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Friday, December 26, 2014

Merry Christmas 2014

Jared has been pestering us to buy a Christmas tree since last year when we were in Oregon. I told him that we would get one this year. Early this month, he reminded me again after seeing some Christmas tree decorations in shopping malls. So there it is our little Christmas tree with some ornaments for them to decorate the tree. They even pretend to wrap presents and put them under the tree. I secretly bought presents and left them under the tree without their knowledge and I made Jared believe that they were from Santa Claus who had come to leave them presents because they are good kids. I think he is 50-50 into believing it as he kept asking me if I was the Santa Claus.. hahaha.. hohoho..
 

Busy decorating the tree

Happy Face
Opening pressies on Christmas Eve
2 weeks ago, I received a parcel which was sent through courier service to my office. It was a present from my cousin sister in KL. Can you guess what they are.. So cute and really useful for me.
Thank you for your thoughtfulness :)


 
.....MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE....

Emily's 11th Birthday

Time flies..Emily turned 11 last Friday. She had been requesting for a birthday party since 2 years ago but each time I had turned down her request. This year I decided to hold a simple party for her but she was only allowed to invite 2 of her closest friends (mummy is too lazy to clean up after that). I have also invited 2 of my ex schoolmates and their kids for a yearly gathering.
Baked a cheesecake for her birthday cake,prepared cheese tarts, satay, spaghetti, laksa, jelly, fruit salad, red eggs and also muffin as party pack.
After the party, she told me that it is her best birthday so far :)



 
 
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Our Growing Up BABY !!

My Dad at 72

Early this month, we celebrated my dad's 72nd birthday. We had a modest celebration by having a family dinner and I baked a carrot cream cheese cake for him. Emily and Jared also made Birthday Greeting cards for grandpa on the actual day which coincidently fell on a Saturday and dad & mum came over to stay at our house for a night. Kids were really thrilled to host their grandparents.

May he be blessed with many more years of good health...

 
Dad & Mum



 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD !!

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Updates of Past Months Activites

Updates of some events in the past few weeks.

Jared's kindy organised a farewell potluck party for those kids who will be leaving for Primary One. I made some cheese tarts and sausage puffs for him to share with his teachers and friends.
Cheese tarts 
Sausage Puffs


Awards for the kids



Jared's Craft Works when he is home alone with me cooking in the kitchen :)




Year End Concerts

It's the time of the year again where all kindergartens organise their annual concerts. 
This year Jared and his classmates are dressed in cowboy suits. They all looked so cute in their costumes.



Tonight we all attended Emily's ballet school Performance and Appreciation Day. Every grade students performed a dance. Emily was really excited about her dance and she told me that she has had an enjoyable night.

Emily posing with her best friend.


 Group photo with teacher

Hubby's Birthday

Hubby celebrated his birthday last week, which fell on the same day as the 2nd Penang Bridge Marathon. Memorable day as it was also his first time participating in the 10km run. 
Baked him a cheese cake with chocolate filling. Ran out of idea on the decorations, so Emily and I decided to let the cake speaks for itself of the birthday man's age J



Emily's birthday card to daddy

Jared's birthday card to daddy

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Snapshots of Past Weeks Activities

We have not been doing much lately since Emily's final exam was last week and this coming week. There's not much that I can do but just making sure that she revises as much as possible and be there to ensure she doesn't fall asleep while revising :)
 
As for me, I have been cooking daily and baking bread or rather buns every weekend. Kids love eating them, which they bring to school as their breakfast but my supply can lasts for half a week only, approximately 24 buns.



 
We invited a good friend and her family to our place for potluck last weekend. I prepared laksa, pizza, cheese n ham buns and cheesecake for desserts. It was great to see Jared and her son enjoying each other's company even though they seldom meet :)
 
Today I wanted to eat Vietnamese food, so I prepared my favourite Vietnamese pork over vermicelli noodles. The recipe is rather simple but preparation time can be quite long. I also bought the Vietnamese springroll skin but didn't have time to prepare. Will save it for next round.

