Still life drawing: Sunflowers

When I came home from work yesterday, I was greeted with a "Mama, see MY sunflowers!?!"

=.="

His sunflowers. Like he did anything besides throwing compost everywhere.

I was actually super excited too. The first plant that survived...woohoo!

Everything else I'd planted from seedlings died...unintentionally, of course.

This time I told our kakak, "Jaga baik baik, ok. Kalau mati saya nangis."

(Take care properly. If die again, I will cry)

Bless my helper.

 

So pretty :)

 

Since we are learning about flowers, I suggested a drawing session.

We used Buncho oil pastel for this project.

They are Tiger's fav art material at the moment.

Here he was contemplating, as usual. Followed by: I cannot, this is hard.

I am so used to his pessimism/perfectionism, I just brush them aside effortlessly.

JUST TRY, will be my usual respond.

  

This artist went to work without asking. 

She walked around the whole night with her work, admiring it. 

"Whoa, nice"

"Pweeeti"

No shame, this one.

 

Focus level: 2 out of 10

She went from painting to cycling after one minute.

I hope she chooses to be someone amazing, like an adventurer or environmentalist.

Something that we normal people only dare to dream of.
She would suck at being anything confined to a cubicle...hihi...pity her future husband.

Her focus level is as good as mine...the way I digress, I apologize.

What was it I was...ohhh, sunflowers...

Tiger started of with a simple outline.

 I took a picture with my phone and zoomed in to see the details.

So cool, right?

How did people live before technology?

 We added some glitter because mama's cool like that

For some reason, this is my fav piece thus far.

In 20 years, he may produce a Van Gogh, like this!

A mother can dream :)

This was more enjoyable and simpler than I thought.

Next time, Cezanne-inspired?

Disclaimer:

I helped Tiger with the leaves outline, the rest is all his work.

Hand Trampoline aka OgoSport Disks

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And it's AWESOME!!!

It's called OgoSport Mini Disk: a hand trampoline.

Way cool, right?

Hubs and I were exhausted after a round.

Great for losing weight!

A close up of the cute Ogosoft ball.

It is now residing in the Kid's Sport Bar.

Okay la, it is just a box with their sport equipments but I gave it a snazzy name.

Besides, who doesn't love a bar?

The other items we own are as labelled:

The golf clubs are dangerous weapons in the hands of kids.

The bowling game has been ignored for god knows how long.

And the racquets...hahaha...waste of money.

The only thing they frequently play with are the OgoSport disks.

It comes in handy as a sunshade as well :p

We usually go to the nearby field so that we can run around like hooligans.

Tiger is so funny because  he is not very coordinated.

(sucks at dancing, typical nerd)

He thinks we are laughing together but I am laughing at him, most of the time.

He gets frustrated after some time but like any skill in life, you need to practise and persevere.

And he is getting better! More coordinated and we can actually have a relay.

Future Dato Lee Chong Wei?

He despise picking up the balls repetitively (like his mama).

Lucky for him, his sister decided to become a professional ball picker-upper. 

 So fun to watch them cooperating and working together, for once. 

On another occasion, we tried using a small rubber ball and it works just fine.

 

 

 

If you are super coordinated, I guess you can use several balls and juggle.

I juggle ONE ball with a disk on each hand and the kids were like,

"WHOA!!!"

*brush dirt off shoulder with a smirk*

We tossed the disks upwards to see whose can go higher.

The rings are very durable, so no worries. 

Tiger then bounced the ball upwards, to try to reach the moon.

I asked him, "Do you know why the disks and balls always fall back onto the ground?"

Instead of answering my questions, he asked:

"Mama, this moon got eyes or not?"

"How far is the moon"

"How come it's not dark but got moon?"

"Where is the sun?"

Princess was on a ball picking mission but she was distracted by a path on the field...

...and a mound of hardened earth.

Before she ran off to chase after a stray dog.

Outdoor activities is a must for us.

It gives the kids a chance to let off some steam.

Keeping your body active is good for the brain and soul.

They sleep better (yay!)

They learn about teamwork.

I insist that children should fall and learn to pick themselves up

BUT

Tiger had a minor fall and insisted I give him a piggy back ride home.

=.="

So, Dragon girl got to ride the balance bike home, which is another wonderful

outdoor equipment.

