kellan's world

Kellan is loving all of the animals and insects here in the Philippines.  When it rains there are toads everywhere at night.  He's caught a few toads that have managed to sneak into the house.

This is a budiki.

They crawl all over the walls here inside and outside of the house.  I've only caught three of these because they are super fast!

Getting around here can be very different.  If you don't have a car you can hire a trike and ride for about 25 cents to get across town.  

The drivers sometimes name their trikes crazy things and paint them up to look fancy.  

Another way to get around is by jeepney.  This jeepney was headed up into the mountains so it was full of people and stuff.  Most of them aren't this full, but they can get pretty crowded!  

This was one night when we went out to dinner with 2 other families.  One of the families had a car so all of the kids piled in the back seat.  We don't have to worry about sitting in car seats here!  

Pretty soon we will get to drive this truck for the rest of the time we are here in the Philippines.  It is big and can even go almost all the way under the water.  It is super tough and you can drive it into the mountains and go off-roading with it!

Today I went to the hangar to watch my dad work on the airplane.   We helped him push it out of the hangar so he could wash it.

Last weekend we got to go to the beach.  It is hot here and the beach is a fun way to cool off.  I learned how to catch a wave on a boogie board.

Sometimes we can find crazy stuff at the grocery store.  Some of the stuff here is the same as at home.  They have root beer, rice, spaghetti, oreos and chips that we can get in the United States.  We saw this can of squid and thought it was pretty gross!