Kaylia had one her favourite events today ... a visit to the doctor! It was time for a review by her paediatrician .... Kaylia loves playing with his stethoscope.
Then it was off to school. Zoe was impressed by how excited and happy Kaylia was to be at school.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Thursday, September 13, 2012
#698 Thursday 13 September
Zoe has been shopping! She's getting her room all set up and 'personalised' ... it should be good.
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Kaylia was VERY happy to be back at school this morning. When I see how happy she is at school I always feel as though we doing something right! It's good. For me I don't think there was ever a single day when school meant anything other than fear, anxiety and worry. I'm so glad that times have changed.
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Evening
I'm watching ABC4kids with Kaylia.
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Kaylia was VERY happy to be back at school this morning. When I see how happy she is at school I always feel as though we doing something right! It's good. For me I don't think there was ever a single day when school meant anything other than fear, anxiety and worry. I'm so glad that times have changed.
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Evening
I'm watching ABC4kids with Kaylia.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
#697 Wednesday 12 September
Last day! We're having breakfast and then we go to the airport. Kaylia is ready! Last night she took a while to convince that it would be "airport tomorrow".
Later:
The flight went well .... despite being delayed by an hour due to the whole airport being shut down .... a VIP flight! Sheesh! We arrived in Perth to find that the car had a flat tyre. While changing the tyre I managed to nearly knock myself out! I walked into the edge of the rear door which had not been fully raised.
We arrived home and Kaylia was very happy ..... She was immediately into her routines of getting ready for school tomorrow.
Zoe settled into her room .... then crashed.
Later:
The flight went well .... despite being delayed by an hour due to the whole airport being shut down .... a VIP flight! Sheesh! We arrived in Perth to find that the car had a flat tyre. While changing the tyre I managed to nearly knock myself out! I walked into the edge of the rear door which had not been fully raised.
We arrived home and Kaylia was very happy ..... She was immediately into her routines of getting ready for school tomorrow.
Zoe settled into her room .... then crashed.
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
#696 Tuesday 11 September
Last day! (sort of .... we need to be heading for the airport by around 9:30 tomorrow morning .... so today is the last day for "doing stuff").
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Kaylia has really enjoyed this trip I think. We've managed to pounce on the anxiety whenever it has reared its ugly head and so she has been able to chill out and enjoy. She has made many changes to her routines ... she wants to spend more time in the pool and more time with toys .... less time in the car and less time at Peek a Boo .... so she has been easier to care for during this trip.
After breakfast today, she has rejected the idea of a car trip to Hypermart! Most unusual.
She continued this through the day ... she accepted a trip to Hardy's for an icecream ... then wanted to go home.
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Evening
AJ and Z have been to Kuta .... this T-shirt for Kaylia was one of the results!
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Kaylia has really enjoyed this trip I think. We've managed to pounce on the anxiety whenever it has reared its ugly head and so she has been able to chill out and enjoy. She has made many changes to her routines ... she wants to spend more time in the pool and more time with toys .... less time in the car and less time at Peek a Boo .... so she has been easier to care for during this trip.
After breakfast today, she has rejected the idea of a car trip to Hypermart! Most unusual.
She continued this through the day ... she accepted a trip to Hardy's for an icecream ... then wanted to go home.
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Evening
AJ and Z have been to Kuta .... this T-shirt for Kaylia was one of the results!
Monday, September 10, 2012
#695 Monday 10 September
Massage .... wonderful! Zoe took point with Kaylia last night while AJ, Naomi and I went out for a relaxing dinner .... no pressure from KK .... followed by an hour of aromatherapy massage. I went soundly to sleep during the massage ... very good. Naomi says the snoring was bad!
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Now .... today ......
In the morning, Zoe and AJ went to Ubud ... I'll let them fill in the story of their trip. Naomi did painting stuff (repainting the black bricks around the showers) and I had Kaylia. She and I went down to the little beach and went from one breakwater to the next ... about 300 metres. A lot of this was floating in the shallow water, stopping to sing "Row, row, row your boat ...." and so on. I saw two live sea urchins! The first time in my life ... so it is quite an event for me. I've seen many sea urchin shells but never a live one. We also stopped several times for Kaylia to practice greeting people .... "Hello .... my name is Kaylia."
