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All about Hannah
Facebook prompted me with photos of this memorable experience exactly a year ago today. We had a truly fun-filled, albeit super HOT HOT HOT day at Escape Theme park!
The kids have grown so much since then, but I will forever treasure these memories we made…hopefully soon we will be able to visit Escape once again!
I just realised that it has been more than TWO YEARS since I updated this blog… so guilty of not doing something I love!
I only pray that I will have more time to fill this blog with even more precious memories moving forward. ♥
Meanwhile, I would like to share a video I compiled which we recently did as a family… I love that everyone contributed to this and it will truly be a memory to be cherished forever.
Here’s wishing everyone a blessed Christmas this year and may God bless you all!
We visited Audi Dream Farm several months ago, however the photos have not managed to make their way to the blog…until now. The farm is located in Balik Pulau which is a good distance from where we live, nevertheless it was a fantastic experience for the kids to be out and about early in the morning.
We bought a basket of goodies for the animals, containing food for feeding the animals with…bird seed, leaves and plants, milk for the goats etc.
The kids really had a ball of a time. We will certainly make another visit to the farm, if it were closer to home. Well, hopefully soon we can find time for a repeat visit.
Hannah turned 8 in March but I’m only blogging about it now. Yep, ticking off all my items on my long to-do list 🙂
She had a celebration in Adventurezone before but she loves it so much that she wanted a sequel, so her 8th birthday celebration was held there too.
Happy birthday Hannah, and may all your dreams come true!
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I’m still behind on my blog posts (*hangs head in shame*), notably the ones on the kids’ birthdays, so I have three in the back burner, but I thought I would post one on our recent getaway first.
We decided to surprise the kids with a very impromptu vacation to Sunway Lagoon. Since the kids enjoy theme parks, this would be perfect, plus we had all not been there before. Initially we had wanted to book a room at the hotel right next to the theme park but there were no more rooms available, so we decided on a nearby AirBnb condo. It was definitely a more reasonable option, and it was only a 10-15-minute walk to Sunway Lagoon and Sunway Pyramid.
Bring it on.
I’ll let the photos do the talking, since it is best done that way anyway.
It was a well-deserved break for us all, a surefire way of destressing and we had a glorious wonderful time, just us. Kids are looking forward to our next holiday…..where shall we go? Hmmmmm…..
“An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” Therefore, I try my best to get the kids out and about during these school holidays instead of being home all day in front of the TV or computer. We made an impromptu visit to the rather newly-opened Tech Dome in Komtar about two weeks or so back. I remember the location of Tech Dome as previously being the venue of computer exhibitions like the PC Fair years ago, back then the dome was called the Geodesic Dome.
Ethan and Hannah had already visited the Tech Dome last month during their school field trips, but they were rather disappointed that they didn’t get to participate in the activities like the wall-climbing and the G-force spin. These activities required parental approval and additional purchase of tickets, so perhaps that was why the school trip did not include that.
Here they are, doing the Speed Climb, where they had to scale up a vertical wall and hit the buzzer right at the top.
Here, the kids find out what astronauts go through with the G-Force simulator:
Kids had so much fun:
Emma enjoyed herself at a small play area pretending to be Bob the Builder:
Afterward, we visited The Top, which had some fun and colorful rides for kids.
Hannah has been taking piano lessons since she was 5 years old. Her interest has increased by leaps and bounds since then. Now, we are overjoyed to hear melodious tunes when she practises at home and it is indeed rewarding (and good on the ear).
I don’t intend to rush her through the grades, with taking examinations and all, even though her teacher says she is in Grade 1 now. When the time comes for her to take examinations and she is ready, then we shall cross that bridge.
Just recently, her teacher asked if Hannah wanted to participate in a music competition. There were several categories for the participants, segregated by age group, and Hannah was in the age 7-8 category. Hannah was very eager to, so we decided to let her try it out.
Looking at her perform that day, I think I must have been more nervous than she was. I practically held my breath while taking the video, and she aced it!
She was overjoyed when she received a trophy and certificate of participation for her efforts. There were 50+ participants in her category and she was selected as one of the Bronze trophy recipients. All the participants received a trophy, but that didn’t stop Hannah from being so proud of herself.
We are also very proud of you, Hannah! ♥
There was dancing and singing by the kids representing music from the 60’s till 2000’s.
An entertaining night for all, I’m sure the performers enjoyed themselves as much, if not more, than the audience.
Here’s an excerpt from the performances featuring Hannah and her friends:
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In September (yeah, I know this is an extremely delayed post…so sorry about that, but hopefully the pictures will be more than enough to make up for that! The kids and hubby have been very good at pushing and encouraging me to finish this post!), we took a highly-overdued family vacation and headed down south to the kids-absolutely-love-the-place-but-it-is-so-freaking-HOT LEGOLAND in Nusajaya, Johor. We had been to Legoland in Carlsbad, CA seven years ago, but back then it was just with Ethan and I was heavily pregnant with Hannah. I doubt Ethan remembers much of Legoland Carlsbad apart from what I have recorded in this blog, so the visit to Johor’s Legoland could be considered a fresh experience for the kids.
We decided to stay in the Legoland Hotel whilst we were there, which would make it so much more convenient for us, especially with kids along. No complaints there and the room we had was spectacular. More on that later.
On the day we were to start our vacation, everyone woke up super early. Our flight from Penang to Johor was at 7:15a.m. so I had arranged for a cab to pick us up at 5:30a.m. that morning. It was pouring! But everyone was in a happy mood and we got on the plane, which departed and arrived on schedule.
We arrived in Legoland Hotel at about 10:00a.m. and because it was still early, our room was not ready yet. We decided to put our luggage with the concierge and go right in to Legoland.
Yes, we were all raring to go. Hahaha. And here are the pictures to prove it.
My two older kids had their school vacation recently, and since Emma would be in school in the morning, I decided to take Ethan and Hannah for a short outing. With the weather so hot, we decided to go indoors and a trip to the Amazing World Studios was planned.
After circling the block for half an hour, we found a parking spot right behind the Amazing World Studios museum. It appeared that we were the only ones in the entire place, but we had a ton of fun!
It was very entertaining and sometimes hilarious to pose and take pictures with so many 3D exhibits. This is an interactive museum, unlike those regular museums where you only got to “see” stuff.
It wasn’t really a guided tour per se, despite the fact that the ticketing personnel told me it was. We were pretty much left to our own devices, but it wasn’t hard to move around the museum. We started from the topmost floor and proceeded all the way down. There were indicators and guides on the floor to tell us where to stand to get a good picture, plus there were examples too, so we were not lost at all. I think the kids were exhilarated to have the whole museum to themselves, and for me, it makes the place feel safer too.
Somewhere near the end of the tour, there was a Virtual Whirl Ride activity, where we were virtually brought on a rollercoaster ride of some sort. Ethan and Hannah enjoyed this ride twice!
Making funny faces:
Final few pictures before we called it a day:
There are a few other interesting museums in Penang, and I’m looking forward to visiting them all, hopefully soon.