End of Hari Raya

MMI (the kid's school) held a celebration for Hari Raya and taught the parents and the students about the holiday.  Hari Raya is a muslim holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.  The teachers performed songs and dances and treated us to some traditional Malaysian food and sweets.  Ainsley volunteered to dance on stage with her teacher (Miss Lynn) showing off her skills with a Malay dance.  Jack and Kara paid attention for the first 15 minutes but then I spent the rest of the time chasing them around the school grounds.  

Matt's new iPad is not only his favorite toy but also the kids!  Matt downloaded some kid games and they LOVE playing games with daddy.

Cuties hamming it up for the camera...

We bought some dress-up outfits for the kids and Ainsley and Jack enjoyed wearing theirs most of the weekend.  Kara wasn't in the mood but wore her new slippers.

Kara is officially out of diapers (during awake time) and is doing really well.  Jack is still happy wearing his diapers and since we only have one left in diapers now we don't mind :-)  

We remember a distinct time period when Ainsley's brain seemed to "click" and she seemed to understand the world around her and could communicate effectively.  We then noticed the same click with Kara 2 or 3 months ago.  Over the past week Jack appears to have passed this moment as well.  It became suddenly apparent that Jack understands everything around him, he participates in conversations, listens and responds, and just "gets it" so to speak.  We knew this time was coming from watching Kara, and now it has!  We no longer feel like we have babies or toddlers, just three amazing kids!