Little Big Club

As usual at the end of the year, we usually plan a trip to JB. The kids' uncle and auntie stay there. So, we are taking the oppurtunity to visit them and take the kids to Little Big Club. We will usually fly there and daddy will be taking us back to KL in his car. Daddy has a job site in JB and travels there often.

Again, thanks to Airasia, for the 5 of us, one way airfare, I think only cost up to RM120.

Banana Leaf Exeperience

J been asking me about serving food with on banana leaf, he was curious wanted to try. There we go, taking them out for their first banana leaf experience.

And, they love it! We are doing that more often now. They think it is a very amusing experience of eating on banana leaf instead of on a plate.

The twins turn 4, Nov 13.

We have a very simple celebration of the twins birthday this year. They will have their big birthday party when they turn 5 this year.

J, a very lucky boy!

I have slipped greatly on my postings now. I have a very busy last year and can't believe 3/4 of 2014 has passed too. I have a numbers of backlog postings , thought of taking this oppurtunity to clear out some, at least 2013's.

Hubby was being invited to an opening of a supercar showroom. Not that we can afford one, is just that he knew the salesman and bully him into inviting him. See, this is a very boy stuff and of course, he will need his partner in crime to go with him. So, lucky J got to go to this type of 'classy' event filled with VVIP and the super rich! 

Frank Stephson, award wining designer of Mini Hatch, Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Ferrari and McLaren.

Datuk Mokhzani

Joe G, radio DJ

At the age of just 5, he knows his car stuff very well, the horse power, no. of exhaust, the speed and the price. I didn't even seen or heard of any of the super car at the age of 5. 

He reads Top gear magazine and watches an episode of Top Gear before going to bed.

Little D, You Can Do it!

School concert was held in October last year. This year, will be the twins' 3rd year at the school. Little D, being himself, so shy and so lack of self confident, did not want to do anything for the last Sport's Day and Concert.

This year, with the great encouragement from the class teacher and school principle, he made it for the Concert. He was so excited about it and has been practising at home constantly. However on the actula day, he just cried. We believed he got cold feet and claim he wasn't feeling well and his legs hurt. This boy, once he set his mindset, even bribery (buying him toys) would not worked on him. 

We kept encouraging him and kept saying he can do it and it will be a waste for his weeks of practising, and finally he did it! With this successfully done, I think it boost up a bit of his self-confident.

and on the other hand, J and K did it without any problem.

Langkawi again and again!

We love Langkawi and courtesty to FireFly, we flew to Langkawi for free end of August this year, with merely a fee or RM 500 for taxes, seat selections and admin fees for the 6 of us!

I quite like flying Fireflyz as it is nearer, so save on taxi fare but longer flight time and bumpier flight journey due to its size.

Kids missed Langkawi and was looking 'so' forward to it! As usual, beach and bar went well with us.

Pool time too!

Thanks to Groupon too, we have a nice Tapas meal at the Telaga Harbour. By the way, a litre of Sangria cost RM10!!! A mug of beer is RM3.50 and soft drink is RM8!!

Yummy pate with toast bread and Sangria

And J, got himself and boogie board and learnt a bit of surfing!

Langkawi never fail us a holiday destination.

We are now looking forward to our Krabi and Langkawi trip next year, courtesy to Airasia and Fireflyz!

First Fishing Experience

We were invited by a close friend for a fishing trip at their private fishing pond. The children were pretty excited about the fishing idea.

We packed up some snacks and drinks and went for it. It was really a sunny/hot day but we did it and the kids enjoyed including hubby too. It was amazingly easy to catch a fish. I think among the kids and hubby, they caught about 10-12 fish.

My little princess, K, who is the 'gangster' of the house was surprisingly patient, calm and focus in this activity. She wanted to do everything herself from preparing the bait, throwing out the bait and winding up when get fish. This is the only time that I hardly find myself shouting at her. This girl is really a tough girl and they boys were not able to do everything that she did by herself.

I am glad this is a sort of like back to 'kampung' life or how we use to grow up life for them. The owner of the pond even get them to pick up rubbish around the pond. I am glad that they participate without any complaint.

and, they got to see worm!!! and enjoying it!

Here are some 'actions' photos taken by my friend of the kids playing around the pond.

We have steamed fish too for dinner that day and the kids were very proud of their 'catch' of the day!

Once again, my friend, EC, if you are reading this, thank you for the invitation.

Jack is 5!

Jack been asking for a birthday party for quite some times but we make it a point that 1 year old is big and thereafter, we are just going to buy a cake and celebrate at home. He was invited to few of his schoolmates' parties, so he always wanted one. I finally gave in to this one. According to the father, 5,10,13,18 and 21 years old are consider big, so we must give him a party.

When I first sent out the invites to the schoolmates, his former class teacher (for the past 2 years) told me that she was glad that I finally going to organise a party for him. She said she can see Jack feeling sad and be very quiet when others are celebrating their birthday in the class. I felt proud actually as he waited patiently and not demanding it in a big style all these years. So, I promise him, I will throw him a party and he can invite all his friend.

The Theme

Of course, it has to be about car and it has to be Lamborghini. If you read my article earlier http://arlene-stylishbaby.blogspot.com/2012/07/car-crazy-or-lamborghini-crazy.html, then you know he is crazy about Lamborghini.

The Invite

I created this invite with 'Pages' and took a screenshot and convert it into a Jpeg file, so I can send them via MMS/What's up to friends and his schoolmates' parents.

The Planner

Initially, I thought that is going to be like 30-40 children, maybe it is worthwhile to get a party planner to organise some games/activities. However, the 3 monsters managed to persuade me to have a bouncy castle instead. Actually, it is not a bad idea, then the kids will be gather at just an area. so easier for parents to keep an eye on them and of course, it is cheaper too.

For the table setting, cakes and decoration, we got them from: RazzleDazzle Party Box

The Bouncing Castle

This was definitely value for money. Kids so loved it. We ordered it from Bounce Playland.

The Photographer

I came to know Mr. Wong when he first commented on my blog in year 2010 about my visit to a car show. I read his blog and knew he loves photography and he is a lecturer. I sent him and email and asked him will he be interested to take some portraits of the company personnel for usage in our company website purpose. He said yes he would. I was delighted as I really admired his photography skills. We re-employed him in April this year. During the session, I asked him whether he would be interested to come over to take photos in Jack's birthday, again he accepted it. This is his blog http://cwwongphotography.blogspot.com/.

The Caterer

Food was great, highly recommended http://www.chakracs.com/Street_Rendezvous.asp. I opted for hawker style food - Batu Ferringgi Studio. After discuss with them about the crowd of my guests, they suggested to change Yong Tau Foo, Murtabak and Cucur Udang to Seafood Paella, Roti Jala with curry chicken and Fried Fish Finger.

Although we have a hiccups with the late arrival and food was set up almost 1.5 hours late. Good job that I have prepared some snacks for the kids. Also, I am glad that the verdicts for  the food were good from the guests. The Tandoori Chicken and Nan bread cook on the spot were a big hit. They are charging only RM18/pax.

Overall, I think it is a successful party. The kids and the adults have really good time and enjoy the party. I remembered few dads commented that this was not the ordinary party that you sat and have 10 orange juice and watch the kids only!

And of course, the after party fun.....