B-Day Parties & Cooking Class

We went to our first baby birthday party for Madison's friend, Masato. His mom is Japanese, and his dad is Australian, and they have been so incredibly nice and welcoming to us since we've been here. Ryan met them at our church before I actually arrived, and he knew we'd all be good friends. They've taken us to lunch & bought special things for Madison... just really thoughtful things like that. We're blessed to have them in our lives and I know we'll be lifelong friends.

Masato just turned one and had his b-day party at Gymboree (which is new to KL, so a bit of a big deal). Mads had a great time of course.. anything having to do with gymnastics she loves, and she's good at it! After the playtime we went to a restaurant nearby and had dinner together while the kids played. A lot of the restaurants here have kids play areas in them, which is so nice when you're trying to have dinner and the kids are feisty. And if they don't have play areas then you can count on the waiters to entertain the kiddos for you - it's great!

Masato and his mommy, Kana

  Madison hiding from Masato

A race to the finish!

Bubbles!

Hiding from daddy.. notice a theme?

Showing Masato how the gift bag toys work, ha

A butterfly in my cappuccino at the restaurant - impressive

The organization I work for, IBU Family Resource Group, hosts a large annual bazaar every year. The week leading up to the bazaar is filled with events and activities daily for kids and parents. Today I took Madison to the cooking demonstration by Young Chef's Academy. All the events are taking place at the mall we're holding the bazaar at, so this isn't at the cooking school, but I'm sure that's easy to spot : )

Mads was in her element since she cooks with me almost every night, so she didn't need much instruction. And if you've ever heard the "egg story" about how we woke up one morning in Dallas to her beating eggs in the kitchen all by herself.. then you know why! Today the kids made frittata, and Mads did everything herself. I was very proud!

Choosing their ingredients...

  Beating the eggs...

  Chopping her veggies...

Now it's time to put it all together (with the help of the aid of course)...

She ate it too fast for me to get a picture, ha. I think this day was very successful! I might have to actually enroll her in the Young Chef's Academy cooking school...