Kicking off the summer with the July 1 public holiday, we are now solidly into the Hong Kong summer. Days are pretty humid and hot, hitting highs of 31-32 degrees, and our air conditioning bill is through the roof.
Lola's summer camps start this week and we have ventured a few times to the club to go swimming with Lola, Al and Teo, or some combination of them, in the recent last few weeks.
We have also started a really nice practice of music time in our home. I found a 16-piece musical instrument set that includes all kinds of wooden noisemakers, drums, xylophones, bells and shakers. It feels like we are running our own playgroup out of our home!
The boys continue to be so good. Everything goes into the mouth nowadays.
We took Teo to the pool last time, so in the time since, we took Al to the pool, and then just yesterday we went with everybody together (though there are no pictures from that one because it was way too hectic). Yes, this is Al wearing a swimsuit of his sister's that she was still wearing when she turned 2.
Al had a great time and was truly on his best behavior. He was so excited to be out and about and did not want to sleep!
I hate to say it because it feels like jinxing it, but taking both boys out does not feel significantly harder than taking out just Lola. And taking out Lola and one of her brothers does not feel noticeably different from taking out just Lola, either. I started out by joking that two of the boys is still easier than one Lola, but now we're starting to come to grips with the fact that it's not a joke...
As you can see from the above, Hong Kong is by and large back to normalcy despite the surge of Covid-19 cases elsewhere around the world. Restaurants are back to normal and all open for business, museums and libraries have opened, swimming pools are open, playgrounds have just opened... it has been really wonderful.
We took advantage of it by taking Lola to the museum this past Saturday. It feels like we really lost a lot of the cultural aspect of things this year what with protests and social distancing protocols in place. And Lola is now at a point where she shows intense curiosity about the world around her. We really want to explore any opportunities to broaden her horizons and let her see and experience different environments. With travel still being closed off to us, museums seemed like a really nice place to start. We headed to the Hong Kong Museum of History, uncertain of what we would find. We were worried about huge crowds and lack of parking - but we needlessly worried on both counts. It ended up being a fantastic trip, not crowded at all, and the museum exhibits were surprisingly well done.
The museum has a lot of exhibits of old Hong Kong, including traditional medicinal shops, grocery stores, tea shops, and a tram. I didn't get to sit through any of the movies or read through many of the exhibit notes, but I was very impressed with everything overall.
Lola's favorite exhibit was probably the bank, with all the old coins and notes and the wooden teller booth where she could ask for money.
Given how much she still talks about the eclipse, and questions the movement of the sun, earth and moon, as well as her fascination with dinosaurs and dinosaur bones, I think our next stop will be the Hong Kong Science Museum, followed closely by the Hong Kong Space Museum!
Lola's summer camps start this week and we have ventured a few times to the club to go swimming with Lola, Al and Teo, or some combination of them, in the recent last few weeks.
We have also started a really nice practice of music time in our home. I found a 16-piece musical instrument set that includes all kinds of wooden noisemakers, drums, xylophones, bells and shakers. It feels like we are running our own playgroup out of our home!
As you can see from the above, Hong Kong is by and large back to normalcy despite the surge of Covid-19 cases elsewhere around the world. Restaurants are back to normal and all open for business, museums and libraries have opened, swimming pools are open, playgrounds have just opened... it has been really wonderful.
We took advantage of it by taking Lola to the museum this past Saturday. It feels like we really lost a lot of the cultural aspect of things this year what with protests and social distancing protocols in place. And Lola is now at a point where she shows intense curiosity about the world around her. We really want to explore any opportunities to broaden her horizons and let her see and experience different environments. With travel still being closed off to us, museums seemed like a really nice place to start. We headed to the Hong Kong Museum of History, uncertain of what we would find. We were worried about huge crowds and lack of parking - but we needlessly worried on both counts. It ended up being a fantastic trip, not crowded at all, and the museum exhibits were surprisingly well done.
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