7 November 2010: Halloween

It's already November and therefore Halloween time again. At Emily's school they organised a Halloween party for all the kids where everyone was requested to come to school in a special Halloween costume. The teachers also dressed up and everyone had a lot of fun. On Saturday there was a Halloween party at Bel-Air. They organised face-painting, there was a clown handing out funny balloons and there were a number of games for the children. See the photo's....

12 Februari 2011: Stanley Beach

Although it's only early February, last weekend the weather was quite nice again: about 21 degrees and a lot of sunshine. We therefore went to Stanley, a small village that is about a 25 minute drive from Bel-Air. Besides Stanley Market, a place that is visited by a lot of tourists, there is also a small beach at the other side of town. We brought the usual stuff (buckets, spades etc) for Emily and Sophie and with sufficient warm clothes they really enjoyed the time at the beach. See the photo's!

19 February 2011: Class picture

At the end of 2010 a school picture was taken at the Woodland School of all classes. Click on the picture for a larger version.

5 March 2011: Sportsday Emily

Last week on Wednesday the Woodlandschool organised the annual Sports day for the kids. Just like last year the event took place in the Hong Kong Football Club in Wan Chai. Also this time there were a lot of games to play and afterwards all the children received a medal for their participation. See the pictures !

8 March 2011: Sophie's birthday

Last week Tuesday Sophie had her second birthday! Since there is always a music class on Tuesday that is organised in our house, this time Jenny combined that with celebrating Sophie's birthday. After the 'class' there was cake and drinks for all the kids. At night Emily and Sophie still had their own Hello Kitty birthday cake. See the pictures.

2 April 2011: Video - Sophie ABC

After Sophie turned two in early March she can go to school: Jenny put her into one of the local chinese pre-schools close to where we live. Also in Hong Kong kids have to learn at an early stage .... click the video

5 May 2011: Video - Sophie reads a book

Every night before Sophie goes to bed we read a book or play a game. Recently Sophie figured out how to read herself.... click on the video

25 June 2011: Woodland school

This week was the last week of the 2010/11 school year. On wednesday there was a special "Wet and wild' party for all kids and now the school is closed for one and a half months. During the whole year the teachers took pictures of the children on a regular basis. Click on the photo at the right for an overview.

5 September 2011: Mister Maker

Last week there was a special visitor at the Woodland School where Emily and Sophie go: Mister Maker from the popular CeeBeebies TV show. He was visiting Hong Kong for a number of performances and on Monday the school had arranged for a short visit. Emuly watches the show where Mister Maker does all sorts of arts and crafts every day. During the visit to the school he showed everyone how to make a spider! Although the visit was primarily for the 'older' children at school, he quickly went into the other classes as well. Click on the photo's for a larger version.

10 December 2011: Christmas

It's almost Christmas time. This week there will be a performance at the Woodland School: Sophie will be a Santa and she already wanted to try her clothes a few times....