Dalat Sports Day

We missed this last year, but Aiden had a blast yesterday! Each year Dalat International School holds a sports day for their grades K-4, and home schoolers are allowed to join in (a perk of our Distance Learning membership!). 

 There was a good mix of traditional sports and imaginative skill testing activities. Aiden was really impressed with the obstacle course in the gym where they had to climb a ladder and swing down with a rope.

 As Aiden is currently keenly interested in soccer, he was pleased to discover he was one of the top scorers in the penalty kicks activity and that his team creamed its opponent 6-1.

 The end of the morning culminated in a gigantic battle of tug of war.

Over all, Aiden's red team came in second place, so he was well satisfied with the morning. And he still came home humming with energy! Not so the rest of us: Mom and dad are both fighting a cold - Mom is losing her voice even :(

Grace's Adventure

Last week I went on a trip to an Orang Asli (the natives of Malaysia) village. It rained most of the time, so it was very muddy. The village is on the mainland, an hour or so outside of a town named Greik. It's in the jungle.

Carrying our bags up the last stretch to the village

Building a 'mud' stove

Painting one of the houses

Group photo in the very slight drizzle

Petting a puppy named Bungah (flower in Malay). They have a lot of animals: I counted about 27 dogs, three cats, a bunch of chickens, and a pet monkey in the village.

Roasting glazed marshmallows
It was a fun and educational trip!