After lunch the Mercure Gang arrived to help with the wiring fault .... which of course had fixed itself .... so we couldn't find the fault! So instead we tried to find out why a particular light fitting has never worked ... and found a switch that doesn't connect to anything .... we found cables that don't appear to connect any where ..... truly the builders of this villa were amazingly bad. In the bathroom, we have two switches that do nothing, in the passage a light fitting that doesn't work, in the bedroom we have cables poking out the wall that don't do anything. And at the front of the villa we have three or four lights that don't work. Great!
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Then it was wire brushing the steel lids (of the pool equipment underground rooms) so they could be repainted .... my choice of colour this time .... bright yellow!
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By this time A and Z were back and Naomi and I had a trip to Ace in Kuta to get some more paint and other supplies. I now have an 'Ace Member Card'! I'm almost a local! On the way back to the villa we just HAD to stop at Puri Mas bakery ..... the banana bread loaf is a compulsory purchase.
Soon we will be off for a meal .... just the two of us ..... wow!
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A.J. here! Zoe and I drove with Made to Ubud. Zoe and I were both very tired and napped during the car ride. We stopped at a lovely jewellery shop which produces its own silver jewellery. The lady working there explained that the silver is imported from Borneo and the Balinese silver workers add metals to it to make it stronger. I am a fidgeter so I do not really buy jewellery to wear but Zoe was in heaven. She found a very cute silver necklace and got the price down from 2 million rupiah to 1.25! Apparently it was the "morning price", a sale from the first customer of the day is good luck in Bali.
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On our way to Ubud we passed a loooong street of wood carvings, house furnishings, furniture in the woodcarving district of Bali. I wanted to spend a whole day just walking along and buying everything for a house I don't have yet! Once we made it to the rice terraces we were surprised at how beautiful they were. Made made sure to tell us not to talk to the aggressive shopkeepers as they will follow us to sell us things. I ended up buying two beautiful "batiks". While were in Ubud we noticed it was very touristy, more so than Sanur. Naomi explained this is where Eat, Pray, Love was filmed so that explained a lot!
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We took Kaylee to Pizza Hut so Ian and Naomi could have a quiet meal together without Kaylee wanting to leave as soon as she is finished. While we were ordering our drinks we asked Kaylee what she wanted to drink and she said "water!" This is a bit unusual for her, but Zoe and I went with it, of course when the water came she didn't drink it, opting instead for a delicious strawberry and watermelon drink. I think she was answering the question as "What do you drink when you are thirsty?" as opposed to what she really wanted to drink. She knows that people do drink water when they are thirsty, but she is not one of those girls! It was a good answer either way!
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It has been wonderful being here in Bali! Ian and Naomi have been very generous in the amount of free time that they give us to explore this country. When Z and I watch Kaylee it is mostly in the pool, an activity we both enjoy so it is pretty wonderful!
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Now .... today ......
In the morning, Zoe and AJ went to Ubud ... I'll let them fill in the story of their trip. Naomi did painting stuff (repainting the black bricks around the showers) and I had Kaylia. She and I went down to the little beach and went from one breakwater to the next ... about 300 metres. A lot of this was floating in the shallow water, stopping to sing "Row, row, row your boat ...." and so on. I saw two live sea urchins! The first time in my life ... so it is quite an event for me. I've seen many sea urchin shells but never a live one. We also stopped several times for Kaylia to practice greeting people .... "Hello .... my name is Kaylia."
After lunch the Mercure Gang arrived to help with the wiring fault .... which of course had fixed itself .... so we couldn't find the fault! So instead we tried to find out why a particular light fitting has never worked ... and found a switch that doesn't connect to anything .... we found cables that don't appear to connect any where ..... truly the builders of this villa were amazingly bad. In the bathroom, we have two switches that do nothing, in the passage a light fitting that doesn't work, in the bedroom we have cables poking out the wall that don't do anything. And at the front of the villa we have three or four lights that don't work. Great!
.
Then it was wire brushing the steel lids (of the pool equipment underground rooms) so they could be repainted .... my choice of colour this time .... bright yellow!
.
By this time A and Z were back and Naomi and I had a trip to Ace in Kuta to get some more paint and other supplies. I now have an 'Ace Member Card'! I'm almost a local! On the way back to the villa we just HAD to stop at Puri Mas bakery ..... the banana bread loaf is a compulsory purchase.
Soon we will be off for a meal .... just the two of us ..... wow!
.
