-mentioned exhibits, the kids were super tired so we decided to head back to the apartment.  Daddy picked up some Burger King to go since everyone was so tired.
We had a fun day and definitely plan on going back to Taman Mini. There are lots more museums and other things to see and do.

Kids in front of the bird enclosure

Katelyn saw all the exhibits from the comfort of her stroller.

I spy a rat!!!


They just look innocent…remember Nigel from the movie Rio? Audrey just narrowly escaped being defecated upon by one crazy cockatoo. 


Hornbill…they’re so cool!


Cassowary from Papua


Reptile museum in the shape of a Komodo Dragon…cool huh?


The handler let us touch this Burmese Python.


Saltwater crocodile


Komodo Dragon…love that bifurcated tongue


Who wants to get eaten by a Komodo Dragon?




The kids love reptiles! Audrey especially loves snakes.


Sumatran Tiger…good thing he’s stuffed.


Touch pool at the aquarium


Whoa!  Look at that fish!


Piranhas! They are sort of creepy since they didn’t really swim around…they just kind of hovered…waiting.


At the insect museum…all sorts of very cool bugs in Indonesia.


Butterfly in the butterfly garden attached to the insect museum.