Vietnamese pork over vermicelli noodles

This was yesterday's dinner, pork ribs served with brocolli, fried eggs, baked Australia Red Potatoes, baby tomatoes and capsicium.

 

Jared's Little Scribble

Jared was very excited to show me the gift that he has gotten from his classmate's birthday celebration in kindy when I picked him up on one of the evenings. It was a writing board with a pen and some chalks. He was busy scribbling while I was driving and this was what he showed to me. He has certainly made my day :)

Sunday, September 28, 2014

Learning Taekwando

Awhile ago, Jared has hinted us that he wants to join taekwando classes after seeing his cousin brother demonstrating his TKD movements to us. We were doubtful as he has just turned 5, even though his cousin also started about this age. We found a centre operated by the same instructor as his cousin's but at different location. Kids as young as 4 are accepted as long as they have good attention span.
Last Saturday was his first class and he was surely excited about it. After class, he came home feeling really happy and showed us his movements and refuse to remove his TKD uniform :)

 

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Hobby in Green

I do not have green fingers. I have killed every plant I've ever owned. However I am still interested to grow some plants at my new home. 
So last CNY, I took back some plants from my MIL, who definitely has green fingers, and she has a wide knowledge on gardening. I also got some Thai Basil plants/seeds from a friend. After so many months, I am so happy that my adenium is finally flowering and the basil is also growing but very slowly.



Last week I managed to get 4 porcelain pots at RM3 each, which I think is a very good deal. I have yet to find time to transfer some plants over to the new pots and I plan to plant more herbs
and vegetables in the backyard. Wish I have more time to indulge in this hobby.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Mid Autumn Festival

Today, the 15th day of the 8th lunar month in Chinese calendar, we celebrate the Mid Autumn Festival, which also known as Mooncake Festival or Lantern Festival.
Kids are happy because they get to play with lanterns and most importantly eat mooncakes, which are their favourites.






In hokkien, it's known as Leng kak. This is the first time my kids saw this and they think it is too errie to be eaten :). It looks like some kind of alien, isn't it ?

 
Happy Mid Autumn to Everyone...

Monday, September 1, 2014

A Journey Into Bread Baking

I was inspired by JY to start baking my own bread.  It took me many months before I finally indulged in this baking frenzy. This also means that I have to sacrifice some of my precious sleeps to prepare the dough in the early hours before my family is awake or late at night :).
Thanks JY, if not for your encouragements, I still won't be baking any breads.
So far I have baked dinner rolls, using the same recipe, I have also baked cinnamon rolls with nuts, cinnamon rolls with banana, sausage buns and corn custard filling buns. Kids and hubby like the breads very much as they are fresh and soft. Looking forward to try other types of bread recipes.

Dinner Rolls
 

Cinnamon Roll with Nuts

Jared enjoying his cinnamon roll


Corn Custard Filling Buns & Sausage Buns


HomeMade Pizza Dough 



 

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Talent Week K1 - Chinese StoryTelling, Rabbit & Turtle Story

Every year, on the month of July, Jared's kindy will organise a Talent Week Event for all the kids. This year his class students are required to compete in Chinese Story Telling.
A replay of him performing the story telling in school. Unfortunately I was not able to rotate the video.



Last Friday, Jared came home with 3 prizes which he had won in the Talent Week Events.

1st Prize for Chinese Story Telling

1st Prize for Coloring Competition

2nd Prize for Writing Competition
Good Job and Well Done, Jared.


Talent Week 2013
Talent Week 2012

Sunday, July 27, 2014

Past Weeks Activities..

Durian season was just around the corner. We had eaten quite alot this time. Our friend, BL, also gave us some good durians. Super yummy. Thanks BL.
 
 
 
Kids enjoying their durians
 
Jared at his classmate's birthday party
  


Scribbles by Emily while doing her revision