An Eventful Weekend

Friday 12 June 2015

The weekend came early for me. The apartment held a cooking lesson -  Fiesta BBQ. Basically, they got someone to come in to teach some of us how to cook Mexican BBQ!

 I attended with a Cindy, a fellow Singaporean.  Her husband also works with Amazon.

Saturday 13 June 2015

A somewhat busy day.  First, we drove down to Tacoma for Ian's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.

Little Man had lots of fun playing with the various machines. Little Lady really enjoyed interacting with Chuck E, the mouse mascot.

In the afternoon, we went to Amazon's Annual Maker Expo.  Little Man had fun with some of the exhibits, but I think it was JH who had the most fun.

Sunday 14 June 2015

We had a lazy morning, and then we drove to Bolles Organic Berry Farm in Monroe to pick strawberries.  We had fun hunting for and picking strawberries.  Although it was the end of the season, there were still berries to be found.

We also bought a jar of organic local honey.

Sunday 7 June 2015

Had a nice dim sum lunch with C, a fellow Singaporean.  Our hubbies both work for Amazon, and we live in the same apartment complex.  She introduced me to Top Gun which had nice dim sum. 

While the mummies were taking a well-deserved break from the kiddos and housework, the daddies settled the children's lunches, and brought them out to the playground.

Saturday 6 June 2015

What a fun day!

We started by helping to set up the kiddo's school's plot at the community pea patch.  The director of the school had waited 15 years for this plot! (They told her it would take 20 years, so she actually got it ahead of time!)  We're so lucky that the kiddos got to experience this.

A daddy had spent the whole of last week clearing out the vegetation and levelling the ground, so we helped to set up the planter boxes and fill them with soil.

The kids helping out.

It was a fun way to spend the morning.  We had perfect weather for gardening too!

After that, we went to Costco.  We checked out the one at Issaquah. We usually shop at the one in Seattle.  The Issaquah Costco seems to have a slightly different range, and is in a nicer neighbourhood.

Look what we picked up!  They really do sell everything here!

All in all, a really great day!

Thursday June 4 2015

Ok, I've obviously been slacking in the blogging department.  This is my attempt to kick start this again.

This week, both the kiddos were the special persons of the week at school.  Today, Little Man had his (belated) birthday circle.

After school,we made our way to the Museum of Flight where we met up with friends who were visiting from Singapore.

Weekend

Lazy weekend

Saturday 2 May 2015

Went to the Keraton 2015: Indonesian Festival, held at Red Square in the University of Washington.

Met up with some other Singaporeans in the area:

Had some yummy yummy Indonesian satay (not to be mistaken with Singaporean satay), zhang (dumpling), kueh kueh and avocado shake (also different from the one in Singapore, but yummy nonetheless.

Kids had a blast playing with balloons

May 3, Sunday
Lazy weekend continues. We went to Snoqualmie. A quaint little town.

We wanted to go to the train museum, buy we missed the last train. We'll go again to take the train.

We took the scenic route back. Passed by Microsoft in Redmond. Huge campus.

Picture of the moon and Mt Rainier taken on Sat.

Friday, 1 May 2015

1st of May. Also known as May Day and Labour Day. In America, it is known as International Workers' Day, and it is not a public holiday. Bummer.

The children played for a while at the play area in the CC near school after I picked them up.

After lunch, we picked and cleaned up. Then I winged some braised pork ribs.

We had the Stradleys over for dinner.

They brought some awesome made in Seattle ice cream!

Too many days has gone by without me posting. Too much has happened.

So I'm only going to note what happened recently.

Friday 24 April 2015
Shawn's wife, Irene. And TC's gf, Karin are in town, so the whole gang came by for dinner. Irene prepared sio bak (roasted pork belly), TC and Karin prepared ABC soup and we did steamed fish, Teochew style (with the salted plum airflown from Sg), coconut rice (nasi lemak) and bacon mixed veg.

Good food and great company. Best combination.

Saturday 25 April 2015
We spent the morning at the circus. The kids had great fun. Especially on the bouncy castle slide, and the pony ride.

Went to Costco in the afternoon. Got lots of supplies. Should have minimal need to go grocery shopping the coming week.

Sunday 26 April 2015
Had a lazy morning, then went to the outlets to get shoes for the kids. Also got some pants for the girl.

Then we drove south to meet the gang, as well as their friend, Gwen, at The Melting Pot in Tacoma for dinner. Basically a fondue place. Cheese for starters, broth for mains and chocolate for dessert. Ate too much, stayed out too late.

Monday 27 April 2015
Took my driving test - both the knowledge test (aka theory) and practical. JH forgot to book the practical for me, but luckily they had a slot. Aced them both! Yay! Was damned stressed about both, especially the practical, but whew! Unfortunately it was Monday, so the DOL was closed. Had brunch with JH and Irene (who also passed her test, yay!) at IHOP. Went to pick up the children. Irene sent JH to work.

Tuesday 28 April 2015
Went to DOL after dropping the kids off at school. Got my temporary license. Paid $89 total - $35 for the application, $54 for the picture (!!!). Paid in cash as I refused to pay another $2 as service fee for the debit card. Unfortunately, it was a crappy picture