Yaaaaaay!

We got home in two pieces (well, there are two of us, after all!) and we had such a wonderful, dreamy, relaxing time. And to any normal person, that sounds like a great, fantastic holiday. But I am one of those people that don't actually know how to relax. I don't actually stop for very long, very often. But Malaysia, my friends, has allowed so much in my little mind and body and soul to change. And I've learned how to slow down! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

The last few days in Malaysia were great even though we were ready to go home. The final week away we moved around quite a bit, Penang, Melacca and KL in a matter of eight days so by the time we got home to our own beds we were pretty stoked with the prospect, although I did find a little person huddled up next to me, obviously for warmth, at 3am. Your body quickly forgets how cold a Melbourne winter can be!

But enough about the weather, honestly, BORING MUCH!?

The things that The Bean has since talked about in regards to Malaysia are quite clearly the most important parts of travelling, in fact, they are all essential to travelling if you would like to look at the root word closely. His favourite parts of our trip were:

• The planes
  
• The cable car - train in the sky without wheels
• The hire car
• The taxi to...
• The boat
• The taxi
• The Citroen
• The second hire car
• The Penang Bridge
• The plane
• The taxi
• The boat
• The special bike with the flowers and the music on it
  
• The bus
• The train
• The other very fast red and white train
• The train inside the 'aeroport'
• The plane

I think you may get the idea...

I've also noticed, that my Jelly Bean might have actually grown up a little bit while we were away. Now most mothers don't actually witness such things as they spend so much time with their children and growth tends to be a gradual phenomenom. But he looks taller (remarkable considering the lack of food he's consumed in the past two weeks) and he is speaking more clearly. He's asking grown up questions. He's talking in fuller sentences.

He's pretty much a big giant man.

And he's got the travel bug. As do we both, now, again. He wants to go back. Me, too.


Things The Bean has said:

1. I was in the toilet.

TB: Mama, there was a blue racing truck and it got stuck.
Me: Ok, why?
TB: It was on the edge of the road and it got stuck and it couldn't get out. And the man had to check and it was because there was green poo in the wheels.
Me: Nice.

2.
Me: What do you want to eat?
TB: Fruit Toast.
Me: Anything else.
TB: And some brown yoghurt
(The label is brown.)

3. Looking out of my bedroom window.

TB: Where's the swimming pool?
Me: We don't have a swimming pool. And if we did it wouldn't be in the driveway.
TB: Where is it?
Me: We don't have one.
TB: Mama, where did the swimming pool go?
Me: Honey, we've never had a swimming pool at our house.
TB: Why?
Me: What are you talking about, why?
TB: We need to go back to the hotel.

4.
Me: What do you want to eat?
TB: Sausage Rolls.
Me: Is that all?
TB: Yup, with sauce on the side.

5. In Ninna and Papa's car on the way home from the airport.

Ninna: Did you have fun in Malaysia?
TB: Yeah. I love 'alaysia.
Ninna: Where did you go?
TB looks at me. I whisper in his ear.
TB: Langkawi.
Ninna: Oh, did you like Langkawi?
TB: Oh no, Langkawi's gone, the boat took it away.

Ninna and Papa laugh.

Me: What?
TB: The boat took it away.

*Click*

Me: The boat we went on to Penang.
TB: Yeah, it took Langkawi away.