Sorry about the terkangkang legs but I love this pic!

The OgoSport Mini Disks

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EVA foam ring. 

Nylon-spandex membrane center.

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Raya Break 2013 @ Avillion Port Dickson

I love, love, love this place.

Forget the fact that the bathroom looks fit for Fifty Shades of Grey,...hmmm, if only....hahaha...

What was I talking about?

Oh...the bathroom. Still thinking about the book

If you lean over the railing, you can see the sea! I would go back just for the bathroom.

Let's start from the beginning, shall we?

On the way to PD, we stopped at Seremban town for brunch.

Hubs wanted to have the famous beef noodle at the Pasar Besar
but the estimated waiting time? 1 hour
Tak jadi la.

The best part about eating in an old place?
The coffee. Good old kopitiam coffee.
I had 2 cups.
Could. Not. Resist.

We joined the Gamelan band while waiting for check in at 2pm.

They gave Tiger a tambourine and he played the part of little boy lost.

We roamed around the area and found this.

According to Tiger it was the best part of the trip.

Pfffttt.....

I will just dump him at the nearest playground before the next trip.

A pet farm.

Showing mei-mei "Rabbit" before giving her a slap for I-don't-know, breathing?

Sigh (I do that a lot these days, sighing)

Checking-in, finally.

Tiger was sibuk with the Cars trolley bag the entire trip.

Dragged it to dinner la, breakfast la...

See the little attention seeker? The papa's sweetheart?

Told you she runs...

The walkway to our chalet.
Ignore the squinty eye model

They have three pools. 

One solely for adults which Hubs and I wanted to go for at night but

I left out the tiny detail:

Boobs are not detachable. So...next time la

They have cooking sessions for kids!

Saturdays are Pizza Days...Yay!

The cook looked at Tiger and said, "Can ah?"

I flashed my cleavage and he was like, "Can, can." 

No la...Just kidding.

I grabbed Tiger's hand and waved it above the table, "See? Can reach. Boleh aje"

The cook then baked it and it was the best pizza ever!

 

The sand at the beach was great.

Not the coarse type you find on typical PD beach.

Soft, very fine, almost play sand grade.

We applied a ton of insect repellent because they put up a sign that says

"SAND FLIES"

I love the peacocks that roam free in the grounds.

Tiger kept following them everywhere :)

They have a small pet farm that resembles a Malay kampung with
chicks, rabbits, tortoises, doves, etc

Holding a chick and posing.
He was all, "I so brave, hor?"

Then, the man passed the hen to him.

He was almost in tears...bwahahahaha....

Dove...is this a dove, I think...

Nature walk and the aviary...

My only gripe, the kids playroom.

Some old blocks, a video game and sand art.

Come on...which reminds me to write in to complain tell them

Hubby's only complain: No Pool Bar

=.="

We will definitely be back, Avillion.

Without kids?

Hubby's reply to that?

Yeah right, no kids....

Babe, you know me so well  ^.^

Science: Exploration Basket

 We are taking our lessons outdoor on a more regular basis after the haze has

improved dramatically.

Since Tiger is more dirt-friendly now, I've created a simple nature exploration basket for him.

The purpose of this activity is to encourage self learning and love of nature.

At the same time, we can learn a little science.

As he grows older, we will add a nature observation book and perhaps a small digital camera.

For now:

A pair of binoculars (From ELC)

Two magnifying glass (Guess who gets the small one? Yeah, me =.=")

Big tong (Came with our Little Bean Steriliser, never used*)

Smaller blue tweezers (From sterile dressing packs. Stolen Taken from hospital)

A brush (Becon Stationery)

Some mini ziplocks (Daiso)

He totally missed the purpose of the binoculars.

He just ran around with it before settling down and asking to 'do something'

I looked around and told him to collect some specimens. 

I expected leaves or grass but

he collected these....dirt.

 Into the evidence, I mean specimen bag.

 

Brought out his Science Book for a more proper lesson on soil.

 

I keep some of his learning CDs outdoors too.

Practising his (San Zi Jing)/三字經

Still in PJs at 12 noon...

Bonus of studying outdoor?

Bath time with alphabets.

He never tires of these foam alphabets from ELC