Don't try building gingerbread houses in the tropics!

We have been so extremely very busy that I haven't managed to keep this blog up to date at all. So sorry!

Beatrice had her last week at school and there was a lot to do with that. Also trying to keep the boys entertained. They were not very well which didn't make it easier. On the last day at school we had a little Christmas party in class with a visiting Father Christmas again. It was funny how Raoul and Karl joined in the class at the end. I thought the school might start charging fees for that hour.

Robert had a whole Sunday off for a change and we actually managed to do some sightseeing again. At first though we tried to build our gingerbread house. It worked out really well this time, the sugar was sticky and hardened well and it looked lovely with all the sweets. Raoul of course found millions that were "broken" so he had to eat them. Then we went out for the afternoon and when we returned in the evening, the house had turned into a ruin. The humidity had made the gingerbread so soft that it could not possibly hold up the weight of a house. Well, at least we had fun building it and then even more fun eating it on the same day. 

While the house was quietly disintegrating we had been to the Labrador park, that had been on our to-do list for a while. It is a nature reserve / seaside park with old british canons and bunkers and tunnels in the rainforest that served to keep away the pirates and later the Japs. The kids quite liked the big canons on the hilltop and Raoul put his masculine side on the show reassuring us that the "war-men" will not come, "don't be afraid!" We also went into a tunnel system that had been restored a few years ago.

Afterwards went to Vivo City which is a big entertainment centre and shopping mall by the seaside, quite nice setting for the many restaurants. Wanted to try a German restaurant to get a taste of sauerkraut now at Christmas time. It was quite a strange experience - the restaurant had had very good reviews but what we tasted was not all that great. Most of all the sauerkraut was spicy as well as some other dishes. I cannot remember ever eating spicy German food. There must have been an Indonesian chef in the kitchen.

On Tuesday we met another newcomer colleague's wife with her 3-year old twin boys. Very funny how they were so different from each other just like our boys. 

Then yesterday went to see a kids play in the theatre "The Toothfairy". It was very good indeed and the children were absolutely fascinated. Especially Raoul because the main boy-character was called Raoul as well. It was a good story with lots of music, dances, visual effects. And very good point about keeping ones teeth clean! Which is especially important for Raoul.