We don’t really celebrate Christmas, but it's a welcome holiday all the same. This year we made plans for a day trip as it was a weekend anyway. Problem was, most places here are closed on Christmas day. Good thing then that the Healesville Sanctuary was open, so off we went on a rather sunny Christmas morning.
We chose this place as we wanted to bring the girls to see the animals. They were particularly looking forward to see the kangaroo and koala ever since we told them we were coming to Australia, so this was a good time and place to introduce them to the local fauna.
They were very excited as we drove there and kept wishing to arrive there quicker. When we finally got there, they were so happy they were literally hopping around. As we were getting the tickets, Jun Yen told the counter staff that she wanted to see kangaroos. The staff member replied that she will show us where are the kangaroos are once she is done with the tickets. Jun Yen then told her she wanted to see the koalas as well. The staff member was quite amused and told her she will show us how to get to both areas.
As it was time for the Birds of Paradise show, we made that our first stop instead of heading to the 'roos and koalas. The girls were not very attentive as they kept wanting to see the koalas and kangaroos. However they did enjoy the show as they got to see many types of birds, big and small, performing at the same time.
Next we went to look for a picnic spot for lunch. The girls were quite happy as they were hungry too. We got a lovely sheltered spot, and tucked into pasta and potato salad.
Our spot was quite close to the koala area so when we heard the caretaker start his presentation; I quickly brought the girls to go have a look. They were really happy as they got to see the koala munching on eucalyptus leaves and even hop from one tree to another.
We went back to the picnic spot where hubby was enjoying some snacks in the nice cool weather. We finished packing and went on to see the other animals: kangaroos, platypus, emus, Tasmanian devil, wombat and others.
The kangaroos were lazing around in a roped off enclosure and quite far away from us. None were hopping around at that time but luckily the girls were still happy to see them. They were quite tired after the trip and was fell asleep pretty much as soon as we got in the car to go home.
A nice sunny, outdoorsy family day on Christmas, lovely!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Visit To The Library…
I joined the Public Library near our place recently as a good way to expose the girls to more books, plus we can also borrow audiovisual items for them too. It’s great as we get to borrow up to 30 items, which is enough for the whole family.
I brought them to a “Story Time” session where a Librarian would read a few stories and have some activities at the end. As expected there was a huge turnout. Being first timers, the girls did not know what to expect and I let them sit on my lap (yes, one on each side) and told them to listen quietly. There was also a sing-along session whereby the children sang together with the Librarian.
At the end there was activity time whereby the children were given a drawing to colour in, some crayons and some cut-outs to stick on as part of the drawing. It was all a lot of fun. While the girls were colouring, one little baby boy came crawling near us and began grabbing Jun Lee’s paper. She complained that she didn’t have enough space as the baby was in front of her and so I told her to move over to my side. The baby then crawled over to Jun Yen and he was crying, and suddenly screamed right into Jun Yen’s ear.
Poor Jun Yen was disturbed but just rubbed her ear. She must have hated the loud scream but didn’t kick up a fuss. I was quite proud of the way they handled the situation. Good girls!
I brought them to a “Story Time” session where a Librarian would read a few stories and have some activities at the end. As expected there was a huge turnout. Being first timers, the girls did not know what to expect and I let them sit on my lap (yes, one on each side) and told them to listen quietly. There was also a sing-along session whereby the children sang together with the Librarian.
At the end there was activity time whereby the children were given a drawing to colour in, some crayons and some cut-outs to stick on as part of the drawing. It was all a lot of fun. While the girls were colouring, one little baby boy came crawling near us and began grabbing Jun Lee’s paper. She complained that she didn’t have enough space as the baby was in front of her and so I told her to move over to my side. The baby then crawled over to Jun Yen and he was crying, and suddenly screamed right into Jun Yen’s ear.
Poor Jun Yen was disturbed but just rubbed her ear. She must have hated the loud scream but didn’t kick up a fuss. I was quite proud of the way they handled the situation. Good girls!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Backyard Game…
As I am alone with the girls during the day, they'd pretty much go where I go, and that includes being out in the backyard when I hang out the washing. They love it as they get to run around on the grass and also came up with a new game. We have a lemon tree in the backyard that produces far more lemons than we can use, and consequently a lot of lemons would just fall onto the ground. The girls would kick the lemons around as though they were kicking a ball. When hubby called home and asked what they were up to, the girls told him they “kick lemon”.
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