The Netherlands 2009 Vacation

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Chasing birds

Shenny loves to chase birds and she never wants to miss chances of chasing after them.
Here are two video clips taken to share.

1) Shenny was very excited to chase seagulls at Rotorua lake in New Zealand. Luckily, weather was good and cold wind blew...it was very comfortable, could see Shenny never felt tired at all. (April, 2009)


2) Shenny played with pigeons which were found near a chinese restaurant (长城) in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. (September, 2009)

Painting

Shenny received a Hello Kitty (Painting by Numbers) gift from her papa's cousin sister during her visit in The Netherlands.



Shenny likes the gift very much and has long to paint it. Since mommy was busy (lazy??) most of time, therefore she never had chance to do it.
Today(Sunday), mommy was out of blue to ask her to take out the gift and wanted her to do painting. Shenny was very excited.

After reading the booklet instruction, mommy realized this painting was for 6 year old children, however, mommy still wanted Shenny to have a go with it.
Before begin painting, mommy asked Shenny to use normal color pencil to color the sample sheet first. This was to make sure that she understood what color to paint on each number.

When mommy told her to begin her actual painting, Shenny was very excited. Shenny did most of painting except the final outline. She was very careful to paint. She checked across the sample sheet she colored earlier from time to time to make sure she got the color correct.

(Shenny concentrated in painting)

She tried to paint the color within the line, however, since her grips on the paint brush still not very firm, therefore, some part of paintings was a bit messy.

(Shenny's paint)

Mommy then decided to help her in the final touch (draw the black colour outline) and framed it.


Finally, Shenny jokingly claimed herself "I am a good artist".

Thanks for the gift from aunty Yee Wah. For her gift, Shenny get the opportunity to explore her first experience and talent in painting at home as normally she only does painting in art class or school. :D

Letter to papa

After dinner, Shenny suddenly in a mood wanted to write a letter to her papa although her papa was at home. She told her papa about her intention. Papa said "Ok". She took out a piece of paper and then sat at our coffee table. Before writing, she first sticked a windmill sticker at corner of the paper. This sticker was a gift from a shop keeper when we visited Kinderdijk, The Netherlands. After had done that, she began to write. She made her own sentences and would stop occasionally to check against with her papa about word spelling which she didn't know. When she had finished, she passed it to her papa happily.

Mommy found this interesting and therefore would like to share.


(note: person next to her name was her papa)

Until now, Shenny still occasionally reverted the shape of alphabet letter.

Sing a big bad wolf

Shenny likes to sing a big bad wolf (大野狼) song. Whenever she wants to sing this song, she would like mommy to take part in singing too (either sing 大野狼 or children portion).
This time, Shenny took opportunity to sing with Popo (婆婆) when she stayed with us. Lets see how both make do the singing. :)

Response to a joke

Sometime ago, "yi chang" 姨丈 (mommy's brother-in-law) decided to check what answer Shenny would give for the following joke.
Yi Chang (姨丈):"Shenny, can you tell me how to put elephant into a fridge?"
Shenny: ""Can not. Elephant is so big, how to put inside fridge"
Yi Chang (姨丈):"Can"
Shenny: "Eh..I would cut the elephant into pieces. Then put it into the fridge..hahaha..."
Mommy: "Wow.."
Yi Chang (姨丈): "Ok. Then how would you put giraffe into the fridge?"
Shenny(laugh first):"I would bend its neck first, then put it into fridge."
Mommy: "Why?"
Shenny: "Because giraffe neck is so long, gotta bend it first lar."
(Inside mommy's heart thought..not bad for reason she gave)

"Shuk Shuk" 叔叔

Don't know why Shenny always so friend to her youngest uncle (叔叔) eventhough she only meets him once a year either in Hong Kong or Holland. Mama said "both of them 有缘 (similar liking). Dragon(龙) and phoenix(凤)(Shenny borned in chicken year, so it is called 凤) are 合得来 (good match)". Shenny never hides her feeling when she likes someone. She always tells mommy and papa "I like shuk shuk (叔叔)".



(Shenny was excited to have an outing with 叔叔. 2009)


(Shenny was lazy to walk, asked 叔叔 to piggy-back her. 2009)


(Shenny requested to sit next to 叔叔 in a restaurant, 2009)


(Had quiet moment with 叔叔 in Hong Kong. 2008)


(Shenny did a funny dance to 叔叔 in Holland, 2007)


(Took a photo before leaving for Malaysia, 2007)

Funtime with mama & popo

Shenny was excited to come to Holland to visit mama (grandmom from papa side). This was her 3rd time to Holland. (1st in 2006 and 2nd in 2007) This year's visit was a bit special because her popo (grandmom from mommy's side) also came along, therefore, Shenny had the chance to play with two grandmothers at same time.
Shenny was a real chatter-box and all time active and this had kept her two grandmoms laugh most of time.

(Mama massage Shenny)


(Shenny used her foot to massage mama gently)


(Shenny played skipping robe with popo)

Haha..Shenny also managed to get popo to sing in front of everyone.


Before leaving Holland, Shenny played a bit with mama and gave her a big hug. Mommy could see some tears lingering in mama's eyes.





Below were two pictures taken separately when Shenny visited mama in Holland in 2006 and 2007.


(Shenny in 14 months-old)


(Shenny in 2 year old)

Mama is always happy to have Shenny around. It seems that Shenny know how to cheer her heart.