The Neighbourhood Gang

A few years back, when Daddy chose this spot of a house at this corner of the world, we kind of knew that it was a good spot.
We never knew how good it was, though, until quite recently.
Because, although the neighbourhood was not quite full of kids then, by the time Kecil is ready for some games outside, we have quite a number of kids living around the house.

There is, of course, Ami, who is our next door neighbour, not to mention Kecil's friend since she was practically a baby!

There's David, the boy from across the street....

There's Jenny & Jacob from further up the street ....

There is even Jessica from beyond the hedges ....

Some of them had played together before, but with a few additional kids (not to mention a boy who went away somewhere else), it was almost like a new gang, with a whole new list of activities for all kinds of weather:

.... live statue exhibition, gardening under the rain, bicycle races on cloudy days ....

... jumping around the coconut tree, watching movies on Mama's computers (and eating pop corn), another cycling contest under the sun, making crown art indoors...

.... making mud gardening during the rain, umbrella (and body building, apparently) parade, all girls tea session, trampoline jumping, picnic with the soft toys, even nightime races! ....

Sometimes, even our walkies got one or two extra participants.

This Mama might be biased, but it kind of appeared as if Kecil was the glue of the gang, because usually, the activities would start with first Kecil being called or calling a kid or two, and somehow the whole activity got in the way. It's cool, though, even if there are times when suddenly the house got overrun by kids, like this:

... on a day when all this Mama wanted was to relax and play some games on the iPad. Then the bunch came in, and some even used my computer (I had to use it to prevent some serious fights, people!).
And please don't ask how many packs of Yakult I had to buy the other day. What's with Yakult and kids, anyway? They drink that stuff like water! In mini bottles. Which, of course, translated to MANY mini bottles.

Still... it's kind of cool to see the Kiddo socialising, playing, having fun, all without Mama needing to step in. Haha.... Not to mention the occasional surprise:

A flowery mud cake! Yummy!

Thank you again, Daddy, for getting us such a good house, complete with a fantastic neighbourhood. Now, I think Mama needs to either go out to buy some more Yakult, or make some tea for the thirsty (puny) crowd. Cheers!