So I don't have any story to hang these photos from - and by the way I officially hate the new Blogger photo options - so I'm just going to have a general "photos from July" post with a little of each story with the photos.
July is the start of really hot and humid weather in Xiamen - ok, so June isn't much better, but July is when it really starts to hit home. This year we spent much more time at the beach. Here Alex and Sebastien are, yet again, attracting attention. They do go in the water - though that's happening less and less as the (visible) water quality seems to be worsening.
Sebastien has been really enjoying his new train track - ane we've been enjoying watching him work out ways to extend it. Note "Gordon's Hill" is the Wiggles guitar that the track goes over. A shoebox was finally turned into a tunnel as the leggo ones just weren't wide enough to take the trains' use and abuse (and Mummy wasn't up to constant requests to help rebuild said tunnel).
School finished, so we had plenty of time to - fill. Mummy had some collages ready to go which took a few hours. We also finally opened our paint pots.
When Daddy wasn't working, we went "exploring" - and found time to ride the Haiwan Park elephants!
Along with summer, comes torrential downpours. This year they seem heavier than usual - and apparently are washing lots of debris from rivers into the ocean. Lots of water lillies are being washed out too - but Xiamen local government has small boats out and about picking up rubbish out of the water. Apparently this year they hit a record - and I did have a reference for this... but no matter. Here is what I've been seeing from our balcony.
Sebastien continued to tangle with the furniture and the marble floors - adding another injury to his collection. Now that he has a full set of teeth, the common injury is tooth-in-lip - which brings with it an awful lot of blood. Mummy is anxiously assessing local dentists just on the offchance that some emergency dental work eventually needs to be done.
There are days when I am glad we have a "toy room" where we try to limit the playing to.
But some days, you walk out of your bedroom to see "snow on the Island of Sodor, Mummy!" - yep, the beanbag up and died...
Mummy is still trying to bring home something different every other day - this day it was "snake fruit". The outside skin is really easy to peel and feels just like reptile skin. The 3-4 fruit segments each have a seed which you don't eat. And the fruit tastes a little like an apple but with a blander flavour.
All too soon, it was approaching the end of July. This could mean only one thing: The imminent arrival of our second group of visitors!
1 comment:
Wow - what a cool looking fruit!
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