Malunggay

Ditas' Mum, Merci, sent us Malunggay, leaves & seedpods, specially picked by Dit's sister in law. It is high in nutrients; increases breastmilk.

You cook the seedpods in stew and they taste like okra inside (wood outside). Fun food. You pop the casing and scrape it with your teeth. We are saving them until anna g arrives on saturday night.

The leaves are small and round and dark green and cute and tasty, I've had them in soup all week. They make me happy.

Sam and I have a new filter for people we're thinking about doing business with. I tell them that I'll be bringing a baby to the meeting if that's ok. If they say 'Sure, no problem at all, we love a baby.' Then they are in. So far, it's the women who pass the test. Turn out to be competent, helpful, communicative, take my intelligence for granted. I never thought to differentiate between a women-run or a men-run company. Maybe it's a coincidence. Only really two so far.

Sorry, this is the Sammy blog. This week Sam is as sticky as a sticky date pudding. He has lots of showers, which pleases him.

And he hardly has any milk now for second breakfast. He has FOOD, cooked by his personal chef. Ventura brand only. It's good, as i am not going so good with expressing milk in the mornings. He drinks it all.

And he sees a lot of uncle Matt through the magic portal.

And Keon's good morning daddy project is very very good. So funny.

That's all for now.

Love, tan.

Good Morning Daddy!

Keon has started his 'one picture every day' project with the photobooth on his mac. (GMD). Sam and Keon hang out in the morning after 'first breakfast'. This morning that was 6am. Keon wondered if Sam will still sit on his lap each morning when he's 16.

We started the day (2nd breakfast) by eating papaya over iChat with the Hart Grandparents in Canberra.

We ended the day having a cocktail-hour iChat with uncle Matty and Peter in Sydney. Sam had milk. Tanya had a fear&loathing.

Somewhere in the afternoon we went to the Aberdeen Centre II toddler casino. You buy chips, play games, get tickets, claim prizes. Sam thought he was at the zoo. Keon thought he was in flash-back whimsy-heaven. We saw a dad continually retrieving his tiny daughter from the shooting aliens machine to roll a tiny bowling ball. There was a cage to put your baby in full of pretty balls and slides and climbing stuff. They have air hockey! And clowns where you put the ping pong ball in his mouth and it always goes in the 5 slot. Full of possibility. we bought membership for $15. If you get 4250 points you can redeem a pink walkie talkie. (that's 850 goes on the clown). But only the one. We gave our tickets to a passing dad-&-daughter team and tried to run home.

But tanya saw a shop with very small socks. Keon saw a shop with various-sized robots. Who would imagine so much fun two blocks from home. Sam is going to bring Alex here on their first date.

love, tan.

Walk? Walk!!

Sam being excited about leaving the house. You can't see Miss Dit's head as she hadn't done her hair...

Sam was saying mmmmmamama mamamamamamam amammamamamam all day. He said it while gazing at me and i was touched. And then he said it to the pumpkin mush and I found myself re-categorised.

I am testing using divx and the only video i managed to convert before the test ran out was 'baby vs kraken'. You can find it by going to 'toys' on his little page.

We've been a bit sickly but we're mostly better now.

love, t.

I'm a fan of Raymond Fan

Sam and Tanya have been models twice for the Joy Art Club in Fo Tan. I like Raymond's paintings.

Fo Tan is the new cool place to have an art studio in an abandoned warehouse.

What's it for?

Hello Hal'monis and Harabojies

This is a blog for grandparents and mates who wonder what Sam is up to and can't be bothered emailing me to ask. It doesn't mean you shouldn't write to me anymore!

Love, Tan.