Day1: Melbourne Here We Come

It was a long and uneventful flight. Ko-ko sat with daddy while Mei-mei with me during the long haul to Melbourne. Ashley Kor-kor met us in KLIA. She made it just on time to catch the flight. There was a bad accident causing a massive traffic jam on her way to the airport. 

Upon clearing immigration at the airport and exiting, we met Ah Kong and Ah Ma's friends: Uncle Chee Meng, Uncle Peter and Aunty Fiona. 

Ashley Kor-kor waited at the airport for 6th Chim Poh and they were picked up by Uncle Ollie and Nat Kor-kor. We left in Uncle Chee Meng's car which was left with us for the rest of the trip to transport us around. 

We had a light breakfast at the Choo's house which was brought by the other Aunty Fiona (dim sum) then headed to Nat Kor-kor's place. We unloaded and headed to have lunch. As it was a car big enough to fit 8, we all hopped into the car and Uncle Ollie drove us to "The Public Brewery". 

They had a wonderful selection of beer which we were allowed to taste before deciding which one we would like to have. The food was also spectacular. We ordered sharing platters. 

We later went to Eastland Shopping Center to look for some presents for Eason as we were heading to Jack Chek-chek's house the next day for a BBQ and belated birthday celebration.

Tried on this dress just for fun.

We also bought some light groceries which was our dinner for the night. Hommus, guacamole (made by Kor-kor), Turkish bread, cheese and of course wine. 

Evelyn's Roadster Racer

Such a coincidence that we have a box which was used to deliver the party pack items for Ko-ko's birthday. So when you requested for a Roadster Racer, I turned to the ever useful Pinterest and found out how to make a car out of the carton box.
You requested for the car to be painted pink (no surprise there). We used up almost all of the pink paint Ko-ko had. Ko-ko also had some inputs such as the steering wheel, the spoiler and brake lights (still missing for now). The 3 of us had fun painting the car and decorating it too.
And of course within 10 minutes of playing it, the steering wheel has come off, the spoiler fell of and even the string came off. Hopefully the damage will be limited to these before I can hot glue them this weekend.

Easter Craft

Found a simple craft to do together. And you both put on your personalised rpuches and we ended up with angry rabbit, rabbit who fell into paintbox and radioactive rabbit...
We had such fun. And so hilarious to see your creativity at work.

Easter Weekend

Our Saturday began with a little shopping in the afternoon for dinnertime ingredients. And this was our Japanese themed dinner:

While our dinners digested, we put on the finishing touches on our rabbits. After that, it was time for the Easter egg hunt which you had both requested. We could not find much decent choices of easter egg in Cold Storage so we made do with the yummy strawberry chocolate Lindt we have in the fridge. 

Here'sthe two of you with your "baskets" all ready for the hunt :

And the both of you having one of the loot each:

Miss Vainpot

You have seen me looking at hairstyles on Pinterest. So when I asked you this morning how you wanted your hair tied, you told me "Let me pick from your phone". Phew lucky I searched "simple hairstyles for girls".  And this is what w3 ended up with:

Happy 11th Birthday, Evan

Happy birthday to our precious son. Today you turn 11 and we wish you all the best that life can give you. You have brought us a lot of happiness. Continue to shine and brighten up our lives.

With lots of love and kisses from Mei-mei, daddy and mummy.

Not Feeling Well

You vomited so many times on Friday. We had to try to get back from work quickly but it took us almost an hour to reach home i the Friday jam.
Got you all ready and headed to Adventist Hospital thinking there was night clinic. Too bad there wasn't any. So we headed to the Emergency Room.
We spent almost 2 hours to wait and see the doctor and to wait abit longer to see if you'd still vomit after taking the medicine. We finally got to leave at arpund 10p.m. making a stop to buy 100 plus drink for you.
You slept on the way home and continued sleeping until the next morning, only waking up several times for a drink of water.
Well to determine if you had recovered... just look at your happy grin when you realised that I wanted to take your picture on Saturday morning:

Shower Entertainment

Since our bathroom was leaking, we had to use your bathroom to shower over last weekend. One of the times I was showering, you decided to provide in-bathroom entertainment... by singing outside my bathroom door. After you were done, you even offered to provide encore:

Although, I would have been happier if you sang some other song than "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"!! And so many times too.. hahaha... 

Home Hairdresser

Got a shock on my life when I realised that your fringe was "missing". No amount of questions could make you admit to what had happened. You insisted that it looked normal. You must think that we're blind!!
So took a picture and put them side by side with a photo I took on Saturday to show you there certainly WAS a difference.
Finally you admitted to having cut your fringe. .. just for fun. Well my dear, you'll have to live with this haircut for the next 3 days until we bring you for a haircut during the weekend!

Sundae on a Saturday

Dessert after lunch... McDonald's sundae.

Evelyn's First Ballet Lesson

As you have been requesting to attend ballet lessons for so long, we finally decided to stop by the school recommended by my friend for a trial on our way back from dropping Ko-ko to school for Wushu. To our surprise, there was classes to be held in the next 1 hour. So we happily agreed to try and went home to pick up stockings for you. And here you are.. I got to snap a few pictures as they allowed me to enter the class as it was your trial class. 

