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June, 2011 Photo Wrap-Up

Luke — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 03:07:23 +0000

June flew past in a hurry. The kids put together an impromptu magic show one morning, and LR played piano for a huge crowd. RJ flew and continued to be full of surprises. We spent an evening outside taking German lessons in the dark, and the kids channelled their inner zombies while discovering where all their good ideas come from.

RJ took flying lessons at one of his friend's birthday parties. That trampoline practice came in handy!

LR and RJ treated Mom and Dad to their own magic show. Nothing in the hat, right LR?

Abracadabra! And a necklace magically appears!

RJ says to watch his hands carefully... and again... Nothing in the hat! DON'T LOOK IN THE HAT!

LR performed in a piano concert for a hall filled with people.

LR plays the amazing Alma Mater Blues for the crowd.

The kids played in the park, during breaks in the rain.

RJ continued his endeavour to be the weirdest kid in Australia.

Some friends of ours invited us on a traditional German lantern walk through King's Park. We didn't have lanterns prepared, so we had to borrow theirs.

Surrounded by home-made lanterns, RJ, Mom and LR huddle down together and try to sing along in German. Who knew there were so many songs about lanterns?

LR takes her time exploring the cerebellum. Mom has been teaching some science classes at the school and brought some lambs' brains. We got to dissect the extras at home!

RJ was able to identify several different structures in the brain. This frontal lobe looks a little underdeveloped.

BRAAAAAAAIIIIINNNNNSSSSSSS! RJ does his best zombie impersonation.

Mom and the kids sit down for a little bit of reading before bed.

Scarlet and Dad collapse, exhausted, at the end of a long day.

But they do have an awful lot of coffee

Luke — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:07:44 +0000

(while packing lunches for school)

Dad: So RJ, what do you want for lunch?

RJ: Hmmm… How about… chip?

Dad: No chips, something else?

RJ: Just grab a potato, then you slice it nice and thin…

Dad: (pointing to loaf of sliced bread) How about this instead?
Now in front of me is a very rare Brazilian Potato. I carefully open the wrapping, and then large chips just peel away. Amazing stuff! Greatest invention since…

RJ: (sternly) That’s not a Brazilian potato. That’s impossible.

Dad: What do you mean?

RJ: Don’t you remember the song? The Brazil song?

RJ: (singing) No tea…. Or tomato juice…
You’ll see… No potato juice…

RJ: No potato juice means no potatoes. Sorry.

Dad: You’re right… My mistake — wrong South American country. Now in front of me is a very rare Bolivian Potato…

Great Tracks: RJ’s Pick – Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles

Luke — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 03:07:48 +0000

RJ is on the hunt for the greatest songs of all time.

RJ has fairly eclectic taste in music and knows in a second whether or not he likes a song.

This week, he was looking for a new song to sing for singing lessons. After running through our fairly small list of Beatles songs, he found only one acceptable: Eleanor Rigby.

Good, Good, Good, Vibrio-lations

Luke — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 03:07:09 +0000

(while eating breakfast… LR is playing computer chess, while RJ sings us some of his original hits)

RJ: (singing)
The worst germ,
That you can have,
Gives you a kind of vomit.
And diarrhoea, that is so bad,
That you can’t ever drink enough water.
And… So… You… Die…

LR: Good one RJ!

Dad: Yeah. Did you learn that one at school?

RJ: Nah. I just made it up now. That’s my cholera song.

February, 2011 Photo Wrap-Up

Luke — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 03:07:05 +0000

It’s been a while since we posted a bunch of photos, so here’s a quick wrap-up for February!

LR lost another two teeth this month, and the kids did some home experiments with dry ice. RJ discovered a fascination for disguises and interesting clothes. Mum sang her heart out at a South Pacific concert and we had a couple of trips to the beach to have fish and chips for dinner. Mum and Dad even got dressed up for a party, and at the end of the month, it was the kids turn with an evening picnic and disco down at the school.

One of the last pictures of LR with all her upper teeth... One of her front incisors came out the next day!

RJ prepares to lower his balloon into the ominous, bubbling green concoction, OF SCIENCE!

LR observes the size of the balloon before and after dunking it in the yellow, bubbling, potion OF SCIENCE!

It can feel pretty cold when you've been swimming for half-an-hour in the olympic pool, so we're always quick to put on some warm, dry clothes afterwards. RJ has been wearing lots of different hats lately.

Mom had a singing concert! RJ, Dad and LR wait outside Winthrop Hall where Mom will be performing!

