Friday night had a great dinner at fellow Disneyland inmates. Always a nice feeling having a traditional Friday night Shabbat amongst friends.

Saturday morning I thought I'd give Mrs M some time off, and took the two girls up to a park. JC found a school friend, Helen. I think they were both a little confused seeing the other as it was completely out of context. But they quickly got over that and JC was fascinated with Helen's Barbie/Princess tiara. PB on the other hand was not a happy little camper. She would walk a little, look around and let go a huge cry. She calmed down once in the swings, but with others waiting we couldn't stay on there long. Other friends arrived at the park too but even this couldn't keep PB distracted for long. Sure enough in the short 10 minute car ride home PB feel asleep. Dead to the world kind of sleep. JC was belting out Hi-5 songs as we wound our way down the Peak.

Mrs M and I left the kids for their shluff (nap) and headed down to the pool. The water has already turned cold but the weather was beautiful so we ate and read and pretended we were adults for a a little while. Mrs M went and brought the kids down, and we spent some time playing. Our play options have been limited while Disneyland renovates the existing one. They've pulled out all the old rusting and rotting equipment, and replaced with half as much gleaming new equipment. Not sure that's a good trade off - a few blisters and rust never hurt anyone.

Saturday night went to dinner with friends down at Stanley. Went to their place first, made friends with the two cats. One of them took a liking to my jumper, which meant I was thoroughly cat furred by the time we left. No one noticed. Dinner was good Indian, the company was good. The place was packed with Indians, a good sign, all dressed up. I think it is some sort of Hindi festival at the moment and these people know how to enjoy their dinner. It made for good "atmosphere".

Sunday started with a bang. Namely PB's head going into the floor at speed. She got a nice bruise out of it. To get everyone outside and to calm them down we headed to the HK Cricket Club, where a friend was playing. The girls enjoyed some pool and playground time, while I relaxed watching some cricket. Very civilised way to spend some of Sunday. Returned to Disneyland where the rest of the family slept while I stood guard. This usually involves me eating chocolate on the couch reading and dozing. It's a tough job. Sometimes I have to move Misti so I can lie down. Very stressful.

In the afternoon we all headed off to the supermarket for what Mrs M called "a quick shop". $871 later, we took our two fully laden trolleys home. JC and I dumped the shopping with Mrs M and PB and raced down to Central. The in-laws were arriving at the Airport Express station and JC was excited in extremis to see them, and the trains, and the bus and the taxis. She had excitement overload. She decided she would sit on the floor directly outside the exit gates and wait for them. I watched and hoped someone would at least drop a few coins in her lap, but nothing. Stingy friggin Hong Kongers. Soon enough the tired in-laws arrived, and we trekked back up to Disneyland. We caught up, they unpacked, I washed up, we exchanged presents, and everyone was in bed early.

Poor little PB was sick during the night. Mrs M thinks she may be teething again, which PB does not deal with particularly well. The shame is she is usually so bright and happy. Hopefully that little b@st@rd will pop through the gum soon and we can return to normal programming.

Finally a couple of thoughts:

1. How is it that black pepper knows where the gap is in your teeth? The little sucker will lodge in the hardest to reach gap - has the world of denistry tried to exploit this?
2. This is for the CoL lads. There is a Rock, Scissors, Paper world championship. Gents, they would have nothing on us. Best of 7, loser buys lunch. Easiest rules in the world.