This morning I took Katelyn to her friend’s birthday party. Joseph had a play date after school and went to his friend’s house. Later the girls and I hopped in the car to go pick him up. We had mini hamburgers for dinner. Doss had a company dinner to attend in the evening. The kids and I made tents in the front room and watched Real Steel. It was a pretty full but fun Friday.
Joseph: #32/365
These are chickens. Ayam is the Indonesian word for chicken.
Julia: #32/365
Katelyn and friends at Clara’s birthday party. The kids had lots of fun playing games and swimming. It was a fun polka dot themed party.
We have been posting pictures to our Project 365 for one whole month! I have to admit it is a bit challenging sometimes. Tonight for instance, I took a shower and was ready to go to sleep when I remembered that I hadn’t posted today’s pictures. I am pretty sleepy and not feeling like blogging tonight but here I am doing it anyways.
Today I took Katelyn to preschool. I did a bit of shopping at Pondok Indah Mall. I bought some rolling duffel bags for an upcoming trip. I also bought some new make-up. Tonight we also met with someone to look at some investment options. The kids entertained themselves pretty well during the meeting. They are really good when they want to be.
Joseph: #31/365
Cool wood carvings.
Julia: #31/365
You don’t want to know how old most of my make-up is…lol. It is time to start replacing some things. I broke down and visited the Revlon counter at the department store today. Surprisingly, I found the prices were similar to U.S. prices and that some of the make-up is even locally produced in Bekasi.
Today was Wednesday again. I taught preschool in the morning and then had to head over to the school for Joseph’s soccer practice. On the way home from soccer practice, Joseph and I both took pictures of the Senayan traffic circle. This crazy intersection is where I spend a good deal of my life. In the middle of the circle is a statue of a muscular man carrying a dish of flames. It is supposed to be a tribute to youth. The statue and flame are supposed to represent Indonesian youth and their “never ending spirit to serve the country.” Apparently everyone calls it the Pizza Man since the dish looks like a hot pan pizza…lol.
Joseph: #30/365
The flaming pizza man.
Julia: #30/365
View of the traffic around the Senayan traffic circle. The base of the Pizza Man is in the upper left hand corner. There are fountains around the statue that sometimes function and sometimes not.
I didn’t take Katelyn to preschool this morning since I had a lunch date with some Taiwanese friends. We went to Sumiya Japanese Restaurant at STC Senayan. I had no idea there was a nice restaurant in that building. The food was really good. We had a good time.
We also had a fun evening. After dinner we got snacks at the little food mart in our apartment complex. Then we went up to the 23rd floor to look at the view and eat our snacks. After that we took the kids to the indoor play area. Joseph and Doss played ping pong. Then the kids played Hide and Seek with Doss. I was an iPad junkie this evening.
Joseph: #29/365
These are the city lights.
Julia: #29/365
The lunch I ordered at the Japanese restaurant. I got a tofu hot pot, some other kind of tofu dish, and a chicken dish (not pictured). It was yummy!
The school’s official after school activities (ASA) started today. Every Monday from here on out I will be going up to the school to take Joseph his cello. After cello class, both the kids have gymnastics.
Joseph: #28/365
On the way home I saw these three towers that were so awesome!
Julia: #28/365
Audrey really wanted a new leotard. The ladies that help run the gymnastics program at school had ordered a shipment of leotards from the U.S. Audrey picked out one that she really liked. It was a bit pricey, but I think it suits her…our wild child.
Normally traffic is not too bad on Sundays. Today as we were headed home from Church, we found ourselves stuck in traffic for quite sometime. It took us about an hour to inch our way home. We saw Policemen blocking cars from the toll road from exiting onto the street. Then we saw buses weaving in and out of the bus lane. Then all the cars from the leftmost lanes started veering towards the right. I thought maybe there was an accident. Well, we finally figured out that all that traffic was due to protesters that were blocking at least one full lane. I am all for free speech, but I don’t think they should be allowed to block a major road. Traffic is bad enough as it is without these little surprises.
Other than having some problems getting home, we had a good Sunday. Joseph gave a nice talk in Primary this morning. Singing time went a lot better than I anticipated so I was glad. The kids seemed to really enjoy the song review I had prepared. We had the missionaries over for dinner tonight and they shared a message with us about the Restoration. Then Doss and the kids played Blokus for awhile as I was cleaning up from dinner. It was a pretty good day.
Joseph: #27/365
I played this game with my family. This is what it looked like at the end of the game.
Julia: #27/365
These protestors are what caused the huge traffic jam as we were coming home from Church.
