Another busy week

We all went on an excursion yesterday, to visit my great-grandparents' grave in Macau. We all took a fast boat there. On arrival, we immediately went for a long ride through the city, and I very much enjoyed seeing the sights from the bus. I put on my new baseball cap, and gugu insisted I also put on some lotion to protect my delicate skin from harmful sunlight. Grandpa and papa took turns to carry me for much of the time, under an umbrella.

I had already eaten my lunch on the boat, but when the grown-ups stopped off for their lunch, I was given an extra ration of rice cake for being so well behaved :-). As usual, I made plenty of friends on the way there, and also on the way back. I did not have an afternoon nap, and got a bit restless on the return trip. I was so exhausted when I got home that I bathed and ate quickly, and went straight to bed without making any fuss.

Right now, my favourite playthings are containers. Empty ones, full ones, noisy ones, quiet ones, coloured ones, transparent ones, big ones small ones, I like them all. Most usually though, I get given empty bottles. This love affair with bottle tops and caps started when grandma needed to distract me during my nappy change. I now have a whole collection of bottles: I make a bee-line for them wherever I am. I know exactly where to find each missing cap and put them back on their respective bottles. One day, I got hold of two heavy bottles grandpa was giving to great uncle Frank :-). They made a nice rattling noise. I managed to lift them one in each hand, carried them around the house and refused to turn them over. Finally, Papa explained that they were fibre tablets which I didn't need because I was so regular.

I am interested in lights now, so Papa has been teaching me to say "lights-on" and "lights-off". Through that, I learned about switches. I now know the dining room light switch is on the all just above my high-chair, I can get to the switch if I climb up onto it. At first, papa was fooled into thinking that I was wanting to be fed, but now he knows ;-0

Grandpa has been rushing back from playing golf to take me swimming. I have been bought a new blue and yellow swimming costume because my orange and black one is getting too small. I like the new one a lot because I can get into it more easily, and also like its colours.