Kid Parc & Caterpillars

Last Sunday, we went to Kid Parc again. It was a beautiful Sunday, not too hot nor too cold. As usual, Shannon enjoyed the rides and when we about to leave, we saw something on J's tyre.



Take a closer look!



It was Caterpillars!!! And when we turned around and look at the tree beside us...



Tons of caterpillar queing to crawl up the tree! J had to use a branch to take off the caterpillars before starting the car. We wouldn't want to transport it back to our garden. -.-"

Assumption Day 2009

It's Assumption Day in France yesterday. As usual, we went to Archacon Beach with a group of friends for the annual Fireworks Display.


As we were early, we had a walk on the beach and took some photos with the sand scuptures we saw at the beach.


At about 7pm, we took our dinner at one of the restaurant along the beach. This was the second time we had visited this restaurant. I always wanted to go back for their food but was really disappointed this time. The food was served within 10 minutes after we placed our order which means it was kind of pre-cooked.


After dinner, we spent another 2 hours on the beach waiting for the nightfall. The kids enjoyed themselves running around and playing with the sand.. Finally at 1030pm, the fireworks started...

The show ended about 15-20minutes later and we could see that everyone stood up immediately and headed back to their car. As usual, we only managed to reached home 1 hour later due to the heavy traffic.

Amar Circus

2 Weeks ago, we went to a Amar Circus held at Parc De Exposition La Teste. We heard from friends that this troupe has been in this field since 1924. The show is about 2.5 hrs and I love the "magic show" where the pocessors change their costumes at a glance! Take a look at the video I have uploaded and you will understand.



One of the show perform by the Acrobatic from China, Sichuan


Tiger Show



Our precious

Photos taken on that day

Some Backgrounds on Amar Circus
For its 85th anniversary, Amar circus, 1 st prize french national circus is on tour with his new show: Best Of.

With all of the acrobatic Chinese province of Sichuan as the guest of honor.

A show of more than two hours to find out among other international artists such as Christina Roy with a sail number air Beltram Duo with dual wheel air Lumei Duo, processors that change their costumes at a glance without forgetting the choreography
Arabian horses and ponies in Argentina and African elephants and very expected and Siberian tigers ovation presented by John Falck

Cazaux Airshow 2009

We went to Cazaux Airshow 2009 on Saturday. In fact, I am not too keen but J wanted to bring Shannon there. We slowly strolled from one end to the other end and at the same time watching the fighter plane flying in the sky doing their acrobatic flying. The most spectacular airshow was done by French AF Patrouille de France .

Long Weekend....

This was what we have done for the long weekend...

Saturday, 30 May 2009

We went to Lye Kim Hup in Bordeaux and bought some chinese vegetables, fishballs and fishcakes and we proceeded to L'Entrecote for Lunch. Frankly speaking, I missed eating the Entrecote here but was reluctant to come as the queue was always very long. But eventually we came and this is our 3rd time.



After lunch, the waitress offered the kids a lollipop and we saw the following...

Then, we went to Ikea and left the kids with the "balls" for 45 minutes while we shopped...



After Ikea, we went to Auchan Supermarket to get some bbq food for Sunday and went home to prepare...

Sunday, 31 May 2009

We woke up early to prepare the bbq for the night. Cleaned up the house and garden a bit and had one round of mahjong with Irene and Chew before the guests came. LOL ..It was a small BBQ gathering among a few families. We had a great night chit-chatting away and the kids playing together. The only regret is that I forgot to whip out my camera for some photo-taking...hehehehe

Monday, 1 June 2009

Holiday in France - Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday (also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit) is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a movable feast in the Christian calendar)



Strike A Pose, Shannon!








We went to the beach with some friends in the morning since it was a sunny day. J finally pumped up a "boat" which was passed over from his friend 2 years ago. Initially, we thought it was a small boat but in the end it was really a long boat. Anyway, we brought it to the beach and the guys and the kids had fun with it.

We didn't stay for long as the water was still too cold for the kids. We went for lunch @ McDonald's and let the kids play for another hour in the Indoor playground before all of us headed home.

Kid Parc Again!

Yep.. We went Kid Parc again on Wednesday. In France, the kids only go to school for 4 days a week and Wednesday is not a school day. Since we couldn't book any slot for them in the crèche, we decided to bring them to kid parc instead.

As usual, the kids had a great time and I managed to capture some nice photos for my dear girl.

I said strike a pose and she lifted up her dress....@_@


She claimed that she was a mermaid when she was lying in the pool of colourful balls .. =.='

We Knew Our Baby Shannon Is Growing Up When....

She insisted to take the boat ride ALL BY HERSELF!





She raised both her hands when she was riding ROLLER COASTER! *_*

2 weeks ago, we went to the Kids Parc with our friends again. Well, we bought the season pass so we should make full use of it. Anyway, this time J was with us since it was a Sunday.

I was happy when I saw Shannon enjoying herself under the sun but I am really sad when I looked at myself in the mirror. Although I did put on sunblock SPF50 and wore hats, it didn't stop the sun from further tanning my already-tanned skin.

Kid Parc

Finally, I brought Shannon to the kid parc today with Mai & Brayden. It was a last minute decision made at 12pm after J told me that the weather will not be so good from tomorrow onwards. Well, I was reluctant to go to kids parc for past few weeks due to the pollen season over here. Moreover, Shannon and ourselves were still coughing for the past few weeks.

As usual, the kids enjoyed themselves by moving from one rides/games to another. ^_^

Shannon took about 8 times on this ride.

We left the place about 2.5 hours later. Anyway we had already bought the season pass for the kids parc which allows unlimited entry till the 4 November which means we can go back anytime we want! ^_^

Gourette

Last Saturday, we went to Gourette snow mountain with some friends. It was a one day trip thus it was quite rush. We started off at around 7am and reached there about 11am.



Shannon looked super happy and excited when we reached the destination. She immediately started to pick up the snow when we stepped out of the carpark. We stopped her as the snow looked dirty around that area. We walked to the place where we could have some "snow slay". Shannon didn't seem to enjoy this time round and our slay overturned twice as the snow was quite hard and bumpy.



After playing a few round of snow slays, we started to have small snow fights followed by the sliding down the snow from a height.



After about 3 hours, we decided to drive back home. I changed Shannon to dry clothing and gave her a bottle of milk. Within 5 minutes, she dozed off and fell asleep. We went to Cresendor for dinner and reached home at around 8:30pm..

It was a nice trip but it would be even more wonderful if it really "SNOWED"...