Congrats Uditha and Pabalu!

A friend of ours who we know from Potsdam, Uditha, was married today in Colombo!

Congratulations to you and Pabalu!

Us at their wedding. :)

Swim Time!

We've gone swimming this week!

The first and second time were at the beach. Micaiah absolutely loves water in any form he had seen it yet...sprinklers, hoses, faucets, baths, showers, puddles, etc, and LOVES splashing in them. So we were sure he would LOVE the beach. Nope. He was terrified. He walked (holding our hands as he can't walk/stand fully on his own) towards the water, and when a tiny wave swept water slightly onto his foot, he broke down crying and crying.

The next day he was a little more at ease as mommy/Amanda splashed in the wave with him, and he likes splashing. He was still nervous, though, not a big fan.

Which takes us to the pool. The pool he ABSOLUTELY loved!! Especially funny was seeing Papa/Mike floating on his back. Holding Kai like he was backfloating was pretty funny for him too. :)

9 Months Old!

Kai

Kai's 9 months old now! While it took him awhile to settle in Kai is really starting to like living here on the campus. He's picked out a few favourite aunties and uncles and most of all, he's in love with the dog living here. It's so funny to hear him talk to the dog (who he calls Ba). His voice goes right up an octave like just like adults do when praising their pets! Along with saying "Ba" Kai's also started making the Sri Lankan tongue click noise that all the students here are making at him. He thinks it's quite funny and does it constantly! He's also started going "Oh boy oh boy" when he's sees the tabla being set out. We're not quite sure how he put those two together but it's really cute. He continues to call Amanda "Mama," and now calls Mike "Papa," since that's what everyone was calling him in India. Kai still understands some Hindi; if you ask about the "panka" he'll look up at the fan.

Hello from Sri Lanka!

Hello from Sri Lanka! Check out the great little bungalow that we're staying in!More to come later...

...it took a 1/2 hour just to upload this picture...

8 months old!...or...first 2 teeth!!...or, fun in the sprinkler on a 105 degree day!!

He's now 8 months old!!!

With this month, he now waves and says "Hi" and "Bye" (often in the correct context!!). He pulls himself up to standing with ease and can balance standing for usually 5 seconds or so until he gets happy and excited and laughing and falls over. :)

Also, he's got his first 2 teeth coming in!!!
It's been HOT lately...the high this week was 108, with a low at night of about 78.

So, he and Amanda had fun in the sprinkler!! He loved it!!!

Matching Kurtas, happy family, and standing by the tabla!

Our happy little family.

:)

We match now!

and...

Guess who's learning to stand!
Still only for 5-10 seconds at a time, but still!

Easter/Holi/Eid Weekend

This past weekend was jam-packed of Holidays! Sunday of course was Easter (Happy Easter, everyone!!), making Friday "Good Friday." Well over here, Friday was also "Eid" for Muslims and "Holi" for Hindus. Thus, everything was closed all weekend.

The 'secular' or 'non-religious' part of Holi, which marks the beginning of Summer, is a time to see your neighbors outside, as it's finally warm again. It's celebrated by applying colors to your neighbors, friends, family, or anyone who dares to go outside during Holi. This can be through paint-loaded squirt guns, colored powder, buckets of colored water, or any other way one can think of. Our landlord invited us out to the driveway where we had a grand-ol' time! This was after I had gone out on a walk around the block, coming home dark blue!! Here are the pics..

Kai thought the squirt gun of color was HILLARIOUS, whether he or someone else was getting squirted. He also laughed every time he saw a bucket poured on anyone.

After trying to clean up and clean off, we went inside, and Kai & I played some Easter songs on the guitar ("Christ the Lord is Risen Today," "Celebrate Jesus! Celebrate!" etc.) and Amanda got some pictures of us!