{"id":2885,"date":"2010-02-19T16:20:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T08:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/?p=2885"},"modified":"2010-02-22T23:54:32","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:54:32","slug":"a-kiddy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=2885","title":{"rendered":"A Kiddy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As expected, most of the photos I took during the trip to Malaysia during the Chinese New Year were photos of Fitzand and his cousin sister, Zaydeen. I am sure they had a great time playing (and fighting!) together, munching lots of cookies and sweets, playing with fire crackers and of course clowning around with my family members. I came back with a stack of snapshots of them and after the kiddos from the childcare came visiting this morning, Fitzand fell asleep a while ago and I found time to go through the photos and here they are &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was practically no chance to really rest during the 5 days there at my parents&#8217; place. With two active kiddos who can&#8217;t seem to sync their nap time and parents who are always trying to make us grow fatter than necessary &#8230; we spent more time eating and drinking than sleep. The whole house was a little chaotic at times with kids running around playing but the joy on their faces makes all the noise and sweat disappear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fitzand : Mmmmm &#8230; the ice cream tastes great! Heavenly yummilicious!<br \/>\nZaydeen : Hmpt! Stop tempting me. Grrrr!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When the night falls, the fun doesn&#8217;t end (yet). The kids were given the opportunity to play with some fire crackers outside. They were both initially pretty excited but afraid &#8230; but got used to it after a few minutes. It wasn&#8217;t easy trying to take a few snapshots of them playing in the dark (the darn light outside my parents&#8217; place decided to give up working the day before) and at the same time &#8230; lighting the sparklers for them and ensuring they don&#8217;t get too close to each other. I could only use my Sony point-and-shoot camera for these because any bigger\/heavier camera would be too clumsy to be used in that situation.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a short little video clip I took while they were having fun with the sparklers &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9569427&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=9569427&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=&amp;fullscreen=1\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We didn&#8217;t have to set the alarm clock. Every morning, my little lion will start banging the cymbals and wake up the entire neighbourhood. My brother who is usually down with a hangover in the morning must have wished he could shove some play dough into his ears and sleep til noon. Muwahahaha!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fitzand will wanna bring his little cymbals along whenever where is a lion dance performance. There he will bang it like there&#8217;s no tomorrow along with the lion dance troupe. LOL!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teachers and kiddos from the childcare came visiting this morning and were given lots of sweets and yummies &#8230; and had a great time. Their favourite part of the visit? It has to be the short fun time they had in Fitzand&#8217;s bedroom that&#8217;s flooded with toys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---38.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---42.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The kids gave us all a short performance. You won&#8217;t find Fitzand in the photo because he pulled out of the performance last minute. Guess he doesn&#8217;t wanna perform at home. LOL.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---47.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Fitzand&#8217;s lion dance &#8216;head&#8217; was the highlight of the day!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---50.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Feeding his buddies with yummies. \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---56.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>His other buddies kept out of reach of his buddies. \ud83d\ude1b<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---58.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Chaos in the bedroom<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They brought along the coolest Chinese New Year card I&#8217;ve seen. Autographed by each and every one of them &#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---60.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ndroo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fitzand-cny-2010\/Fitzand---CNY2010---61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Guess we all had a wonderful Chinese New Year this year. \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As expected, most of the photos I took during the trip to Malaysia during the Chinese New Year were photos of Fitzand and his cousin sister, Zaydeen. 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