A day boating

Today we've had an absolutely fabulous day!
Andrew took us all out on his boat (since the 'Moneypit' still is inoperable, of course...) around to the Spit and to the islands. The kids had a blast, both in the water and on the boat. They all liked laying at the front getting tossed around by the chopping waves!

The crew. The kids at the front:



The boys at the back (well, and Linnea!):



The girls in the sun!



Linnea was helping the Captain!



First we anchored at the Spit. The kids were a bit hesitant about swimming in the sea to start with but quickly found it wasn't all that bad and then we could hardly get them out again! They just loved it, the sand, the sea and the waves!









Then we continued out to the Koruman Island where we swam a bit more, and collected sea shells and pumice. Beautiful stretch of beach..!



The snorkels were popular!





For some it was a bit much though..!







A gorgeous day out on the sea! Thank you Andrew for taking us out!
But, now we are all suffering the consequences a bit... As Nathan said: "We have one deep fried, one well-done, one medium rare and one just right!" :)
A little bit of "glow" going on here tonight one might say!

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake

The other day Auntie Nikki decided to do some baking with the kids. She had two very able helpers in the kitchen:




The other two only ended up helping eating the finished result! :)
Star Wars and Hello Kitty shortbread cookies, always a success!

A few more

The RUN

This morning we all got up at an 4.45am alarm, believe it or not! We had a quick breakfast and left the house while it was still dark outside, to the kids great amusement. To do what?!
Well, I had signed us all up for "The RUN", a charity run around BSB early this morning. We were only doing the fun run, which was supposed to be 2k only - but some of my friends participated in the half-marathon, 12k and 5k races.

We had picked up our race packs earlier in the week and all wore the official green race t-shirts for the 2k runners.



We arrived to the race area in plenty of time and got to see off all the other runners who were starting earlier than us.



Three categories took off before us, the orange 21k runners, the purple 12k runners and a sea of blue 5k runners which seemed to be the most popular category.



And then finally, it was our turn to line up at the start!



Here we are during the run. It was the first time I had the time to stop at the marking signs to take photos! :) It was a very quick little walk for us, it turned out in the end, it was only a 1,7k long route..!



Here we are reaching the finish line. You can maybe spot Linnea and Lucas in the left photo up ahead to the left, since they decided to sprint to the finish!
On the picture to the right, Caitlin and Nikki are running in.



After our run, we waited by the finish line to cheer on my friends (some of them being teachers, so the kids know them as well) who had done the longer distances. Always nice to see a friendly face when you reach the sprint!



Even as only 2k runners we got medals!



One of our friends came amongst the Top 10 in her category and won a hamper. She is leaving Brunei tomorrow though, for good, so didn't want it - score for us! Thank you Sally!
Lucas and Liam got sent to pick it up and then we had a bit of a picnic while waiting for the lucky draw.



Lucas and I, and the certificate!



Waiting and waiting for the lucky draw, unfortunately after waiting and waiting and waiting... for all that time, we didn't win anything - but hey, we had a fun morning!



Now, it's all chillaxing for the rest of the day! It's been a long and exciting week, so a very quiet day at home is just what we all need!

The Family

The best entertainment

I've forgot to post these photos from last weekend at the Yacht Club. The Yacht Club really provides the best form of down-to-basic entertainment for the kids, this time it was a big mud hole at the beach..!
This is how Linnea looked after just a little while:





Well, no biggie, it could be showered off!

Meanwhile, this is what I was doing - aaaahhh!

Cake, cake, cake!

In the afternoon yesterday, the Saaps came over to help us celebrate Caitlin a little bit more, on her actual birthday.
We had the left-overs of her ice cream cake, and later on some pizza for dinner. I hope Caitlin was happy with her day!



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