Tooth

Someone lost a tooth!  A reminder of how quickly the childhood phase of our family is passing, as the youngest is running out of teeth to lose. 

Easter Morning

It was an unusual Easter morning with Reeve and Doug heading off on different Malaysia Week trips, but the girls were home to enjoy the Easter baskets that were put together.  A celebration of the risen Lord!  The girls also got to enjoy an Easter brunch and time together while the middle school was away for the week.

Tree Removal (Indy)

We had a Chinese Elm that we loved when we moved into our house in Indianapolis, but eventually too many branches fell and it caused too many problems, so we had it removed.  The tree vendor finally came and removed it this week. A few months later, our amazing tenants sent pictures of the house without the tree.  Thanks to their yard work, the house is looking great!

It seems a long ways from Kuala Lumpur, but so many amazing memories from our first home.

Playdate

The girls had a friend over, and part of their fun was putting together a bit of a video.  They had a lot of fun planning out their video.  Not sure that the final product got enough footage, but all evidence is of a lot of fun was had. 

Bye-Bye BMW (suitcase version)

In a tiny bit of housecleaning, we decided to let grandma Woodward's old suitcase find a new home.  The nice little suitcase  Beryl Marie Moore was part of our packing efforts when moving to KL and bringing as much as we could (in the days when luggage could be 70 lbs!). 

Who knows the stories this suitcase could tell.  But now it will
go find a new home. 

Thinking Collaborative Global Conference

Both Tracy and Doug participated in the first ever Thinking Collaborative Global Conference.  With a star-studded group of presenters from Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools, we enjoyed two and a half days of intense work.  Hearing Bob Garmston was a special highlight.  Since both parents signed up, we juggled SCUBA training, two birthday parties and several other crazy events.  In the end, I think it was six different families who helped us out during the weekend.  While we sure miss having grandparents to solve issues like this, we sure were thankful for the support from the ISKL community in helping with our kids!

A Birthday!

Another birthday celebration came quickly after the first one!  Due to Malaysia Week, conferences, weekend events, we had the big birthday sleepover scheduled for later in the month, but enjoyed the birthday dinner and yummy birthday cake. 

One of the big gifts was a new board game - where we work together (and against each other) to save the world from global warming by building renewable power plants.  The game has quite a learning curve, but was an interesting experiment!

Sleepover

As part of the birthday celebration, Rania had some friends over for a special sleepover.  What fun to see the girls enjoying such a good time.  Lots of laughter and lots of big smiles.

JUMP camp

In preparation for leadership roles next year in fifth grade, Gabi & the rest of the grade 4 had a JUMP camp - where they went off timetable, camped at ISKL and went through a whole bunch of leadership experiences.  Due to continuation of the very heavy rains, they got stormed off the field and ended up camping in the gym. 

Thanks for the Grade 4 teachers for arranging all of the events and fun experiences at school.