Bread making

My sis got me a new kenwood BM260 bread machine for my early birthday present!! I had been wanting to buy this machine hoping to make fresh breads for the family daily, so my wish finally comes true.... :)

Okay, my first loaf of bread was a failure... Sorry to say, if not for my second loaf of super soft and nice bread, I also will not know that my first loaf sucks!!! Haha...

And my guess for my failed bread should be due to the yeast used!! The first loaf, I used the bake king yeast which is in a small bottle, though it has not expired, but I did wonder how long can the bottle of yeast last once opened? I remember reading somewhere once the yeast is opened it should be used up within 24 or 48 hours!! Anyway, lucky I had another type of yeast available, which is packed in small satchets of 11g each. And viola... The second loaf of sweet bread taste wonderful and even the kids can eat them plainly!!! We have not been buying bread since last weekend!! Lol...

Am going to try the other recipes in the book... Hoping to make more nice and tasty breads for WL and the kids!!! :)

Alvan got into top 20 baby selection for KKH healthy Breastfed baby contest

Alvan follows Ashley's footstep of getting into the top 20 babies for KKH healthy Breastfed baby contest!! But during Ashley's time, top 10 would receive prize already, but now, only the top 5 gets it!! And we need to be at United Square mall and wait for the result on who's the top 5!!

Besides the main contest, they also have another segment for voting of tr "Most popular baby" award for each category! And I do not have high hope for this as based on the picture taken at KKH during the selection round, Alvan was not smiling... See the below picture!!! Lol...

This is the contest I always look forward to when am Breastfeeding my baby!! As its only held once a year and the prize is always very good!!! Just hope my Alvan is one of the top 5!!

Pictures attached were taken by my sis when she's there in the morning!! ;)

The one of me and my BB was taken by WL!!

Trip to T3 Singkids and Alvan enjoying his finger biscuit!

Ok, we had to make this trip to T3 due to my purchase of the deals.com coupon for Singkids!! I thought of letting Ashley and Adwin have some fun at those indoor playgrounds, seems a long time since their last visit to one...

Anyway, the kids did enjoyed themselves, but not WL!! He was finding it boring to be seating at the side drinking his iced earl grey tea!!

Sorry to say, this post is not meant to elaborate on how fun the kids enjoyed at Singkids, but more for me to show that my baby Alvan was enjoying his finger biscuit while we had our dinner at Crystal Shanghai!!! LOL...

As usual, we (WL and myself) enjoyed the dishes there, as for the kids... Ehm, maybe they did, but they are not telling us!! Being a blur mummy, I had actually forgotten to bring Alvan's finger biscuit!! So, after WL place an order for our dinner, I requested a 10mins for me to run down to B2 Fairprice to grab a box of finger biscuit for my Alvan!! And lucky I did, he was enjoying his biscuit, if you can see from the pix below!! :)

Oh, forgot to mention, that my 2 boys were wearing the same spiderman suit!! They look so cute in them!!!

** photos were added later as I found them in WL's iPhone!!! Lol... **

Alvan taking his semi-solid well!!

Alvan finally is accepting purée sweet potato and brown rice cereal!!! Am so happy and delighted that he is able to open his mouth for food and finishing the food I prepared for him!!! I had kind of given up trying when he rejects the brown rice and plain rice cereal. Till the 28 July (7.5 months old) while grocery shopping at Fairprice at Civic Center, WL asked me to try giving him those baby bottle food, which I reluctantly chose heinz organic sweet vegetable, that is labeled for 4-6 months old baby. As always, I will warm up the food before feeding my kids, so I only spooned out 4 teaspoons for him to try... Surprisingly, he was crying for more when we finished them!! So, WL asked me to feed him half the bottle, which I did gladly and Alvan also finished happily!!! Am thinking if it's due to him being on my lap that's why he's happily enjoying the food!! Nevertheless, I am willing to feed him on my lap if he can finish all the food I prepared for him!! After he finished this bottle of purée, I went and made him home made sweet potato purée! The amount I prepared was enough for 3 days. On the 4th and 5th day, I went on to add the brown rice cereal to the purée, and Alvan also happily finished them all!!! Guess am very ambitious too, so on the 5th day, I gave him half the bottle of the custard with banana and strawberry purée!! He also finished it!! And am now busy searching online for more home made baby food recipe which I can prepared for him!!!

Am feeling like a new mother all over again, as I never had the chance to do all these for Ashley and Adwin!! I hope to be able to start Alvan right on track on solid and as much as possible, to be home made for him! As am trying my best to prepare dinner at home daily for WL and the 2 elder kids too!! And am feeling happy when every dishes are emptied every night!! Am always feeling excited about my dinner menu daily and now with baby Alvan taking his semi-solid so well, I will be busier running to the market daily!!! :)