Moscow State Circus

We went to the Moscow State Circus last night! It was absolutely brilliant! I haven't been to a circus for years and years. I always was a bit loathe to go as a kid, because I felt sorry for the poor animals and then I had enormous allergies and my swollen nose and streaming eyes eclipsed the show more often than not. :) I think with animal activism these days, they aren't allowed to do the animal tricks anymore. All the better for me. Even more impressive was the fact that most of the performers were men

James stayed with his Oma and Poppa (Rein's folks), so we were able to go for dinner before and even gambled a wee bit afterwards (lost my R100 within about 20 seconds - dismal).

I am going to try and upload some pics of James' room in our house and of James himself in his SOuth African attire (ie totally starkers posing next to his motorbike). James' language is developing so beautifully, as I'm sure those of you with 2 year olds are finding. He has started to use adjectives now, like "there big car" or "ballllllllooooooon too high". He has also learnt to say ow here, but often just for attention or to get a band-aid and says "itchy nose" very often too or "hair in mouth".

BTW, I must amend what I wrote in my very first blog about the toy selection here being totally dismal. I think that impression probably had something to do with trying to find presents for James at 6 pm on Christmas eve. I found a cool baby place, called Baby City with a great variety of baby supplies (even size 6 diapers, we have been squeezing James into 5's which are readily available). They are much pricier than US stuff, but we can get them.