Lantern festival 2024

The kids wanted to do a lantern walk again this year.  We adults were happy to indulge them, the more celebrations the better!

Ordered food (since poor Ah Kong is still not feeling up to dining out) from Jeff Lee Kitchen.  I've wanted to go there for a long time - actually arrived there once but left upon seeing the long queue.  Got their specialities - roast duck, pork ribs, steamed chicken, paku salad etc.  The funny thing was... my parents had eaten there A FEW times.  Deja vu hahaha - this joins other places my siblings and I had wanted to introduce them to, only to find they'd long checked out the place with their group of friends.

Food was ok, probably better if eaten piping hot at the shop itself.

First get rice for everyone...

After dinner, it was mooncakes and then lanterns.

Lantern walk begins!

Just us and our lanterns

 A nice slow walk then the kids started playing with candles outside the house (no eye see).

Crotchet

A few months ago, SE had a school project to sew up a pencilcase from a kit.  It was simple work to sew together the provided material.  SE.... kept coming to me to rescue the thing, having sewn the thread any old how.  It seemed impossible a person could repeatedly make mistakes but... there it was.

Fast forward.  She wanted to learn crochet.  With the pencilcase situation in my mind, I had inner doubts.  If ever anyone was all thumbs, this was a prime candidate.

Anyway, let her pick a yarn colour from Shopee.   

For months, she crochet-ed and unravelled, crotchet-ed and unravelled.

Finally, there were some results.  And one day....

Tadahh!

I was impressed!  Told her to turn the moomin to the side for a side pic.  Cheeky one turned her whole self...

Side?  Hehehe

All clothed

A bonnet and a dress!  I am seriously impressed.  :)

(No, I don't crotchet.  My only contribution besides buying the yarn, was helping to untangle the said yarn. Numerous times.)