Whirlwind In A Mama's Head

You've probably seen my post about our travel to Winnipeg in 2014 . During our stay there, we were warmly received at the Motykas' residence. They are like family afterall! We have been inviting them to come and visit us since the day we moved to Jakarta, and after 5 years, the opportunity finally arrived!! We were so excited about this and DH and I started making a list of places to take them months before they arrived. :D The M and T arrived at the Jakarta airport on Tuesday afternoon, a few days after Christmas Day. Since DH was still at work and Miss Kiki had her friends over at home, I went to meet them at the airport. What a great feeling to see them again after more than a year, and four years before that! They always have this fun air around them that makes me miss having them around even now, a month after they went back. From the airport, we came straight home so they could settle down and relax a bit after a very long flight. Miss Kiki was excited too, but the ...

I just realized today that I was very back-logged on my blog! Earlier today I published the Baking workshop post and now I noticed that this Christmas Celebration post was actually supposed to be before that! Anywho, Miss Kiki had Christmas Celebration at her school on the 2nd week of December. We had a potluck for our class and there were plenty of food! Several parents came to celebrate together with the children, and I got to take some pictures of the class decorations and projects that they did. I especially love the Christmas Card that Miss Kiki wrote, pictured below. Enjoy the pictures!

Earlier this month I heard of this Baking workshop for kids from one of the moms at Miss Kiki's school. So I looked it up and it seemed fun so I signed Miss Kiki up for the workshop. The class was scheduled at 10 am. Unfortunately, on that day Miss Kiki was even slower than usual and combined with 3 in 1 we ended up arriving an hour late. Francis Bakery generously offered her to take the later course instead and we gratefully accepted. They were so understanding! So we went to the bakery at Grand Indonesia east mall a bit earlier than scheduled. They gave out hats and aprons for the kids to wear. They were introduced to the head chef from Taiwan... Then they made sure the kids washed their hands and wore masks. It seemed like they did an introduction to the ingredients first, they got to touch and smell the products they will be using. I couldn't really hear what they were saying since parents weren't all...