Life in the countryside

We haven't forgotten our blog, though it's been a while. A long long while. We know. It's just too many things and too little time. As usual.

We're trying to get our garden going and our roses have finally come into bloom since a few weeks. They're called Ingrid Bergman and they are fabulous! Grass is getting better and now we have started all over in some spots with the watering around the clock as we have moved some patches around to give space for some new plants. Elisabeth has planted some lovely yellow flowers for us by the guest house (storage house more like it at the moment... but we're staying optimistic).

Soon we will have our own tomatoes! They are starting to change into red. Sorry the focus are on the leaves and not on the tomatoes. I blame trying to focus on Adam playing in the ditch in the back of the house at the same time. He is definitely not afraid of sand like his big brother at this age.

Hugo is getting more adventurous by the day. Living next door to a six-yearold is probably one reason. They have been playing across the road at what is still a construction site, and not behaving all that well. He got told off in a very nice way by the site manager and completely lost it. Big tears and hid beneath the table. We're hoping it will stick. We might ask the manager to come again for some other issues... as he doesn't seem to bother with us at all. A good thing that came out of playing with older kids is that he has finally started to use is likebike (2-wheeler with no pedals) instead of the tricycle. It's his "motorcycle". He has almost outgrown it so it was about time. Both kids have grown like nothing else since we got back. We haven't measured them but Hugo has put on one kg and gone up 2 sizes in clothes and Adam was 1,5 kg heavier yesterday then when we left Singapore and are going through the sizes in record speed. We're digging out Hugo's oldclothes for when he was 2 years old. Pictures will come! Soon. Any day now. Promise.