Our "baby" turned two today. I can't believe it, sniff... She has turned into quite a little lady who loves:
her big sister
to play with her big brother Marc
all things chocolate
to be naughty
to giggle
to climb
to swing
apple juice
to go for walks, especially to see Daddy at the hangar
to ride on the motorbike
shoes, shoes and shoes....
Yesterday Hugo and I went to Jayapura and all the towns inbetween there and here to see if we could find some beds. The Togeretz girls babysat for us. We didn't find one bed we liked enough to buy. Everything was either ultra modern, and pressboard, or really tacky. So it looks like we'll have to get some beds made. Plus beds here are a different size. A twin bed here is three inches longer and three inches narrower than North American beds. It doesn't make sense since 99% of Indonesians are really short... We also found some light sabres for the boys. They were rather thrilled. Shopping for toys here is horrid. 98% of all the toys available use batteries. For example, we bought Brynnie a cute little kompor, a counter top gas stove (of course Brynnie's doesn't use gas, it uses... batteries...) that comes with a plastic fried egg, plastic ground beef, plastic fish and some plastic veggies along with a frying pan and pot. So I put some batteries in it and turned it on and it plays a horrible annoying song... and you can make the lights on the "burners" light up. What's the point of that??? We also bought Mikah a skipping rope. Of course there are no plain ones, there's only one that has a counter on one handle, which Mikah thinks is neat, and a button that plays exercise music on the other. It is soooo hilarious. We put the batteries in and pushed the button and it plays like aerobics music... "and up and down and up and down, you can do it!!" Thankfully it stops on its own after about half a minute. Brynnie's doesn't stop unless you turn it off. So maybe we're crazy to actually put batteries in, but you know, the things we do for our kids....
Of course, this bad boy takes three AA batteries... but it's soooo cool...
2 comments:
Happy B-day Brynnie!! Congrats Hugo and Erica with her birthday ....we remembered her today as it was in the church update! :-)
Happy Birthday to Brynnie!!! She is one adorable looking little girlie...cute as a button!!! Too bad you couldn't find beds...what are you all sleeping on?? Maybe the Indonesians just want to think tall. It must be nice to have the Togeretz's close by.
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