art museum, and moon cake making all in one day

The kids are at AWANA and I finally have a little time to myself and can have some peace and quite and catch up on some housework and some blogging.

Anyway, we took the kids to see the art museum since it has recently re-opened after a major renovation. This past weekend was its free day of the year so yippee! This is the kids' first time there. We didn't get to see everything as it was huge. J said she liked it but I think she'll like and appreciate it even more when she is little older.


The painted ceiling, we saw using a glass which reflected the painting. We also watched a lady demonstrate musical instruments from all over the world which was really neat. But Prime was more interested in drawing. He has grown to loving to draw, but only what he wants to draw.

This is J's favorite piece of art at the museum: "Nut gatherer" ,a popular piece so we brought her a post card size for keepsake.

Later in the same day, we had a nice gathering with friends. My friend gathered all the children there and had them each try making the moon cake.

The dough is from ready made pastries, but the filling (red bean and lotus) she made entirely from scratch.

They were delicious. J and Prime both opted for the more traditional moon cake mold while some of the other children made different ones like fish, panda, etc. I'll have to try this myself as it was really delicious. J noted it tastes different from the store brought one. :)