KL may 2012

First part of the spring holidays...

April 2012

Some pictures before the boys started their holidays

Some recent photos

I have been directly posting pictures on Facebook and also writing and entry on an iPhone is quite different from typing on a keyboard.

I got the boys some new scooters. A better quality one and they have been zipping around on them, with helmets. These are more stable so hopefully that means less accidents!

They will have their mid term break next week and we will head to kl for a few day and Bali as well.

Roti and bakugan

Ike has been waiting to eat this special roti called tissue roti. It is thin and baked at low temperature then folded into a cone... Take about 15 mins to make and is crunchy.

We got a good bottle of south Africa wine that came in this purple cylinder. The boys have found that it is magnetic and have made a tower of bakugans on it.

The china school trip is coming up in may and the boys are q excited about it that they are on their best behavior...

Ike making a visual story of pooh bears adventure...

Ike took a series if pooh bear photos...

Thank god it's bedtime...

Loren is in Pakistan and i have the kids for the day... It's been an active one. Before Jewish school we head to the botanical to burn off some energy... After I pick them up we head to pick up a few things in preparation for Passover and then hit the beach. Of course at sentosa we can't resist the luge and head down that... Twice. Dinner a bath and 5 min later they are asleep.

Lego Lego and more Lego

I think they took my phone to take these pictures... Found them as I was clearing my photo albums...

Ike's first caricature

Ike got this at a birthday party. Nate didn't go because he feels he is older than that age group... I wonder if I need to organize two different birthday parties this year?

Biking after beach

After the beach we were about to head home when we spotted a bike store, decided to get three bikes. Boy did they burn energy, almost gave me a heart attack from the speed. Next time I will bring bike helmets...

East coast beach

The boys last night so nicely asked to go to the beach and since it was a quiet day at the office I decided to take the afternoon off. It was a nice and sunny day till 15 mins before picking the boys up... Rain! It looked a bit clearer on the east side so we headed to the east coast w the back up plan being hot chocolate if there is lightning. We get here and it's not raining! So here are two pics, one of the sunny side and one w the dark clouds...

The boys first garage sale

So it started out that they wanted 30 dollars to buy some star wars figurines but because their birthday is so far away and bad mommy has not set up their bank accounts they have no money nor pocket money nor did they want to do housework... So they decided to sell some of their toys in a quick garage sale. Here is a picture of them... Am tempted to pay a kid to go buy something from them! Now how do we teach them advertising and pricing?

Boys and capes

Young boys love capes, I had forgotten that they like that. Nate has outgrown that and the super hero costumes that we have are too hot for Singapore. So... When I found an old bedsheet I had Dao cut it up to make a cape for Ike and Ike wanted one for pooh bear as well.

Nate is just recovering from a fever, likely caused by the molar that is on its way up...

Furano, Hokkaido

We got up at 4am to catch the 430 am bus to the airport... Met Loren there and flew up from Tokyo to Asahikawa. It was a mini blizzard when we got here and the boys were happy to play several hours in the snow.

They got geared up for the ski equipment and then we headed to the hot springs. Day 1 of ski lessons, Ike was not so happy after the morning session, probably because he was hungry but then jumped right back in. Today apparently in the afternoon session they are already hitting the ski slopes. Here is a short video of Nate yesterday at the end of his lesson, skiing already, my fingers were frozen taking this shot...

Today I went to the little town and managed to get some fruits like strawberries and apples as well as some salmon jerky and dried persimmon. The town in very small... but lot's of Royce Chocolate stores around... Am debating whether to hit the ski school tomorrow or read Steve Job's biography...

Oh I thought I had another hour to lie down and read before picking up the boys from ski school BUT I was looking at the Singapore time on my mac clock!

Tokyo Day 5

It is still grey today... and rainy.... but we braved it to head to Ginza to the toy store. Thought the boys would be more interested in some of the Japanese toys but no... they went straight for Ninja Go... well lego and somewhat japanese.... They have been quite good in their routine of wake up, homework, bagel, then head out... today we took the train and then headed back, they built their lego while I even got a mini nap! :) We found from the train to our hotel a closed alleyway with many restaurants (we have always been freezing above ground!) so for dinner we went to one that grilled fish... it had large fish bones hanging and seemed smoked, can't decide if they are plastic or real? Ordered the boys sashimi, which they protested (again... they wanted salmon) but then when they had it (raw mackeral, some white fish and tuna), they loved it... some miso soup, edamame and rice and we were set. Bernie I think prefered his chicken liver skewers... Here is nate using chopsticks, I think it must be something that clicks in the brain at age 7.... today suddenly he could even feed ike sashimi! The boys have been alternating a night at our room and a night at Zeda's... tomorrow we wake up at 4:30 to head to haneda... and join up with loren on the flight to furano... all packed and on to the next leg... skiing and the hot springs for me...

Back to Disneyland - Day 4

Oh Disneysea had a great water show as we were leaving and some fireworks. Next time I think we will stay at the disney hotels so catch the fireworks though the week we are here there are no night firework shows. The boys voted for disneyland for the last day as they didn't think that highly of disneysea and didn't want to go to the Tower of Terror again... Ike bought a new pooh bear as his old one is grey... he took a long time (several days) to choose and used his red packet money. In the end he chose one that was fuzzy. It snowed in the morning and ike was happily catching snowflakes in his mouth, every morning we head out to the place for a bagel. I did head back to the supermarket and bought a supply of carrots... the pic of ike with big cheeks was him chewing on the carrots. I've also got tomatoes and anything more reasonably priced! It wasn't too pleasant in the rain and we watched almost every indoor disney show there is to watch. Am all disneyed out.