A.J. here! Zoe and I drove with Made to Ubud. Zoe and I were both very tired and napped during the car ride. We stopped at a lovely jewellery shop which produces its own silver jewellery. The lady working there explained that the silver is imported from Borneo and the Balinese silver workers add metals to it to make it stronger. I am a fidgeter so I do not really buy jewellery to wear but Zoe was in heaven. She found a very cute silver necklace and got the price down from 2 million rupiah to 1.25! Apparently it was the "morning price", a sale from the first customer of the day is good luck in Bali.
.
On our way to Ubud we passed a loooong street of wood carvings, house furnishings, furniture in the woodcarving district of Bali. I wanted to spend a whole day just walking along and buying everything for a house I don't have yet! Once we made it to the rice terraces we were surprised at how beautiful they were. Made made sure to tell us not to talk to the aggressive shopkeepers as they will follow us to sell us things. I ended up buying two beautiful "batiks". While were in Ubud we noticed it was very touristy, more so than Sanur. Naomi explained this is where Eat, Pray, Love was filmed so that explained a lot!
.
We took Kaylee to Pizza Hut so Ian and Naomi could have a quiet meal together without Kaylee wanting to leave as soon as she is finished. While we were ordering our drinks we asked Kaylee what she wanted to drink and she said "water!" This is a bit unusual for her, but Zoe and I went with it, of course when the water came she didn't drink it, opting instead for a delicious strawberry and watermelon drink. I think she was answering the question as "What do you drink when you are thirsty?" as opposed to what she really wanted to drink. She knows that people do drink water when they are thirsty, but she is not one of those girls! It was a good answer either way!
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It has been wonderful being here in Bali! Ian and Naomi have been very generous in the amount of free time that they give us to explore this country. When Z and I watch Kaylee it is mostly in the pool, an activity we both enjoy so it is pretty wonderful!
Sunday, September 9, 2012
#694 Sunday 9 September
Me again .....
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We had a villa gathering last night .... occupants of all three villas at Greg's (Hibiscus #1) for a BBQ .... a pleasant evening for me with Greg and Paul both interested in guitar. Kaylia performed in her usual routine and Naomi opted to take her home to bed very early.
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This morning Kaylia has had a 'little beach' trip .... singing 'happy feet' on the way! This is a good indicator that all is well in her world. While there they found a 'magic circle' of 6 starfish! (live ones)
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I've been on maintenance groove .... adjusting doors, hanging Naomi's latest finds. The doors in bedroom 4 are a real botch-up .... the builders used tiny screws to support very heavy doors ... and of course they don't hold ... so the door sags. Simple to fix ... but the curtains, tracks and pelmet all have to be removed to gain access. It's very annoying.
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The repairs to the water supply system (made on on last trip) seem to be performing correctly. The taps continue to fail ... one at a time. The ceramic disc insert has a spring inside that loses its spring .... and then won't seal. They all seem to be failing at the same time ... nearly two years old.
The new awning attached to the living room is working well .... it's cooling the room as well as its intended rain-proofing.
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This afternoon AJ and Zoe have gone off to Padang Bai ... it's a pretty beach about an hour drive along the coast.
Kaylia is getting very picky about her food ... so I went off to the local Aussie butcher shop in the next street and bought a dozen frozen pies .... they're a hit!
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We had a villa gathering last night .... occupants of all three villas at Greg's (Hibiscus #1) for a BBQ .... a pleasant evening for me with Greg and Paul both interested in guitar. Kaylia performed in her usual routine and Naomi opted to take her home to bed very early.
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This morning Kaylia has had a 'little beach' trip .... singing 'happy feet' on the way! This is a good indicator that all is well in her world. While there they found a 'magic circle' of 6 starfish! (live ones)
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I've been on maintenance groove .... adjusting doors, hanging Naomi's latest finds. The doors in bedroom 4 are a real botch-up .... the builders used tiny screws to support very heavy doors ... and of course they don't hold ... so the door sags. Simple to fix ... but the curtains, tracks and pelmet all have to be removed to gain access. It's very annoying.
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The repairs to the water supply system (made on on last trip) seem to be performing correctly. The taps continue to fail ... one at a time. The ceramic disc insert has a spring inside that loses its spring .... and then won't seal. They all seem to be failing at the same time ... nearly two years old.
The new awning attached to the living room is working well .... it's cooling the room as well as its intended rain-proofing.
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This afternoon AJ and Zoe have gone off to Padang Bai ... it's a pretty beach about an hour drive along the coast.
Kaylia is getting very picky about her food ... so I went off to the local Aussie butcher shop in the next street and bought a dozen frozen pies .... they're a hit!
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