David, Grace, Sarah and Emma Bellis

We are regular visitors to Hong Kong's parks and playgrounds. It's a good chance to let the girls run around and tire themselves out. (If you're reading this from outside HK, remember that our flat is 772 sq feet - and that's the gross measurement! Staying inside for very long drives us all nuts.) Last weekend was fairly typical...

Saturday morning we usually head down to Belcher's Bay park, which has a good playground. We've been going there since soon after Sarah was born, so we recognise lots of the other children there. On this visit we also saw one of Sarah's classmates Pak Lam (the little boy in red & white shirt and glasses) for the first time.

Then in the afternoon we went out for a walk, and ended up at the grassy area near the Merton. Earlier in the week we'd been saying how Sarah has lost interest in bubbles, after demanding bubbles accompany almost every outdoor trip for the last two years. You'll see Emma managed to blow her first bubbles here, so the next two years begins!

Then on Sunday after Victoria's birthday party we went to Hong Kong Park. We paid a short visit to the fountain:

Notice any family resemblance?

Then on to the big playground near the Kennedy Road edge of the park. Sarah was very energetic - not too surprising given the amount of ice-cream she ate during the party! Here she is on the fast slide:

Then on the balancing steps - Maisy, her gym class teacher at kindergarten, would be proud.

And finally, Bellis airways take to the air with a rousing rendition of the Little Einsteins theme tune (which was played any time we got in the car during our trip to the UK last year. I don't think I can ever forget it).