Yup.. we signed up immediately after the trial classes. Wanted to buy the ballet shoes for you, but they did not have your size. So have to wait. 

Happy Birthday, Grampy

As it was a holiday, we headed back to celebrate Grampy's birthday on a weekday. Nanna had booked a table from a nearby restaurant. Here's some of the food we ordered. The fish was a "pak sou kong" which Grampy had caught:

Went back home to blow off the candle on the cake. We had bought an "Uncle Tetsu's Cheesecake" before heading over. Here you both are posing with Grampy and Nanna:

And of course, both of you not giving Grampy a chance to blow out HIS birthday candle. 

We had to light the candle again as you beat Mei-mei to blowing the candle the first time!!

Both of you trying to take picture with a terrified Chelsea

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GRAMPY. 

Beautiful Lights at Kek Lok Si Temple

We decided to go for a drive to have a look at the lights at Kek Lok Si Temple. This year the lights were put up for a shorter period. Ko-ko didn't want to go, preferring to stay at home in front of the tv. Could not even entice him with promises of supper from McDonald's.
Traffic headed to the temple was heavy but thankfully moving. There was a long queue going up so we just stopped at the road to have a look and take a quick photo.
You enjoyed them, but you were more keen to know when we'll be going to McDonald's as daddy had mentioned! Need to be careful of what we say around little ears!!

CNY Feast with the Phuah's

As usual, Ah Ma cooked up a storm. What a feast.. so many dishes:

You and your cousins are all old enough to sit by yourselves. Missing Audrey in this picture:

We also had a box of fireworks which was set off in the park across the road. Beautiful...

CNY Day 2

Nothing much to do on Day 2. We just had a relaxing day around the house. Hayley visited so there are extra people around to play. 

That evening, most had already left Ipoh house. So dinner was a simple and yummy meal of dumplings. We all had a part in helping to make the dumplings:

CNY Day 1

As usual, dinner was a feast. It's always nice to have dinner with so many people. Look at the size of the "Yee Sang". Proud to say it was mainly prepared by Evan and I:

Time to toss:

After dinner, the kids had fun with all the fireworks bought by daddy and Jack Min Chek Chek. Here's Martin stacking up his "pop pop" into a mountain before stepping on them all at a go:

Finale for the night was the fireworks daddy brought.. beautiful:

Ang Pow Time

2017 Chinese New Year - Lion Dance

As usual we have to wake up on time to ensure that we are all ready before the lion dance comes at 10am. We all quickly had breakfast and a shower and waited.

Here's daddy doing his annual task of setting up the fire crackers and the angpow + lettuce:

Some of the aunties started to distribute ang pow while waiting. Here's Evelyn all happy with her collection:

And here they come:

Kids enjoying the lion dance. They are very nice as they even interact with us:

Wefie with Evan:

And it's time to say goodbye to the troop:

This is what they left behind for us:

We had our family portraits taken. But I don't have them on my computer. Will put them up when I've copied from daddy's camera.

Triple Jump

You came back yesterday and told us that your teacher selected you to participate in the triple jump in school.
This morning you added: I'm so short and heavy and yet teacher picked me...
You know what? As long as you try your best and have fun. Winning is not everything. Good luck in the competition.

Chinese New Year in School

You picked something to wear (Hello Kitty shirt.. no surprise there) to school yesterday. Thinking that since it was the last day before the Chinese New Year, I asked to confirm that you did not need to wear Chinese costume. Oops you had forgotten.
So here you are in your cheongsam:

Weigh in Day for Evan

Today is weigh in day. So you have been thinking of ways to ensure that you are not too heavy when your teachers ways you.
This morning you did not finish your Nutella bread (although you clearly wanted to). Milk was drank 80% and then you told me you'd go upstairs for a quick exercise before taking a bath. You've weighed yourself so many times this morning: once after breakfast, after shower and after clearing your system (the last one made you happiest).
On top of that , you plan to empty your pockets to ensure minimal excess weight *laugh

Good luck in your weigh in. Kiss kiss

*You ended up with one last weigh in just before leaving for school. Snd you even did some push up before that too

Sayonara, Hokkaido

 The flight back to Malaysia was fun. Here's the food we were served:

Mei-mei had such a cute meal. And it was clearly labelled as "no peanut":

Just before the clock stroke midnight, we were serviced drinks to usher in the new year:

Such a nice holiday and sweet timing that we got to celebrate the new year on the plane!

We arrived in KLIA all bleary eyed. 

We were so worried that we would get taxed for the large souvenir we bought from Otaru, but it seems that the customs officers did not really check. Some random bags were requested to be scanned, but all went well.

After clearing immigration, we were about to sit down at McDonald's for breakfast when daddy realised that his headphones were missing. Oh no!

We headed back and inquired but had little hope of getting it back. But luck was with us. One of the tour guides had seen it on their way out and daddy got back his Bose headphones.

Back in Penang, the immigration officer wanted to scan our bags, but we said that we were flying in from KL and had already cleared immigration. So no hassle there and we were soon home.