This was our third Christmas in Indonesia - kind of hard to believe . We are far from used to warm weather during the holidays, in fact quite the opposite has happened. As the years pass we find that the idea of a cold, snowy Christmas gets more and more romanticized. I have mostly forgotten all the negative aspects of a cold climate and my memories have become much like a storybook - warm, cozy evenings by the fireplace, frost on the windows, the sound of scraping shovels in the early morning - paradise! Next year we will experience Canada in all her wintry glory. As for this year, we mostly stayed at home. Indonesians love to get out on holidays so we opted to avoid holiday traffic and hide away at home. It was nice. We shared Christmas Eve with some neighbours and Christmas day with colleagues. Below are a few photos from our holidays (please excuse the poor quality - our camera was dropped on the tile floor and thus I had to use my blackberry).
Picture taken after Blaise's school Christmas performance. He had several key roles which he carried off in style.
Flora and her new bath robe and princess hat
Blaise faking surprise as he had already discovered this present hidden away in the bathroom cupboard long before Christmas morning (reminds me of myself :))
One highlight for me was a visit to a local orphanage - Panti Asuhan Bersinar. The children were so happy to sit and chat with us and then entertained us by singing and dancing.
Not Christmas related at all - but this picture captures the best of Indonesia and makes me happy
Seeing these pics has me missing you all! Hope we catch up soon! xx
Posted by: Julie | January 12, 2012 at 06:44 PM
I love these pictures Kari. And the last one is beautiful. I think your folks must be coming soon! Just wanted to say that we can't wait to have you here. I think you MUST celebrate next Christmas in Calgary. We will 'steal' you other times of the year. Love you all. Mum
Posted by: marilyniva@gmail.com | January 14, 2012 at 06:28 PM