I'm glad.. finally, my brother's book is published! My sis and brother in law helped to upload it and my dear hubby designed the cover! Family is important and they play a special part in our lives. I always say, it's My Family Resource Center. I'm blessed!
Caylie really enjoys her time here in Melbourne. She loves to read outside, under the warm sunshine on the deck. Joey BBQ delicious steak for dinner. Caleb enjoys the warm from the grill and the fellowship with Ebbie and Joey too.
We went for dinner to celebrate Ryan's birthday. This is the actual day. The kids had lots of fun playing in the game area.
Caylie had her hand painted for free! It's a beautiful butterfly.
Very beautiful scenery. Lovely. Very breath taking moment. As I watch the sunset, I begin to admire natures beauty and I'm in awe of the scene. It's real and it's not a poster! What an awesome God.
Dayson found some bones, like a sea creature bones. Looks like a frog or something. He found it in the sand on the beach and he was so excited. He said, 'Look mommy, I'm an archeologist'. Then he started to do more searching of branches, etc. He was having fun!
Visit to the Wild Life at Philip Island. It was a great experience!
Koalas and Kangaroos. So cute.
The Kangaroos are so gentle and lovely.
It's the 2nd night of Planet Shakers Conference at Hisense Arena. It's just a few minutes before it starts when my hubby hand me an Iphone 4 (with the help of Ebbie and Joey) and said "Happy Birthday, It's yours!". This is a pleasant surprise! My birthday is not till in a few days time, but I guess he wanted me to enjoy it earlier. As for me, I'm just happy to receive it!
This trip has so far been a bonding time for the kids and their cousins. You know, here in Melbourne McDonalds they serve a drink called Freezy Coke or Freezy Fanta.
It was freezing cold out at night and we went to St Kilda to see the penguins. They were so cute! We had a good time. It's hard to take a clear picture because it's dim. The kids totally enjoyed themselves.
each front. It's great to have the mall just on the beach! Lovely! The cousins really had a good time together. We parents became cameraman.
Before the day was over, right after the pool party, we went (for the first time) to a drive in movie! Interesting and enjoyable experience! We watched the movie 'HOP'. What a day! Totally blessed!
After church and lunch, we went to join Ebbie and family at Ryan's Pool Birthday Party. I learn a lot from that event and I totally enjoyed it. I watched how the Program Leaders chaired the pool games. I admire their professionalism and creativity. The indoor pool is a heated area, so it's warm and good inside.
Here's Caylie trying on of the games. She swings on the rob then jumps into the water! She's brave! And she enjoys it! She went a few times.
We took a night flight, arrived Melbourne at 8:10am. Our kids managed to sleep through the flight but not us. So we were tired when we arrived, but the Melbourne air and meeting Joey, Ebbie, Ryan and Noel gave us life and energy to last through the day.
Everything seems to be going smoothly, till we were held back at the boarding gate due to one of our passport. We recently renewed our passport but one of it was not perfectly done. It was out of alignment and the officer had to ensure that we did not forge the passport. We didn't realized the photo was not exactly in the middle. Due to the imperfect production, we were held up for half and hour. It was a good thing I brought all our old passports and the receipts of our new passports!! The supporting documents helped to certify the passport. Lesson learned: The next time you do a passport, check to make sure the main page is done in perfect alignment to avoid problems!
This is a picture of Dayson's improvisation. His daddy blew up the plastic bag as balloons for the boys to keep them occupied while we were buying groceries. When we arrived home, we were surprise that Daddy's "balloon" became Dayson's bolster! He looks comfortable hugging it to sleep. You will never know what ideas children can come up with all the time.
Starting young. It was Monday evening, and my kids had a wonderful time learning to cook dinner with their Aunty Anna. Caylie enjoyed it thoroughly, Dayson loves cutting off the fish head and Dylan showed us an excellent quality that he possessed. Dylan was given the task of slicing a bowl of shallots and onions. He started to tear and Aunty Anna ask him to stop as she would take over the task, but Dylan refused, he said 'don't worry, I want to finish cutting them all!'. Such determination! Dayson, seeing his brother tearing, decided to help and he started tearing too. So all three of them were tearing! But they finish slicing all! Dylan showed real determination in his job. We were impressed!
Nothing can stop creativity. Dylan is a visual person. We were at McD's for tea break, just a 'time-out' for our family after a busy weekend. While we were chatting, Dylan was busy. After a while, he showed us his paper plane made from the "french fries box". I thought it was interesting. He felt proud of his plane! The cardboard made the plane feel firm. Of cause I didn't allow him to keep it. It's too salty for keeping!
I was surprise when Caylie asked to pierce her ears, on her last birthday. So on the 1st March 2011, while we were in the mall, I decided to get her ears pierce and I didn't inform her till we were at the shop. She was happy and the tension was short. If I were to inform her before lunch, she probably would not have enjoyed her lunch. So she enjoyed her lunch, had her ears pierce and she is happy with her new butterfly earrings!
As we continue to fill our flower box with compose from our juicer, a plant started to sprout out. Then one day, to our amazement, healthy spinach was growing in our back yard! What a wonderful surprise! Spinach is one of the most healthy vegetables when juiced. Freshly juice it with orange, green apples, carrots and lemon. It's tasty too, the lemon helps to get rid of the raw vege taste.
As our little ones grows, it's important to encourage creativity. Dylan is one that is very creative, here he builds a merry-go-round out of LAQ set. (Something like Lego pieces) We went for a Merry-go-round and he enjoyed it, then when we came home he did this! Amazing!
The festive season is here. Time flies and before you know it, it's been a year! Wishing everyone a happy Chinese new Year 2011. My kids love art and crafts especially using "Ang Pau packets". Somehow I can't seem to remember some of the origami. We had fun doing some of them.
