Freezing Saturday evening

To be a member of Oregon Zoo, one of the benefits is we can enjoyed the Zoolights without purchasing extra tickets. We decided to bring the kids to see the Zoolights during last Saturday evening, We reached there at about 5pm and the parking lots were full.  We were lucky as we managed to get a parking after 15 minutes. This trip we aim to see the light, not the animals, haha...

There were more than a million lights transform the Oregon Zoo into a land filled with moving sculptures, forests of lighted trees and animal silhouettes.

There was zoo's light-bedecked steamer train, which provides a unique view of the ZooLights splendor. We did not take a ride as the queue was too long and it is so cold.

 Half way, we met Dinasour and Santa helper. MSLS were so excited till they have no time to look at the camera.

There was a choir preforming during our visit. The girls love their singing, they just sing without  playing any musical instrument. Really nice...

Raspberries...

Bought a packet of raspberries last weekend. Just want to give it a try as raspberries have an ORAC value (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) of about 4900 per 100 grams, one of the top-ranked ORAC fruits. Cranberries and wild blueberries have around 9000 ORAC units and apples average 2800.

Baked a victoria sponge cake referring to this recipe . Cut the 8 inche cake into half, put on some cream cheesse+sugar, raspberries and one layer of yoghurt on the top.

Prepared it for Sunday breakfast. The girls loves it and they sang birthday song before cake cutting, haha.

Baked some raspberries cream chesse bun with natural yeast on the next day...

Should put more cream cheese and raspberries next time... MSLS loves it, but ES seems like not so favour on this.

Toddlers time - Wolf

MSLS attended toddlers time this morning. This week's topic was " wolf ". This week's stories caught both of their attention. During storytelling, the librarian used dialogue reading style by asking " what" questions. MS was actively saying out the sound of the wolf after the librarian read it out. Everybody laughed.... 

The girls were given a shaking bag in as there was music time in between storytelling.

After storytelling, they were provided with some papers, string, crayon to make their own book. They were instructed to draw a simple picture on what they heard today.
LS is trying hard to draw out some pictures...

Overall,  this is really a fun and good experience for the kids to participate in. More fun in this way to cultivate their reading habit from young...

Toddlers time

The topic for this week's toddlers time was " bath time ". After storytelling, MSLS were given a picture of the bathtub and they were asked to paste soap, pail, duck, frog and etc on the bathtub.

MS was busy colouring....

LS wanted to colour her pail in black colour...

After toddlers time, they borrowed some story books and played awhile in the library.

Sunny day

It was a sunny day last Friday, the weather is around 7 degree C. As it was raining during the last few days, it was a good day to bring the girls for a walk to the playground. They were so happy as quite awhile they are not been out to the playground.

 

 Hand in hand... Here we go to the playground

 MS climbed up to the top all by herself...She did not want me to help her...

(we have sinned) Here come Santa Claus...

Ok we xould not resist it.... Brought the girls to Washington Square this evening to meet Santa Claus. MSLS behaved well this time, as they did not cry when they see Santa.

We kept telling ES that Christmas is Jesus's birthday and if she behaves, dear Jesus will ask Santa to bring present to her on Christmas

Disneyland Park

After Hollywood, our next destination was Disneyland Park, a place where ES awaiting for months. We wake up early in the morning, after having breakfast at the hotel, we walked towards Disneyland Park which is about 5 minutes away from our hotel. We would like to go on a more relax way this time as we are with the three little girls, and we can't rush from one place to another as last time. This is the lands where stories come to life around us, immersing us in tales from some of our favourite Disney films...

As we went there before Halloween, the park was full of Holloween decoration. Right from the entrance...

Here we are at the entrance and Main Street, U.S.A., the entrance to Disneyland Park.

We strolled down the street where turn-of-the-century architecture and transportation recreate a bygone era.

The first Disney character we met at Main Street, Minnie.

The girls were so excited and wanted to give a hug to Minnie.

MS walking with Chip and Dale.

Located beyond Sleeping Beauty Castle, Fantasyland is the place where we met the heroes and villains of  the favorite Disney stories. We encountered princesses from the royal realms of Disney films such as Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella.   or fly over London with Peter Pan. Revel in the enchantment that surrounds you!

One of ES's favourite character, Rapunzel...

ES was taking a spin in a tea cup.

Our next stop was at Mickey's Toontown. It is a miniature interactive metropolis full of topsy turvy architecture and screwy sculptures.

Hi, Pluto...

We visited the charming houses of Mickey, Minnie and other classic Disney characters.

Stopped by the face-painting area.

Haha, my Halloween face-painting...

In the evening, there was Mickey's Sounsational Parade. The streets of Disneyland Park was filled with a brand-new musical parade featuring live musicians, dancers, thrilling rhythms, bold percussion, Disney Characters and whimsical floats that bring to life beloved melodies from classic Disney movies.