Special Treatment

Mommy has a special way of getting the kids up to bed. She calls it Special Treatment. Basically, who ever is more cooperative gets this Special Treatment, a special brand of tender loving care, from Mommy. Here you see Arman having his Special Treatment.

And who ever is left (in this case Melur), just gets ‘Treatment’ from good ole Daddy. After brushing their teeth and washing up, Arman and Melur get into their pyjamas and read a book or two before bed. And that’s the nightly ritual for Melur and Arman, pretty much. And BTW... Happy Hari Merdeka!

Happy Birthday Melur

Today is Melur’s Birthday! Happy Birthday, Melur! But unfortunately, all the birthday venues are used or booked up (since the semester at UBC is starting this week). So we won’t be having a big party with her friends for another 2 weeks. Hope you can be patient.

But today, since it IS Melur’s birthday, we decided to have a small cake at home – Ice Cream cake from Dairy Queen. We also let her open some of her presents. Check out the watch that Nenek got for her. It comes with instructions for how to tell the time… simplified for kids. Pretty cool…

Anyway, you have to check out this Barbie laptop we got her from Toys R Us. It is so cool. It may look like a toy, but it has all kids of games, math games, spelling games, and games about manners, if you can believe that. I was in shock. Melur is going to be so popular with her friends.

I have to add one more story to this entry. After our little party, as we hung out in the living room, I taught the kids how to play checkers. I was so impressed. They picked up the rules pretty quickly, and were able to play on their own.

I’m so proud of Melur and Arman. Hope they have fun with their newfound game. I’ll be sure to teach them new and interesting things to do in the years to come. I wonder when they’ll start playing chess…

Melur’s Arts and Science Play

For the past week, Melur has been attending an Arts and Science camp over at the Commons Block. It’s a week long camp for kids during the Summer Break. And today is the last day of the camp, culminating in a play about Robots, Pirates and a Volcano. Daddy wasn’t able to attend, since it was during work hours. But Mommy was able to bring Arman along and take some video of Melur’s performance on stage with the rest of her class.

Arman was apparently quite bored, and wanted to go home. One girl (from the play) cried profusely, because her mother wasn’t there to watch her (how sad is that?). Anyway, I’m sorry Daddy wasn’t able to attend. Maybe next time…

Keep up the Good Work, Melur!

Curry Puffs and Dancing

We usually have swimming on Saturday. And today, after swimming, we stopped for some Curry Puff, which Mommy made last night. It was very, very yummy. Take a look at a video of us eating Mommy’s Curry Puffs outside the UBC Aquatic Center.

Anyway, later in the afternoon, Tamara and Jaden came over to play with Melur. Tamara and Jaden’s family are actually originally from Brunei, but have moved here permanently a few years ago. Here they are dancing in Melur’s room.

Tamara and Jaden are moving back to Surrey at the end of the summer, since their Mom has finished school here at UBC. If we don’t see you again, we wish you the best of luck. And do keep in touch!