fun at the Trade Union Hotel pool

Bernard singing - with words

growing up

Mrs Nhung said very self-deprecatingly "I smiled too much"

Bernard is now big enough to brush his teeth ALL BY HIMSELF. "Baby do it," he says.

At the pool today.

Flapper

Bernard has developed a tendency to flap his arms with excitement. An unusual development where everything else is remaining constant. He steadily bilds his language every day. This morning Bernard was learning to count up to 29 with his daddy. When I got home from work he was still hard at it, re arranging the magnetic num ers on the fridge.
last weekend was wonderful but tinged with regret at leaving so many friends before we had sufficient time to get to know them. Nicholas returned from a three week field trip on Saturday morning (I won't miss those!) and we had the baby brunch group at our house. Aubrey, Blake and Luc were all there, as well as Izzy, an adopted child. She currently has pneumonia but they are very relieved because they thought at first it wa TB.
On Saturday evening we went to a goodbye party for Sarah and Simon. they spent a while in the jungle looking for rhinos, and unfortunately ot is now extinct in Vietnam. Tabitha somewhat untastefully made these amazing rhino head shaped cupcakes, with jelly sweets for eyes. They were somehow fitting as a farewell gesture ... They also happened to be delicious. Sarah said she wanted to eat the very last one.

Hong Kong 2

A random lady on the tube

Central skyline

At a tea house where we had dim sum

Hong Kong

In the Walled Garden, Bernard borrows my hat

Our room at the Royal Plaza. Bernard enjoyed playing with his trucks, as above.

It is a shame none of us knew how to read Cantonese or we could have taught him some. I think he would have been quite good at it!