Sushi with the boys

 For my birthday we went to sushi with the boys.  It was a great place to go as they were mesmerized by the floating sushi plates.  We even let J pick his own.  And he ate it all!  We were so proud.

 Now coming up is showcasing Andrew's photography skills.  The boys are really interested in the camera now. 

 Now brother time...doing "criss cross applesauce" in the box in our room.

 Now it's Joseph's turn for taking pics with the camera.  He was so proud.

And lastly, we finally got the family photos up!


Love to all

E

Happy Halloween

We celebrated Halloween at Andrew's school.


They had a big carnival and it was so much fun. We were not sure how well they would do since it started at their bedtime, but they were great. When we arrived to the music blasting gangnam style, Andrew just about leapt out of the stroller and danced like I've never seen before. It was hilarious. Joseph just looked a little like deer in the headlights the whole time. He just looked around and wasn't sure what to make of it all...the crazy kids running around in strange costumes...the loud music...the fact that he was dressed like spiderman with webs between his arm pits!



Then after letting Andrew dance a few songs, including but not limited to "what makes you beautiful," we tore them him away from the dance floor, and followed the trick or treat carnival trail to all sorts of game booths. Then we stopped for water and some pictures. The above picture is what happened when I said "give a hug!"




Then I said, "no, hug EACH OTHER"!
You can see at least Andrew listened.




Thanks Grammianne for the awesome costumes for the boys. You can tell in this picture we had just stopped at the drinking fountain, hence the wet shirt and faces. They are in the stage where they just think the drinking fountain is the best invention ever and will just stand there playing and drinking regardless of whether there is a queue behind them...eventually they have to be dragged away from it...
Oh life's simple pleasures...
And happy Halloween to all!
Love
E&M
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My Andrew is turning four tomorrow?

He is in bed now so by the time I thought to make this post I can't take a phot of him. So I settled for taking a photo of his rooms's front door.


I can't believe he is turning four.

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Wall art is finally up

When heather came to visit we did some collaborative art. I really love the coral trend going on right now so we looked up a bunch of scientific prints of coral and then did our own. It was so fun. I love doing anything with my sister but especially art.




My sister finally put her art up on a blog. I can't remember if I have posted it here yet. http://heatherteran.blogspot.com/





It was so fun for me to have heather and later Scott visit.











Thanks heather! I love you and miss you and wish you were still here in Malaysia with us, but I am slowly realizing you have to have a life of your own. Sigh.




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Happy lantern painting

Happy mid autumn moon festival! Aka: eat lots of mooncakes and hang gorgeous lanterns!


The moms volunteered to do a craft for this special Chinese holiday. We bought a ton of white paper lanterns and brought them in for the kids to paint.


Andrew actually refused to use the paint. He just wanted to dump glitter all over his. So I would paint the glue in stripes and dots and he would dump the glitter. his turned out to be quite unique.





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Fun with joseph

My boys are in love with our toy room curtains. Especially Joseph. He uses them for many purposes, most of which is to hide in and wait so quietly for us to figure out where in the world he is!











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Visit to klcc aquaria with tiger, joseph's best buddy. After living in Chicago and Baltimore (home of the best aquariums ever) it was a bit small but actually it was perfect for Joseph. I don't think we could have stayed for much longer.

Love to all.

E

Shaking hands with Will & Kate

 Prince William and Kate Middleton are in Malaysia for three days as part of the diamond jubilee tour.  I first read they were coming in Vanity Fair (which has a great article on Kate BTW -- go get it) and have been scouring the web trying to figure out when they would have a public greeting.  So much of their time is taken up with private teas and visits to charities and such.

 So once I found out they would be at KLCC at 10am today I rearranged my schedule so I could get their early (with the boys at school).  I had to cancel the second day of my teaching the Burmese refugees (man I feel so bad! but I promised them I would spend extra time with them next week).  Hello when else do you get to see the future king and queen of England! Surely they will understand (?)

 So I met this British guy while I was waiting and it turned out he was the head of security so he told me just where to wait to get the best view.  He also said the key to gettting to shake their hand is not to have a camera in their face.  So when they come close, put your camera down, and cheer and put your hand out.

 You can tell these photos are too close they are so blurry.  Right after this I put my camera down and he shook my hand.  He is seriously so handsome in real life.  And I know the tabloids make such a big deal about his balding spot but in real life it is really not a big deal--you don't really notice it.

 Prince William is cute but my husband is way cuter...

 So then Kate came along and I was just about dying.  She is just so elegant in real life, plus it was cool to see her with her hair up as she almost always wears it down.  It was a smart choice since it was hot out. 

 She was wearing a gorgeous white dress with sheer sleeves.  I love her style because she is all about being gorgeous while being modest and not flaunting skin everywhere like most celebrities.  I have already told Mike that I want her wardrobe

 I was practically in tears when I shook her hand which was kind of embarrassing.  Then last, they drove off to a private lunch and I was left standing there surrounded by a bunch of sweaty Malaysians but seriously in awe.

 Bye Kate and William!

Tiger day at MKIS