On Tuesday one of Naomi's Filipino friends came over to play. Which meant her ate did too. What a weird dynamic. Thankfully, one of the great things about Filipino culture is that a) Filipinos know exactly how to act in this situation and b) Filipinos connect with each other very easily and once Lea got back from doing an errand for me she took charge of this girl and they had lunch and presumably discussed our strangeness in not having a child-carer for Naomi, then she got on with her "job"!
The girls played really well together (they are in preschool together) although the ate insisted on clearing up after the girls whenever they played with anything. A downside to the culture as kids really have no idea how to look after themselves or tidy up after themselves. It's one of those things you see in TCKs that you say you will not allow your own kids to be like. But guess what? I've realised our kids are like that, and we are working on making them more responsible. Another good reason to spend a year in the UK!
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Waht about Mum and Dad will they cope looking after themselves? It has been strange to be able to hang washing outside this weekend when we remeber how quickly it dried outside in the Philippines.
Even quicker than the tumble drier!
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