Snotty, but happy

Little fella is a bit happier, but is still a bit clogged up. He woke up fairly early this morning (around 6:30am), quite possibly thanks to the downstream effects of last night's lentil dinner (it happens to the best of us). Not really much else to add, other than he seems to be fixated with the cabinet that houses the very expensive glassware. A love for shiny expensive things? He is his mother's child, I guess...

Prowling the lounge for expensive things to eat

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Toast. There is toast on your lip, little man... oh, never mind.

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Hugging his favourite bath toy - an empty shampoo bottle.

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Weekend photos

We jumped on the Star Ferry with the Binningtons yesterday, and although Bunky was feeling a little under the weather (and still is), we had a great time and he even managed a 90 minute snooze while we lunched at Mark and Emma's. Last night was Diwali night, and our building had its usual Indian buffet and drinks downstairs - delicious.  Not a late night, but oooomph I was full by the time we left. Today has been a quiet one, as Bunky is still pretty clogged up and grumpy.  Hopefully he'll be over it in a few days.

Anyway, a few photos from the weekend so far:

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The boys spending the afternoon in the stereo cabinet (it provides valuable warmth to their butts). The little NEC modem is what beams low quality, overly censored, five year old substandard television programmes chock full of ridiculous advertisements straight to our television.  Ah, technology.

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Rachel and George outside the TST Star Ferry terminal

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This morning, just before I woke him from his post-breakfast nap

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Enjoying his delicious nectarine

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He's either concentrating on complicated maths problems, or filling his nappy. You guess which.

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Random morning photos

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Hamming it up for the camera

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Showing perhaps a little too much interest in Ben...

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A message for Aunty Momo

It's a bit blurry, but... .

And if you think it was easy getting him to hold the (apparently delicious) sign like that, you're deluded:

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The new squishface (and other photos)

George has a new face - the squishface. Usually pulled out when anticipating something awesome (read: "food"), but sometimes pulled out when he's excited about nothing in particular: .

And a few other random photos from today:

Trying out his new car seat and not very happy about it. Seriously, what a little drama queen.

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On mummy's shoulders

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I couldn't resist. Hong Kong parking at its finest in the IFC2 carpark this morning. If you think this is bad parking, you should see some of the driving...

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Swinnnnnnnnnnnnnng

There's a little playground just down the road from us in another apartment building complex.  It's outdoor, and no one seems to mind that kids from all over the neighbourhood come and play there. It's nothing fancy - a few plastic slides, a few swings, and some a nice rubber surface to run around on - so we took Bunky down there on Saturday morning and gave him another crack on the swings.  He clearly seems to quite enjoy himself on them:

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Rubber ducky, you're the one...

He's finally got some little yellow bathtime friends (well, he's finally got some that actually float): .

And here's a slightly goofy one of his lordship on the way to the bath:

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Random Bunkyisms

Just a few Bunky shots from this morning. As well as letting him play with empty cardboard tubes, we also let him play with toilet paper.  I know what you're thinking - we spoil him.

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Pokfulam Market Day

We took the little man down to the monthly market, where he got to sit in the sun and hang with his mate Sam.  Photos below are of Bunky and a few friends who were also there:

Sam with Cam and Carolin

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Bunky with his favourite wooden mouse

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Carolin (with blurry Cam in the foreground on the right)

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Nick with little Gus in "rugby ball" position

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Bunky and mummy (of course)

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Spot the difference

If there are no more updates after today, let it be known that I have been murdered by an angry spouse...

Dim sum, birthdays, quiet time

A hectic weekend for the little man, not helped by us thinking that today's birthday party was yesterday.  On Saturday we got as far as about 30m from the birthday boy's driveway before we realised that we were a day early.  Ah well, at least George got a swim out of it. This morning started with dim sum with the McBride clan in Wan Chai. The always reliable and extremely child-friendly Renaissance Harbourview:

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Which was followed by a nap and then a visit to little Riley's house for his first birthday celebration, just around the corner from where we live.  That's the birthday boy Riley on the left and George's playmate Sam H on the right:

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And finally a little bit of quiet time for Bunky with his Mummy. Clearly, Daddy is quite hilarious:

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It's a short week this week - Thursday is China's Labour Day.  We'll just enjoy the long weekend by chilling with the little man (although I'll probably need to head into work on Friday for at least some of the day).

A feast of weekend photos (of varying quality)

The weekend started with a bang - George visited my office and was manhandled and photographed by everyone who came near him.  He coped admirably - here's a quick one I took of him with Suki (my secretary):

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Saturday morning we headed to Wagyu - a restaurant in town which apparently did pretty good brunch too. It was really good and great value, and even George quite enjoyed himself (he had home made bolognaise courtesy of his mummy).  Here is a fairly blurry photo of Bunky making a bit of noise on Rachel's knee:

Check out the teeth- they're really starting to show now. He doesn't seem overly bothered by them though.

