Andy's growing up!

Here is a short one since I haven't written in a while. Andy is growing up so fast, he has several new tricks. He now waves and says bye to all our security guards, they tend to be in the same spots and he looks for them so he can wave. We have been counting in the elevator, so Lindsey could practice her numbers, we live on the 20th floor, and it seems to have rubbed off on Andy. He now looks up at the numbers and "counts" as they change usually the same sound over and over with great inflection. He also runs every where. We really need to get it on video because it is about the cutest thing ever. I'll try and get some videos of each of these moments, but for now you'll have to imagine his cuteness.

Butterfly Farm

We went to the butterfly farm. It was great! Lots of butterflies flying all around, and other bugs and reptiles to look at. We only got a few pictures because the camera battery died after 2 pictures. Andy fell asleep on the way, and slept through the whole thing. I guess we will have to go again some time.
-Lisa

Youth Park

We were told about this great "youth park" with lots of toys, path ways, and a pool. Sunday afternoon we decided to take a little walk through the park. Apparently everyone had the same idea because it was very full of families. Lindsey liked the climbing toys and swings there were three different areas with many sets of toys in each one. She got up there all by herself.

We walked along the path ways and found the funnest thing of all, Monkeys! Most of them were up the hill away from the people and noise, but we found some more right in the park on our way out.



-Lisa

Evening Street Market

If you look up what you should do in Malaysia. "Experience the Night Life" always makes the top ten. This is not clubbing or partying, its shopping. At night in Penang hundreds of people fill the streets with little carts of hot food, fruit stands, and other goods to buy. Not entirely on purpose we decided to walk through one such market with the kids.

As you can see the cars are still in the street, in fact city buses were driving through picking up and dropping off. I don't think we could have done it without the stroller, but it did make it a little scarier when you ran out of sidewalks. The kids did get coconut milk fresh out of a coconut though. It wasn't our favorite drink but how often do you get to drink out of a coconut?


We were told that you always got a great deal at the market, but I think that involves bartering which we did not do, so the fruit we bought was pretty much store price. Tony says maybe he would try a different one with a local friend from work.

There happened to be a beautiful temple above this market on the hill.



The kids were tired afterwards, I was tired afterwards but it was one more true Malaysian experience for us to check off our list.

-Lisa

I Drove!

Today was the day. I drove the car in Malaysia, on the left hand side of the road, on the right hand side of the car, braving crazy motorcycles, and aggressive drivers. I have been reluctant to do it, but today with Tony by my side I drove back from Tesco, the shopping center across the street. And other than turning on my wipers instead of my turn signal (they are reversed too)I had no mishaps. Of course the shopping center is only about a one-two minute drive, but still Today I Drove. I keep you posted on when I have a real driving adventure by myself.

Sand Castles

Yesterday Lindsey got her wish. We went to a sandy beach and made sand castles. The kids had a lot of fun. As soon as we walked on to the beach a group of high school boys asked if they could take a picture with the Kids. Their blue eyes and light hair are a bit of a novelty, not to mention they are so cute. We also had people coming up and trying to sell us horse rides, boat rides, and Jet ski rides. Tony just couldn't pass up the jet ski he rented it for 15 minutes. Then took the kids for a little swim in the ocean. It was a fun day!

First Morning

Well our first day started early since the kids had been asleep since the plane ride. They woke up 3:30am Penang time. We ate breakfast, and tried to stay quietso as not to wake the neighbors or Dad who has already ajusted to the time change.
But the good news is we got to watch the sun rise.
Here are some pictures from our balcony. We are on the 20th floor. A little scary with my climbers.