Regan worked really hard on her artwork. She finshed it, and I was quite impressed. The first thing she said was, "Can you put this on the blog?"
The girls have a great view from their room. The girls like to draw and color at the little table that is in there. I don't blame them. This was our last week before Katherine starts school.
Benjamin finally got to spend all that saved money on his watergun. We were really not planning to buy one this big, but after an entire day of searching, this was the ONLY one we could find. He has had fun with it. We have already had to tell him NOT to shoot it off the balcony. Daddy made a target in the bathroom one day and he had a blast.
We also needed to get Benjamin a hair cut. I was not sure where to go to get one, so I just walked around until we found one. We walked in and they took him back to a table that he laid down on to get his hair washed and head massaged. He wasn't sure of it at first (and I was a little jealous) but he ended up loving getting his head massaged. He will be so spoiled when we get back :) After they washed his hair, someone different cut it. After the cut, the same hair washing guy washed his hair again. I thought we were done, but no. He went back to the hair cut guy and they dried what little hair he had left with a hair dryer. Then we paid. How much did it cost? It was about 4 US dollars.
We were also very excited to find a high chair this week. Previously, Jonathan had been holding Lauren in his lap and they would eat and get messy together. They also made each other very sweaty. So, this is Jonathan carrying the high chair back to our apartment. It made me laugh to see them on their way. I wondered what the locals were thingking seeing her carried in this big chair and holding a Coke of all things!
This is not our actual apartment, but it looks just like this one. This is actually the apartment across from us. As you can see, everyone (including us) hangs the laundry to dry. Most families don't have quite as many kids as we do :) so we also bought a dryer to help us not get behind on our laundry. It is very nice to have. We make sure the towels get put in dryer. The other day, we left them out to dry and the kids wrapped up in them. Regan said, "What happened to them?" and Benjamin said, "Dad, my towel feels like sandpaper." Haha. I like soft, fuzzy towels, too!
This is a very rare view from Benjamin's room. Rare because it is not very often that you see such clear blue skies! Since we have been here, we have had many cloudy or smoggy days. However, we have been seeing more and more of the sky recently. The other night, we even saw a couple of stars! (I say a couple because I saw 1 and Jonathan says 15...I think they were planes, but regardless, we saw stars) :)
This week we hired a house helper to take care of Lauren while we are language learning. She is wonderful. She started this week while we are home, so that she can get used to Lauren and learn how we take care of her. Lauren likes to help with household chores...can't you tell?
We are also very thankful that Regan has met a girl, and they have become very close friends already. We try to make sure we let the girls play at least once a week. They are attending the same school, but are in different grades. Oh, that was the other thing we did this week. Regan and Benjamin had their Open House and we got to meet their teachers and see the school. This week we have to buy the items on the supplies list that they gave us. We found out, too, that Regan's class will go swimming every Tuesday and Thursday for their PE time! How nice! Can I go??
Regan worked really hard on her artwork. She finshed it, and I was quite impressed. The first thing she said was, "Can you put this on the blog?"
The girls have a great view from their room. The girls like to draw and color at the little table that is in there. I don't blame them. This was our last week before Katherine starts school. 
Benjamin finally got to spend all that saved money on his watergun. We were really not planning to buy one this big, but after an entire day of searching, this was the ONLY one we could find. He has had fun with it. We have already had to tell him NOT to shoot it off the balcony. Daddy made a target in the bathroom one day and he had a blast.
We also needed to get Benjamin a hair cut. I was not sure where to go to get one, so I just walked around until we found one. We walked in and they took him back to a table that he laid down on to get his hair washed and head massaged. He wasn't sure of it at first (and I was a little jealous) but he ended up loving getting his head massaged. He will be so spoiled when we get back :) After they washed his hair, someone different cut it. After the cut, the same hair washing guy washed his hair again. I thought we were done, but no. He went back to the hair cut guy and they dried what little hair he had left with a hair dryer. Then we paid. How much did it cost? It was about 4 US dollars.
We were also very excited to find a high chair this week. Previously, Jonathan had been holding Lauren in his lap and they would eat and get messy together. They also made each other very sweaty. So, this is Jonathan carrying the high chair back to our apartment. It made me laugh to see them on their way. I wondered what the locals were thingking seeing her carried in this big chair and holding a Coke of all things!
This is not our actual apartment, but it looks just like this one. This is actually the apartment across from us. As you can see, everyone (including us) hangs the laundry to dry. Most families don't have quite as many kids as we do :) so we also bought a dryer to help us not get behind on our laundry. It is very nice to have. We make sure the towels get put in dryer. The other day, we left them out to dry and the kids wrapped up in them. Regan said, "What happened to them?" and Benjamin said, "Dad, my towel feels like sandpaper." Haha. I like soft, fuzzy towels, too!
This is a very rare view from Benjamin's room. Rare because it is not very often that you see such clear blue skies! Since we have been here, we have had many cloudy or smoggy days. However, we have been seeing more and more of the sky recently. The other night, we even saw a couple of stars! (I say a couple because I saw 1 and Jonathan says 15...I think they were planes, but regardless, we saw stars) :)
This week we hired a house helper to take care of Lauren while we are language learning. She is wonderful. She started this week while we are home, so that she can get used to Lauren and learn how we take care of her. Lauren likes to help with household chores...can't you tell?
We are also very thankful that Regan has met a girl, and they have become very close friends already. We try to make sure we let the girls play at least once a week. They are attending the same school, but are in different grades. Oh, that was the other thing we did this week. Regan and Benjamin had their Open House and we got to meet their teachers and see the school. This week we have to buy the items on the supplies list that they gave us. We found out, too, that Regan's class will go swimming every Tuesday and Thursday for their PE time! How nice! Can I go??
