The new school year has started, summer vacation has come and gone, and I am behind (an understatement) in blogging as usual. So much to catch up on... trips around KL, Thailand and the U.S, as well as more stories of the day-to-day. I'll start off with how we wrapped up the school year and our trip to the local elephant sanctuary.
As always, the month before school was out there was a flurry of activity.
To begin with, there was the elementary school music concert. Ashleigh had been part of the extremely popular recorder club and they performed multiple songs. I have to admit, I have never held the recorder up in very high regard. I was thankful that Ashleigh never had to practice at home, since they played after school and many days at lunch. However, as hard as I find to admit this, the concert was actually VERY GOOD. Who knew there were so many types of recorders? Who knew they could sound so melodic? Ashleigh had graduated to the tenor recorder and preformed next to her best friend.
Next was the final swim meet of the season. Ashleigh joined the Piranhas school swim club for the second half of the school year.
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| Ashleigh - lane 3 |
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| Ashleigh - lane 4 |
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| awards ceremony |
Anna chose choir as her music class in middle school and we had another fantastic concert to attend. Anna has thoroughly enjoyed choir and has even come out of her shell and started singing duets and solos for performances.
Ashleigh bridged from Brownies to Junior Girl Scouts. A new twist in bridging this year was the girls swam under the bridge. It certainly helped to beat the KL heat and after a quick few words and friendship circle, the pool party began.
And last but not least, this young lady added a pair of glasses to her fashion accessories. She takes after her father in that sense. Still no glasses for me. (knock on wood)
The Elephant Sanctuary
Less than two hours away from KL is the Kuala Gandah Elephant Sanctuary, a home for orphaned elephants. When we arrived we could walk around and feed the few that were in holding bays.
Then it was bath time! Typically, we as visitors would now be able to get into the river and wash the baby elephants. Unfortunately, we had quite a bit of rain the night prior and the river was too high. As a result, we watched the adult elephants wash themselves.
Then we were able to feed the second group of elephants after they came in from their bath.
It was a fun trip and nice to get out of the city for an afternoon.
