Today we had a playgroup field trip to a place called Farm in the City. Mashallah we had a blast. Lotsa hands on learning for the kids alhamdulillah.
Though living abroad has had its difficult moments.... It's times like this but I can't help but smile.
Alhamdulilah for having amazing grandparents for my kids.
It's official. We have decided to move back to Canada. It's been an incredibly amazing time... but, it's time to go home.
We feel like it's been an extended vacation... We've made priceless memories that we will cherish for life time.... But, it's time to wrap up.
We've informed the kids this week... And there are mixed feelings, so to help them work through these feelings I asked them to write all the things they like about both Malaysia and Canada.
Inshallah we still have more than two months left. So hopefully we can focus on enjoying what we have left here and then be on our way back. <3
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| She thought it was funny to eat sand.... |
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| Ibby's journal entry for Mangrove trip |
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| Naani and Pops <3 |
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| Fam Pic |
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| Shells! They were amazing mashallah |
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| Checkin out the monkies |
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| Our tour guide. He was awesome. Taught us so many interesting things like: -If you're ever lost in the jungle, do what monkeys do. What makes them sick will make us sick and what they can eat, we can eat. Follow them and drink the water they drink as well. -Horn bill birds are monogamous. If one partner dies, the other partner will stay beside them and basically just wait there for death. -When female eagles are looking for mates, they look for smaller males since they will be more agile and able to defend them from predators. -The mangroves are trees that grow in the water, they have a filter system to take the salt out of the water. When you open the stem it looks like a cigarette filter and serves the same purpose. For any salt that does enter the plant, it shifts the salt to one selected leaf and then that leaf eventually falls off. -Vipers are very venomous, however they are blind and deaf and move quite slowly. -There were jelly fish in the water. Cant think of anything else. But subhanallah it was really an amazing experience. We were out on the water for about three hours (with two breaks). Alhamdulilah kids were very well behaved and really enjoyed it as well. - |
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| Pops enjoying the ride |
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| Baba taking a picture of the viper. I didn't get a very good picture. |
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| Naani n Pops |
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| The cave we were going to drive through, but the tide was too high so we weren't able to |
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| At the bat cave |
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| The tour guide talking about bats |
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| Bats |
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| More bats! |
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| Inside the cave |
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| Baby monkey |
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| The guys about to walk through the bat cave and through water. My mom, Summaiya and I went the other way so we wouldn't have to walk through water |
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| Going through |
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| Fam pic |
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| Back at the beach |
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| Watching the sunset at the beach |
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| Yusuf's journal entry for our Mangrove tip |
