Thursday, November 22, 2007

Sweet Gig on Thanksgiving Eve

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, we realized we had quite the sweet deal going.

Somehow, someway, in matters that only allow divine explanation, we are in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia inundated with grandparents. On Wednesday night, the benefit of having 4 generations of Woodwards was immensely clear. While one set of grandparents (Doug's parents) watched our three kids and put them to bed, another set (Doug's grandparents) took us out to dinner.

So in addition to having great babysitters, we let grandpa pay for salmon dinner at an outdoor restaurant on the edge of the large fountains in the shadow of the Petronas Towers.

Gabi is pictured in her latest favorite outfit, which she generally tries to wear every day. After not wearing jeans for several months, she decided that the jeans that had a heart pocket and flowers on them were her FAVORITE.

A hilarious little story from yesterday. We had an alarm guy (and a plumber, but that's a different story) show up to upgrade our alarm. Gabi and Rania both went and hugged his legs. Gabi then said, "Dis is my sisa, Wania." He then answered, "Wania?" Gabi said, "No, WAANNNIA.. . . I can't say it very well." So throughout the rest of the alarm guy's visit, he kept calling Rania, Wania.

That's our middle born and her great enunciation. Our first born, meanwhile, has started swimming lessons at school and promptly raised his hand that he could swim all the way across the pool. Though he had only done it once (just this past weekend), he apparently made it all the way across! What a great relief after several weeks of hearing Reeve insist that he wouldn't go to swimming at school.

2 comments:

a boring sparrow said...

Happy Thanksgiving to you. We're enjoying Turkey not Salmon here. Are you feasting today, American style?

woodward said...

yes, we are having lots of turkey. I cooked it in my little oven....I should post the picture. It's pretty cute.:)