My little buddy Agis turned 6 years old.

She had a party at school

 It was a typical Indonesian party, she got all dressed up and sat.

The kids sang some songs to her, watched her, blow out the candle, and cut the cake. (no one ate any cake) then they shook hands with Agis and were given rice and a bag of candy on their way out the door. And the party was done.

All three of Agis’ cousins came to the party; Firman, Nabila whose had her hair shaved since her hair cutting ceremony, and Journey. 

Thank You Aunt Carolyn

 Monkey forest. :o)

 Ice cream truck +

 the street we live on =

ice cream for me!!!! :o)

 Happy Thanks giving!

5.5 kilos according to this scale.  :o)  That's right around 10 pounds.  Each month the government provides this service to monitor the health of the kids in each neighbourhood throughout the island.  It's a great idea.  The sad thing is that mothers have to be bribed with snacks to bring their kids out and make sure they are growing at a healthy weight.  Journey had just been weighed a few days before when we took her for her immunizations but I want to support this program by going.

Buddies!

 2 months old. :o)

 How babies are carried here...

 when they start learning how to do it....  (Tata is 2 and she put her rap around her and her "baby" all by herself.)

I'm late in starting to learn but I'm getting the hang of it.  (Journey also found her thumb.)   :o)

 My American Girl doll got her passport!!!! :o)

 Hector, Journey, Hector. :o)

 A wedding parade went down the street in front of our friends house.  So we went out with the rest of the comunity to watch.

Journey was right in the center of the crowd.

This is Nabila's hair cutting ceromoney, by now she's compleatly shaved bald.  Baby hair is considered durty and must be shaved off before the first bithday.  We'll go along with earrings but I'm not going to shave Journey's hair off.

This is eating "bergibung"  Three people will shair the tray of rice and all the bowls of surounding food, eating with their hands.  What's left over will be taken home as a "blessing."

Journey was in the middle of this celebration too.  She seems to love going out and being passed from person to pearson.

 I was going to put these up latter but I really like them and want family and friends to be able to see them.  Journey's a month and a half old here.