The Bumblebeez

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Last Saturday Farhan got an invitation to his friend's birthday party at a skating rink in Bremerton, so we decided to go there as a whole family. All of us except Daniel had never skated before so we were excited

about it.

This place is so vintage looking! They rent old fashioned quad skates and also roller blades.

Some other kids at the party.

Love love love the lights.

The face of a frustrated skater.

Daniel took turns helping the kids around the rink.

Presents, cake and pizza time.

Close up of Adrian. He is so much bigger and taller than Farhan.

I was waiting for this little girl to turn around so I could take some pictures of her. She was so engrossed watching the other kids skate, I only got to take her picture from the back. I love her curly hair!

Farhan is making a smooth face while waiting for his drink.

Another cute girl. I think she loves cake because she was eating her piece of cake with great enthusiasm.

Getting ready to go back.

Enjoying his orange juice.

Randomness

Despite all the frustration at the beginning, the kids really want to go back asap!

Friday, January 28, 2011

Clear Creek Trail

We've passed this sign countless times on our way to town (which is only like 5 minutes away from our house btw) but we never stop to check out this place until two weeks ago. We had a 3 day weekend in conjunction with Martin Luther King Day but we were pretty much cooped up in the house for the first 2 days since it rained. I really hope we could get more snow before winter is over. We only got it twice so far. Monday was better though it was cloudy for most part of the day with light showers towards the end of the afternoon but we just had to get out of the house for awhile to get some fresh air. So we went to this place that turns out to be a pretty nice place for a walk. Actually where we went is only part of the trail called Silverdale Rotary Gateway Park. Based on the map, I think it's a 5-6 mile trail but we only did probably around 2 miles or less.

The trail is wide and easy to walk. As you can see in the pictures, part of the trail is a well constructed boardwalk that continues to a wetland area.

We didn't spot any salmon

Despite the gloominess, it was a nice day for a walk.

The boardwalk is wide enough for kids to run

Apart from these ducks, we spotted a couple great blue herons took off in flight but unfortunately I was not prepared with my camera to take their pictures.

I wanted to check out this place since it looks pretty old but it's on a private property land and this is the closest I could get.

After the boardwalk we came to this paved trail.

Part of the creek

Different views of the trail

Toothless boys

Emir took this picture

Water running through the creek

At first glance, I thought it was a real giraffe but it turns out to be a sculpture.

On the way back.

This is a funny old dog. She kept whining and begging us to play fetch with her. She even went to search for a stick and put the stick in front of us hoping that we would throw the stick somewhere so she could run and fetch it We obliged. I mean look at her eyes. Those hopeful eyes. Of course kenalah berhati-hati takut tersentuh bahagian yang basah, kalau tak kenalah samak dulu sebelum sembahyang. Ada pernah dengar sabun taharah. Sabun tu buatnya dari tanah liat. So sebelum datang sini dulu, ada beli a few just in case kalau ada situasi yang memerlukan kita bersamak, at least boleh terus ja samak tak payah nak kutip tanah dulu.