Disney on Ice

We went to watch our first show - Disney on Ice.  Although we bought the tickets a few months ago, this was our bribe to get you to behave in the week after the half-term break.

Characters that you know from Disney are Mickey, Minnie, Donald, etc, all learnt after the Disneyland holiday and so you were really excited in the beginning of the show.  Then, there was a whole segment of all the different princesses with their prince in pairs, doing lots of ice skating, where you were truly bored as you had no idea who they were.  Well, being a boy, I never really introduced you to Belle, Cinderella or Snow White etc, so maybe it was my fault.  Thank God the show ended with 'Toy story' (one of your fabourites) and 'Christmas season' with all the traditional Disney characters again :) It was worth the money, but certainly not ready for the movies yet as you still got restless just before the break

Aftermath of half term

There's normally a few days of adjustment after a holiday period but we didn't expect that from just a half term week holiday.  The week after we returned from London was really difficult.  You refused to wake up, then fussed and didn't want to go to school, and in the evening didn't want to shower or sleep at night.  It was a terrible cycle of tantrums and crying and both Richard and ! were so tired!!!  Hopefully you will get used to the idea of term breaks and then going back to school as these breaks happen every 2-3 months.

Half term in London

Can't believe 1 month flew by and just have not found the time to update.  You had your first half term holiday for a week, and we took the opportunity to go to London (while Richard had to be in Cambridge for the week) and also meet with 'Gong gong' and 'popo' as they arrive to help and to 'welcome' baby Kia 2 when she decides to come. We went to Chessington zoo, played with kites, badminton, bowled, visited the natural history museum, ate in a 2-star Michelin restaurant for the first time and ate lots!!  EVERYTHING was packed because of the school holidays, which will now make us think twice about going anywhere during half terms.

Chessington Zoo - queued for about 45 minutes to get a car parking space which was 20 mins walk away

In the water tub ride where we all got splashed

There was a day of good weather and thank God we took that opportunity to play with the kites that was brought from Malaysia.  Sam Yi and Gong gong had as much fun as you :)  I was so excited seeing you fly the kite!!  The rest of our time in London was freezing cold and raining.

 

Very well behaved in 'The Ledbury'

You happily carried a 6lb ball around not realising the implications if that fell on your feet!!

Queued for an hour plus to get into the natural history museum, and then another hour to watch the dinosaurs

 Being a dinosaur - You were however terrified of the T-rex model which moved and roared

Lou Sang

On the first day of CNY, we met up with friends whose families were not in Liverpool and had our share of good food too :)

This was only for 7 adults

Gong Xi Fa Cai 2013

You were really excited after school last Friday:
Isaac:  'Its Chinese Day today!! We had lion dance and noodles!!'
Me: 'Ya, it's Chinese New Year on Sunday.. Do you know you are Chinese?
Isaac: 'Huh? No!!'
There's no racial boundaries for kids :)

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Liverpool's supposed to have the oldest Chinese community so there were lots of events going on similar to previous years. So we brought you to see the lion dance in the weekend.  We were there with 'D', close friends staying just a row away.  You were both so excited that we decided to make our own dragon head from cardbox boxes so you both could do a little performance for us. 

What I had in mind was taking a box, painting it red/yellow/black and then cutting a few holes for the eyes and mouth and they can dance around in it.  BUT, 'D's mother is SUPER creative and had a proper dragon head in mind.  Although it took much longer than expected to make, the result was so impressive and we had SO MUCH FUN!!  Unfortunately the both of you only wanted to be the 'head' and refused to be the 'tail' :)

The boys hard at work

The dragon!!

The 'dance troupe'

My babies

Isaac: I want to kiss you baby..
Baby: Can't wait to see you, koko

Plum face

I passed you a plum after dinner one evening and you started chuckling after a while and said 'Mummy look, a face!!!'  You actually bit out 2 eyes, a nose and mouth :) 

 

We had some friends over for dinner last night and you had such a fun time playing with both their kids. So imagine our surprise and embarrassment when you suddenly said: 'I think it's time for them to go home now!!'

You told me this weekend: 'Mummy, your tummy is getting bigger and bigger and it will burst 'bang' one day'.  But you're very sweet and kiss baby (my tummy) many times everyday!!