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Sunday, June 1, 2008

The truth of the Tooth Fairy




Kevin was very exited. He lost another tooth. It's his third front tooth so it would be a very import tooth and he could get a big reward from the tooth fairy tonight.


When Kevin was happily trying to show me the tooth, he suddenly realized that it was missing from the table.


Kevin could not find it anywhere. He was very upset.


It was bed time. Kevin quielty lay down. He called me and cried. He said he was still missing that lost tooth and he was upset that the tooth fairy couldn't use it as a brick for her castle's wall.


I told Kevin, as he would be almost 7 now, I decided to tell him a truth - There is no tooth fair in the world. It's just a beautiful story created by adults to comfort the little ones who lost teeth.


I said to Kevin, his other important fallen teeth were kept by me and of course I left the coins for him.


Kevin smiled again. He asked me to show him his teeth one day and fell asleep.


Will it be so nice and easy when I have to tell him the truth about the Santa one day?


Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Kevin's Maths - 数学

Kevin has successfully remembered the Multiplication Table.
He almost reaches maths level of grade 3.

Kevin已经会背整个乘法口诀了!相当于3年级的数学水平了。

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Model Car

Kevin and his dad spent two afternoons to make this model car. Kevin enjoyed it a lot.

Sunday, January 6, 2008

Study progress

Today Kevin has completed:
1) One unit of Spelling and Vocabulary: Owl - read an article and then fill in the missing words.
2) 古诗复习-秋夜喜遇王处士:按拼音阅读古诗。

Saturday, January 5, 2008

学习情况

今天Kevin学习了中文:
1)拼音:j q x
2)汉字:下 洗 衣 服 鸡
3)阅读:按拼音阅读了儿歌——在一起

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
250g good-quality dark chocolate, roughly chopped
150g unsalted butter, chopped
2/3 cup caster sugar
125g almond meal
5 eggs, separated
Icing sugar to dust
Ice cream to serve

Method
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Grease a 23cm springform tin with butter and line base with non-stick baking paper.

Combine the chocolate, butter and sugar in a medium heatproof bowl. Place over a saucepan of simmering water (make sure the bowl doesn't touch the water) and stir frequently until melted and smooth. Transfer the chocolate mixture to a large mixing bowl and stir in the almond meal. Add the egg yolks, one at a time, and beat well with a wooden spoon after each addition.

Place the eggwhites in a separate clean bowl. Use an electric beater to beat until firm peaks form. Add a third of the eggwhite to the chocolate mixture and use a large metal spoon to fold in until combined. Fold through the remaining eggwhite.

Pour the mixture into the prepared tin. Smooth the surface with the back of a spoon. Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, until crumbs cling to a skewer inserted into the centre. Remove from the oven and cool in the tin.

Dust the cake with icing sugar and serve with ice cream.