Sebastian's 8th Birthday

To celebrate Seb's 8th birthday we decided to take him and his friends to Oceanpark, a waterpark not far from our house. The boys had a fantastic time riding the waterslides and playing in the waves.

As an added bonus we also visited Snow World a temporary attraction next to the waterpark. This was basically a giant freezer filled with ice sculptures, ice covered trees and an ice slide. Initially the boys thought it was fantastic but after a few trips down the slide the freezing temperatures started to take their toll. The boys, use to the standard 30 degrees of Indonesia, were stopped in their tracks by the cold conditions, so unfortunately this little adventure didn't last too long.

After arriving home there was just enough time for birthday songs - English and Indonesian - and cake cutting!

Happy Birthday Seb!

Oceanpark and out on the two wheeler!

It was a super hot day on Sunday so Seb and I decided to take Manuel to Oceanpark. We had been once before, but Manuel was in the Philippines.

Oceanpark is a fantastic waterpark about 45 minutes away. It has lots of different areas to explore, waterslides, wave pool, a huge little kids area and waterway for big floating tubes.

We started by exploring the kids area before moving onto the wave pool and slides. For a bit of relaxation we then grab some tubes and slowly floated our way along the waterway. Seb loved pushing us along and guiding us under the waterfalls and water jets!

Unfortunately I forgot the camera, so the photo is from our first visit.

After another long play in the kids area the afternoon came to an unfortunate end when Seb slipped off a toy 'turtle', landing on his back. He now has a wonderful big bruise to show for it.

Sebastian has had a fantastic time while Manuel has been on holiday. They have been playing madly every afternoon, riding bikes, having friends over and going swimming. In fact they are both pretty much exhausted by the end of each day! But it won't last much longer, Manuel is back to work on Monday. Seb will probably be glad of the rest!

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