As I walked into the restaurant, I was struggling with the stroller (minus George, who was already inside) and trying to get up their front step. A Hong Kong princess was also going in, and I moved aside to let her through. Her thanks to me was to then let the door close in my face and on the stroller.

Thankfully, Karma took over, and 45 minutes later (much to my amusement) she was still sitting alone, waiting for her tablemates. Sucker.  I took a photo of the princess so that I could savour the moment at a later date:

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This made me laugh too - a bus advertisement for English tutors (who reportedly pull in about a million HK per month).  You'd think the English tutors might have proofed their ad:

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And a photo of his lordship and his driver on the way back to the car:

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On Sunday we decided to get out and about and ended up at the Peak for a walk.  Not the greatest weather (lots of pollution), but I got a few photos of Bunky and his driver:

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And finally... post dinner shenanigans: face painting with banana and yogurt.

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Dear George, One day you'll be very happy that the second photo was out of focus

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Pre-meltdown bubble appreciation

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Pre-bath shenanigans. Kiddo, you are sooooooo lucky this is out of focus

Bathtime meltdown

We had a bit of a meltdown in the bath.  His majesty didn't get his sleep this afternoon (except for a short one in the car), so our bubble blowing was greeted with screams and quivering bottom lips.  Before that he was all good...

Friday morning photos

Featuring the photography-neglected kittens:

Saturday morning at the Stoep, Saturday evening at the bar

The Binnington Clan very kindly invited us along to join them for a day at Mui Wo - we had a bit of a play in the ocean and then had a great early lunch at the Stoep Restaurant (a South African barbeque place). Here are a few photos of the day - firstly, the locals call a spade a spade. And a sick bag a Vomit Bag: .

And a few of big Sam and little Eva:

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...as well as one of Rachel and Bunky:

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And tonight I went out to watch the rugby at a pub in Wan Chai, and took this on of my fellow rugby watchers (they had to go outside for their nicotine fix, thanks to the new anti-smoking laws):

A load of photos

Patrick and Barbara have now left for New Zealand (they'll be close to halfway by now), and so I have a bit of time to crank out a few photos from the past week with them. Firstly, one of Bunky from yesterday morning.  You know, just looking cute and stuff. Note his two favourite toys by his side - a little yellow ball and a chewed up cardboard tube:

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Moving right along - we took Rachel's employer's boat out for the day on Wednesday. We headed out to Clearwater Bay for a spot of lunch (on the boat) and a swim (which for Bunky also occurred on the boat thanks to an inflatable paddling pool):

That's windswept hair, not baby baldness...

Anyway, someone really enjoyed his own paddling pool.  Note the furrowed brow:

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Also note that he's inherited - from his mother - the ability to blink during the 1/200th of a second that the camera shutter is open:

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And here's the little monkey being entertained by his Granny B. You may have noticed by now that someone seems to have developed a little tummy:

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And then a few from the trip home:

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For P&B's last night in Hong Kong, we went to a little outdoor Thai restaurant in Deepwater Bay that Rachel had been to a few times (once with Aunty Jane).  It was pretty dark, but I clicked off a few photos anyway - one of Barbara, one of Patrick, and one of the table of ladies that was set up on the beach (we have to try that table next time).  I had to take a stealthy photo of them, but I think I got sprung.

A day out with team Fabio. Oops, I mean... Team Bornholdt.

We had a lovely afternoon in Stanley with Gavin and Diane Bornholdt - parents of Carl, who used to flat with Katy and Rachel back in Wellington.  It was a scorcher of a day, so we busted out the Blue Machine of Awesomeness (our car) and headed over to Stanley for a spot of lunch and shopping.  It was absolutely lovely catching up with Gavin and Diane on their first stopover - the start of a trip that sees them heading to Europe tomorrow and then on to Chicago in a few weeks (where Carl and Lindsey live). Unsurprisingly I took a few photos throughout the afternoon.  George was quite enjoying having some new faces around:

A collection of weekend photos

Bunky's just gearing up to go and meet the Fabio parentals (aka Gavin and Diane Bornholdt) this afternoon, but his personal paparazzo took a few photos of him yesterday. He was sitting on his mother's knee for this one, and looked ludicrously happy to be there:

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Then a few from the morning playtime with daddy - one of them demonstrating why extreme closeups are not a good idea with Mr "If I can reach it, then it goes in my mouth" Bunkypants:

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And finally one of him and his mummy showing off his new duds. His Wednesday baby group meetup was in Stanley, where you can get great bargains on factory seconds.  In the following photo, his lordship is modelling a GAP shirt, and some stripey shorts (I am ashamed to admit that I don't know which label produced them, but I'm sure Rachel will let me know as soon as she reads this):

Sometimes, he just doesn't play the game

Like in this one - he refused to give me any sort of normal look:

Although this one from a few weeks ago is cute - I only just got around to fixing it up: