Katherine had to go to the capital of our province to see the orthodontists because her retainers broke and it has been an ordeal trying to get them fixed. We thought this was the trip to get them back, but they didn't make them right so it turned into a Mother Daughter date :) I asked Katherine where she wanted to eat for lunch and she said Pizza Hut because she wanted a cheese pizza with stuffed crust. I had a happy girl when I agreed to go there! One of my friends saw this and said they loved it because you can see Katherine's heart through her smile. :)
While we were there, she found a bunny statue. I think she would have tried to put it in her room if she could!
The kids learned a few things about Egypt, and pyramids, and such this week....SO, they each chose their favorite doll or stuffed animal to wrap up as a mummy.
The little ones made 3-D apples for art.
We took a new family picture with our Tennessee shirts on :) I guess it hasn't helped them on the field, but we still show our support over here :)
Since it is a holiday over here (even though OUR kids had school) the kids wanted to do something fun. So, they each took some of their money for the arcade. I have discovered that anytime we are going to go someplace during a holiday that I need to put my kids in their TN shirts...I could spot them anywhere!! :)
The girls were invited to spend the night with a local friend.
Regan is hiding her pillow because she was embarrassed to carry down the street. They had a really good time with their friends.
Hudson came with me to drop them off. On the way home, he saw this jacket and wanted to try it on. How could you not try it on when the little guy is saying "Minions!" in the cutest little voice. No, we didn't buy it, but I did let him get a new pair of pants for when the weather starts to cool down.
Check this out! One of my friends went to a wedding and this was the feast that they were serving to the guests!!! That is a lot of pig!!
We took one day to go out with our friends. Who ever let a typhoon stop the fun? We did delay the "fun day" until two days after it made landfall, but we were still dodging rain showers all day long.
We really didn't know we were hiking a mountain in the morning or we would have brought water with us. Needless to say, we were quite thirsty by the time we climbed straight up the steps (according to my phone we climbed the equivalent of a 61 story building...my friend's phone said 100 flights) either way, that is a lot with no water. Thankfully, someone brought oranges and we all split them. It helped a lot! :)
This is the view of our city from the top of the climb.
Going back down was actually more difficult than the climb up. It was steep and slippery!
We enjoyed seeing the beautiful scenery though!
After a morning of hiking, we went bike riding in the afternoon.
I'm glad we went with a group...everyone was able to help take a Sheddan kid with them :)
Ok, Regan is bigger than all the adults, but we all doubled up :)
And Jonathan tripled up :) Katherine is running on her bike trying to beat us
I had Benjamin who did not want anyone to beat us and would pedal super fast :)
We did stop at one point to take a family picture in front of the huge opera house.
Like I said, we were running from storms all day. They caught us a few times. Hudson enjoyed looking at the ocean. I look forward to him one day getting to enjoy a sandy beach, but for now we will just look at the water.
In late afternoon/evening, we went to a palace.
Inside we could see many things and a many things outside as well. We walked the whole park.
Regan and Katherine got potatoes on a stick.
measuring a a tree...
By the end of the day, this little one was worn out. I ended up carrying her through the back half of the park. WE were really glad to sit for awhile in the car on the way back to our house.
One last group shot before we split up. (We went home to have dinner while the rest of them went out to eat porridge.)
Proud of these two for their work on their mammal poster project. They could choose any mammal they wanted. Benjamin wanted to figure out what kind of cat Gracie is...Ocicat, and Regan wanted to do an animal that she didn't know much if anything about....Tree Pangolin.
This little guy is SO excited. He got his very first birthday package this week! He couldn't wait to go pick it up at the post office.
So after school, we set off for the post office. It's a good little walk, so Katherine took her scooter for Hudson to ride on in case he got tired.
Everyone was surprised to see this box being brought out! It's as big as he is! :)
What could be in a box that size? A tunnel!!! It was so funny to see him open it. He had no idea what it was, but all the other kids knew right away and were so excited about it...so naturally, he was very excited before he even knew what it was. He didn't understand until we set it up for him and then he laughed and laughed.
He knew what this was!! Six dollars because he will soon be SIX!
This super smart kiddo loves to learn! He is excited to have a BIG book!
He also got a costume with muscles! :)
Apparently, that means you can do taekwondo. He has been counting down the days until his birthday (starting from THE DAY of Katherine's birthday). His prayer was really cute that night at dinner. "Thank you for the food. Thank you for my birthday comin soon. Thank for my prize. Thank you for we all like the prize. Thank you we all have fun. Thank you for Jesus name. Amen." 22 more days! :)
