Well, it has been a wee bit of time since the last posting -- most of last week was filled with an obnoxious head cold that had Doug missing his first day of school from the year. Last week, we also enjoyed a Beethoven and Mendelssohn chamber concert at the beautiful concert hall in downtown Kuala Lumpur. The price tag for such a musical night on the town -- less than $3 a person.
At home, Rania continues to run, run, run -- with many scrapes on her knees and elbows. She adamantly wants to go "bye-bye" at just about every opportunity and generally cries when someone leaves without her. But due to her inability to stay in a grocery cart and her fussiness when we try to take her out -- Rania is increasingly being left behind with an adult. The full family outings to the store were quickly recognized as less than brilliant ideas.
But Rania can be quite helpful -- when it comes to knocking down her siblings blocks (she is actually getting much better at this -- though may be quite confused when at one moment she is reprimanded for destroying a great tower; and the next is invited to knock down a simple structure and then cheered. Tracy calls this "mixed messages."
She also will grab the broom from whoever is using it and insists on sweeping herself. (Can you guess which adult most often is using the broom in our household? -- If you guessed either Tracy or Doug instead of Juvy, then you're definitely wrong!)
Reeve has had a great time playing with a 4th grade neighbor who lives down the street -- and also attends ISKL. You can see them swinging just outside our door on the playground that occupies much of our evenings. They will also ride bikes and scooters up and down the street. We continue to be blessed by having great neighbors and being in a neat housing situation. Reeve is also greatly enjoying school -- another incredible blessing. Each night around dinner, we try to share our "highs & lows," hopefully in a way to touch base from our days. Reeve increasingly is saying "going to school" is his high point -- which brings great joy to our hearts considering about this time last year, Reeve was refusing to go to his pre-school of the past 3 years.
Rania also shares her "highs & lows" with a big smile and then saying "da-dad-da-da-da-ad." Then we ask, "Was it when you got to see the puppy -- roof roof?" And she will nod her head. Same thing happens when asked about her low. Fortunately all of our follow-up questions have clearly deciphered her gibberish.
Gabi is generally the delightful middle child who plays great with either older or younger sibling. Yesterday, she enjoyed an afternoon on the town with her mother, who, after school, took Gabi for some special time with mommy, a trip to the aquarium, and -- of course -- a stop at Starbucks.
On the school front, Doug is starting to coach 6th & 7th grade basketball, and Tracy is teaching some Shakespeare in English class.
2 comments:
wow, glad to see your blog back in operation, i was wondering what happened.. sorry you were sick! no good. but now you are better, just in time for dad's b day, eh! soooooooo, i liked the picture of the sky. and i am glad to see Rania's band aids... it means she is living life to the fullest, eh? please send video of her sharing her highs and lows, too cute!
Yes -- we'll work on the video.
The sky picture is from our back porch -- well, the small part of the sky that isn't the huge apartment complex that dominates the view off our back porch.
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