Monday, February 28, 2011

Happenings...




Not much going on since bubbi left... the boys are going about their daily routine but seem to like to wrestle alot, am tempted to find a wrestling class for them. Yesterday we played paper aeroplanes and running races after their chinese tutor... today I am taking them for some neuroscience based tests, lets see what their brains are doing!

The Chinese tutor is a judge at this year's speech contest, she is planning to take Nate there to observe and maybe train him up for next years contest, his looks will probably be to our advantage.

I am trying to find another activity for ike on sundays, he now is not into rugby because its "muddy". Nots sure when he was so particular esp. when he was a baby he liked all the gooey gooey things. Here he is looking quite grown up now in his swimmers and he is sorting through the ABC's in his head, he has a very good memory as well.

The below link is to pictures from Phuket... bubbi on a water buffalo!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=273753&id=698141471e

Monday, February 21, 2011

Phuket 2011








I have been very tardy in upkeeping the posts... our phuket trip was really full on... we left KL on the second day of CNY and on the third day we were in Phuket. We got to see Wei Han, Wei Yi and Wei Jin there as they were holidaying with Boon Yong, Boon Tee and Tuayi and Yizhang.

The daily routine was more or less, breakfast, homework, pool time, more pool time.... we took some days out of the Marriott holiday park to go to the water park... or a Thai life tour where the kids saw how rubber was tapped and made into sheets, bubbi even got on a water buffalo! We also had elephant rides and one day we went to a small island with many fish to snorkel. It was however overrun with tourists. Nothing like the more space and relaxed atmosphere of paradise of the east coast of malaysia. I got a day off an went to dive with Manta Rays that were in the region.

Here are some craft things that the kids did with Marcia. Ike also painted a batik shirt for himself, well actually bubbi and I had more fun then him filling in the colors....

Was a nice and relaxing holiday then the kids still had a week off where they went on playdates or other kids came to "Marcia's Museum Outing". Am glad to report the kids are now back in school.

Friday, February 04, 2011

CNY 2011






So here are some pictures of bubbi giving out red packets as she gets tea served to her.... I forgot to take pictures at the temple where our somewhat large clan gathered.... bubbi tried to figure out who was who among the relatives of my granddad and his 22 kids... and then extended cousins etc... here is bubbi the gambler taking on my uncle...

Tuesday, February 01, 2011

KL is hot again







The rain finally stopped and the sun is out again and KL is back to the usual hot hot time at Chinese New Year.

Today we went to see Ama at her grave and had a picnic there then we headed to the Royal Malaysian Airforce Museum where they allow the kids to ride in the older helicopters and aircraft they had. Here is Bubbi still alive and brave enough to get into a grounded helicopter.

The water park is the reopened outdoor area of the science center. Gong Xi Fa Cai!!

Annie and Jude's birthday






Here is a picture from annie and jude's party where they were playing bite the biscuit. It rained from that saturday all the way till monday and ike didn't go to rugby though nate went to sunday school. His Jewish school teacher says he is doing well in class. We drove to KL on monday and it rained non stop!

Loren is arriving today as its Chinese New Year eve, the boys have about 10 CNY sayings pat down now! Everyone is debating on how we are not tigerish mom's enough....