Closer to Nature

June 1-4, 2007. We had our first church camp as a family and it was great for the boys.

Well, because they were so restless we could hardly sit in for any of the session, but we sure had great fun with friends and nature.

For the boys and myself our treasured moments had to do with a stag beetle, 2 bats, a moth, frogs and earthworms, plus some cats and a couple of lizards. We also enjoyed a wading in a stream, and watching dragon flies there while we plonked stones into the water and waved good-bye to leaves the floated down stream.

Food wise it was not very good for Micah as he can't take anything spicy... like his dad (so not Malaysian). But Max actually enjoyed rice with ikan masak merah (which made Micah cry and spat his food out instantly). Max is really mommy's boy. *grin* I enjoyed the ulam and sambal at every meal.

We were also made to be in the center of attention because 2nd June was Micah's birthday, and it was also our 6th anniversary. Wow! We have passed the 5 year mark. We gave Micah his birthday present there, a train set, and it kept him occupied in times we needed to do other things, i.e. bath Max, or when daddy had to play the guitar and mommy needed to nurse Max. It was a rather useful "babysitter".


Other activites that the boys and mommy and daddy got involved in were a football game and banner painting. At other times we were either entertaining the boys or they were entertaining the crowd with their running around and rolling on the ground. Sigh. Boys will be boys. Confession: Most of the time I am more concern about getting stains off the laundry than anything else.

When we got back today, Micah's grandparents out did us in giving him a motorised motorcycle for his birthday. Talk about pampering grandparents!! Well, they actually won it at a lucky-draw!! Both boys enjoy it. So we are all lucky.