Visit to Penang Butterfly Farm

If I remember correctly, 姐姐 had just been to the Penang Butterfly Farm as her school field trip. She wanted us to go together as family. Ok, so here we are.

Getting ready, and we had dimsum breakfast before going to Penang Butterfly Farm

There were many different types of butterflies everywhere. Some are so big and flutter about, 弟弟 is quite scared sometimes. We weren't too interested in the yucky insect portion either. The children did enjoy playing with the butterfly stamp we found indoors, near the area where they were showing the butterfly life-cycle. Since we didn't have any paper with us, we use our tissues. See 姐姐 is holding onto the tissue like some very precious paper as she said teacher didn't show them during their school trip.

Around and outside Penang Butterfly Farm

Some water features inside Penang Butterfly Farm

Another short visit since the children are still small and we didn't want to tire them out too much.

First Visit to Taiping Zoo and Taiping Lake

The first time ever we brought 姐姐 and 弟弟 to Taiping. We were there only to visit Taiping Zoo and didn't plan for any other places. It's another month to 弟弟 going on 2 years old, and 姐姐 has just turned 4 at this time.

The children were very happy to be visiting the Taiping Zoo. This is the first time they visit a zoo and see so many animals up close. We bring sandwiches as snacks and ate at one of the rest huts. We took the Zoo mini train which bring us around the grounds. It's a nifty way to go around without walking until our legs fall off. But it's always a long queue especially during peak season like school holidays and weekends. The mini trains are all decorated with animal prints, like tiger stripes, zebra stripes etc. We didn't take many photos as it's drizzling and the grounds were a little wet here and there.



My favourite photo of the children at Taiping Zoo



弟弟 was really busy with the umbrella

After that, we were going to drive back home. We stopped by at Taiping Lake for a short walk. It's really pretty there with the shady and majestic trees. There's also a section of the lake with lotus flowers.

Where we saw lotus flower. My favourite photo of the children at Taiping Lake.

Around Taiping Lake

Just a short trip, but we were very happy since it's the first time we go for short trip together. 

Drawing

Another backdated post.

姐姐 likes to draw house. Here is a special drawing done by 姐姐 with 爸爸's help during her school holidays with the PC. I wonder how they did it, as her hand drawing is similar too.