Sing it Mom!

RJ takes a break on the beach blanket after a big meal of fish and chips.

Poppa also needed a bit of a rest after a long hard day at work.

Mom and Dad went to a crazy Bollywood birthday party for our friends.

Dad, LR and RJ stopped by Great Grandpa Maurie and Great Grandma Dot's place to play some games.

RJ experimented with some different costumes -- this one apparently inspired by Devo.

LR, RJ and Ta. dressed up for the school barbeque picnic and disco... or Barbedisco as they called it. Each kid had to bring their favorite stuffed animal.

RJ on the dance floor!

He sings the language(s) of love

Luke — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:07:37 +0000

(in the car)

RJ: (singing) Chikka-chakka-chikka-chukka cho… (continues for a minute)
RJ: Do you like my song?
Dad: Sure, but I don’t understand the words or what it’s about.
RJ: You don’t know the Chikka-chakka language?
Dad: Nope. It’s a bit sad really.
RJ: Ugh.. That’s terrible…
RJ: (a few moments later) (singing) Waa-waa-wee-ooo. Waaa… (continues for a minute)
RJ: How about that song?
Dad: Great one, but bad news… I didn’t understand that one either.
RJ: What!? You don’t understand Waa-wee language? That is ridiculous! What did they teach you in school?!
Dad: I guess it wasn’t a very good school.
RJ: Okay. One more try…
RJ: (singing) Mikka-mak, mikka-mak mooo! Mikka-mak, mikka-mak mooo-ooo-ooo! Mikka-mikka… (continues for ages)
Dad: That’s the best one yet, but you’ll have to explain it to me.
RJ: It’s a song about falling in love… with a beautiful girl.
Dad: It’s awesome. I’ll have to sing it to mum.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

We’ll save the stories of bloody Welsh rebellion for bedtime, shall we?

Luke — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:07:34 +0000

(while eating dinner)

RJ & LR: (singing) Boudi-ca! Toughest By Far!

RJ: (singing with British accent) Its bad enough being beaten, but beaten by a girl?

RJ & LR: (singing loudly) Boudi-ca! Super-star!

Mum: Kids! Quiet! No Boudica at the dinner table!!!

Even Malaysians get the blues

Luke — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:07:15 +0000

(while eating dinner)

LR: (singing) We all live in a yellow submarine!

RJ: I know that song! I love that song!

LR and RJ: (joyously singing together) We all live in a yellow submarine!

RJ: (after the cacaphony quiets down) When I was a little kid (in Malaysia), we used to sing that song all the time… But it was a bit different. It was about a blue submarine.

Jellicles can and Jellicles do

Luke — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:07:34 +0000

After a month of singing along to the soundtrack in the car, as well as learning about it in music class, Sunday afternoon finally arrived. Grammy and Poppa took us to see the full production of Cats (Australian cast).

We all loved it. Fantastic show!

Oh well I never! Was there ever a cat so clever as Magical Mr. Mistofelees!

RJ in Concert

Luke — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 03:07:43 +0000

At the end of the year, the kids have a seemingly endless run of concerts and exhibitions. RJ has been working on his song for a while and finally had his big concert. He did a fantastic job and got a massive round of applause.

RJ takes a bow.

Make sure to click “Continue Reading” to get to more pictures and the video!

RJ and Mum do a greeting dance to start the concert.

RJ tells the other members of his class where he's going immediately after singing.

The entire class sang “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” together, which was followed by most of them singing it again individually afterwards. We were pretty much all-twinkled-out by the end of it.

RJ and the other members of his class sing "Twinkle twinkle."

Even in the midst of the concert, RJ just cannot resist the chance to cause some mischief. Here he is attempting to loosen the microphone stand and cause some extra drama while someone else sings.. “Twinkle twinkle”.

RJ attempting to discreetly cause chaos... onstage... in front of 60 people.

Eventually, it was his turn to make it up on stage. Unfluttered by the crowd, he sang the whole song perfectly to a very enthusiastic audience.

RJ singing for all he's worth. He did a fantastic job.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie.
One for me and another for Scarlet.
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip drip.

She’s had her bone,
and she’d like dessert,
and I just don’t think one bikkie would hurt.

Please, please, may I have a bikkie,
One for me and another for Scarlet,
Because when I eat one of those,
Her tongue goes drip, drip, drip.

Afterwards, everyone went and got icecream and RJ picked mint chocolate chip (this had been planned days in advance).