Their first durian tasting

Children had been requesting to get a taste of durian.

As I do not take durian (rare for local person), I forbid any durian fruits in the house. Besides I can't stand the 街路边 durians. 爸爸 recommend 葫芦 durian as the first ones for the children as it taste sweeter and not so bitter. 红虾 durian have a bitter aftertaste according to 爸爸, the durian eater in the house.

He got one 葫芦 durian from the market, it costs RM14. Super expensive as it's now in the middle of durian season in Penang. Good thing about 打包 home is that the vendor will open the prickly fruit for you and put into a food carton. At least can reject on the spot and don't have to deal with any 虫虫 :)

In the car, even though the pack is closed, we can still smell it from the car boot. Phoey....
This is how the 葫芦 durian looks before eating.


姐姐 having her first durian. 蹲 at the balcony as I can't stand the smell at home. She quite like it and finished one seed by herself.


弟弟's expression after a small bite. He say, " Euk, it's yucky" and nearly vomit. He "drove" away quickly on his toy car. Well, durian eating is an acquired taste and we laughed over his reaction.

How to overcome the current hot day

Go swimming of course! I had a cough and sore throat. Probably from exam month stress :P Therefore finally we have some photos from the pool. 弟弟 also agreed do not need to hold onto my neck in the pool. See them have fun here...



弟弟：姐姐! 帮我拿那ball 来!


Got it!


Nose the ball like a seal :)


Chase the ball together



Nice catch!


By himself... 犹毅。。。


Getting confident..


"V"!


Play ball again



弟弟 learning how to move in the pool with a float. It's a start...


After swimming, we had some 甘薯银耳汤 cooked with ginger and rock sugar. Suppose to be good for those with weaker breathing system - 呼吸系统较弱者.

Then both children knocked off until dinner time :)

Swimming

We had been swimming at the pool these couple of weekends. Since all of us are wet didn't get any photos. It's quite good exercise, really.

First time visiting the pool after long absence, 弟弟 was too excited, rushed in and fell. 爸爸 did not manage to grab him for a short few seconds and he came back saying he drowned :P Even though it's just the baby pool of 2 ft and the water only reach his chest. He was nervous when we went for 2nd time. He hold onto my neck, only after lots of coaxing that he agree to walk on his own with a float, but he have to hold onto either 爸爸's or 妈妈's hands. Still bit by bit he forgot about being scared and dare to walk on his own. He is still more afraid of cold and we're thinking to get him a swim shirt since we're utilizing the pool more.

姐姐 had more improvement, she can start to move in the water and do a few swimming actions with the arm floats.