Baby and moving vehicles

We have never seen Ashley or Adwin playing toys they like for an hour or so... But it's so different for baby!! He simply loves car, bus, taxi and any moving vehicle!! He would sit in his pool of cars if we were to return home from outside, he can't go for shower or do other things if he had not play for at least an hour there! He would see how the car moves, inspect the wheels, open and close the doors, look at the miniature car seats and steering wheel, anything concerning the car and bus! He would also try to bring his toy along if its shower time!! A true born car lover!!

See the pictures of him totally engrossed in his world of car!!

 

As he's a slow talker, now that he's able to point and tell me 'ba' when he sees a bus now, is a big progress to me.... And he would be sooo happy when he spotted a bus but once he sees that it goes out of sight, he would hand signal no more with the word, 'no more'! And him looking pretty disappointed, keep a look out for another bus! That's my baby!!

My first rented mini playground!

This is my first time renting a 'toy' for baby... Initially had thought of buying a small slide so the kids can enjoy, but after looking around, decided to try out those online rental websites. Firstly, I would have problem 'keeping' it when the kids outgrow it and I believe it can be pretty hard to dispose off or sell of by then. Secondly, the new set is not cheap!!! Haha, considering the different brands, function and the weight of the kids it can take! Thirdly, I believe the kids will not find interest in it after some time!! So, I believe my decision to rent one is a good one!! Hahaha... :p

Ok, this is the first set I rented, little tikes brand!! Had hope baby can try and like the swing, but he HATED it!!!  But at least he had learnt to super enjoy slides!!! Mission accomplished!! :p

When he first saw the set, he went 'wow wow wow!!' Hahaha... And I guided him along how to play the slide and after that, he just went up and down, up and down and even found his way up the slide from the front, to save his time and trouble to go all the way back to climb up the slide! 

Baby's orangy color dinner!!

Lol... Didn't realized baby would be having an orangy color dinner till I say down to feed him!! Haha... Poor planning!!!

But he's enjoying it!! Whew... Rice with steam salmon and pumpkin soup with carrot!!! 

We are finally friends of the zoo!!

Yoohoo... We are finally the Friends of the Zoo!! This is due to our recent purchase of the family pass to River Safari, and they had given us a coupon for less $100 if we buy another park's family pass, ie the zoo, jurong bird park or the night safari within 30 days of our purchase! And since the kids love the zoo, so here we are, getting the zoo pass just before the 30 days due date! Haha...

Baby standing there as I had instructed him to so I can take a photo of him with Ah Meng as the background! Haha...

Our first visit to the Polar Bear's new home!! See the yellow polar bear at the back?? Haha...

A mini igloo for the children to know what's an igloo is and have fun with!

Showcase of a Wolverine!!

A boring and hot river cruise!! We saw nothing along the river!! Not even fish or bird of any kind!, only pictures on board saying you may catch a glimpse of xxx if you are lucky!!  Oh, but we saw many lizards on board!!! Lol...

My 白马王子... Lol... It's actually a pony ride, not really horse ride... But the kids enjoyed!

Our first ride on the horse carriage! Fun! Lol...

Realized they had furnished a small house at this kidz world into a kampong house!! And it does remind me of the kampong house I used to stay in when I was a child, except for those huge insects found inside!! Those were really huge and scary!!

My baby interested with the white mice found here...

Time for a carousel ride!

That ends our first zoo trip!!  Lucky we went on a weekday, being Friends of the zoo, we get unlimited tram ride on weekdays, so I guess we must make sure we only go on weekdays! Haha...

Mint museum of toys

We finally got the time to visit this place!! Again, this was a impromptu decision as we just saw the sign board after leaving the central library last Sunday!!  But am surprised the entrance was pretty ex... Total for our family of 5 was $30+ after a 25% discount due to NTUC card member (PA card and amex card applies too!)

I must say, it's a pretty small place and with 5 stories high, one would take at most an hour or an hour and the half to finish everything!!  The toys here were really 'old', about the age of our grandparents and toys played by them! Hahaha... So pretty much were like alien to us!! But I did have a good time there.... Cos those toys on displayed can no longer be found anywhere now... Of cos, the museum is selling many replicates of the ancient toys!! And I had a good time getting some back, finding time to amuse my kids with them!! Haha....

Ok lah, this a a toy we used to play when we were really young.... The boxing hand puppet!! In which we can control which hand to 'spring' out the punch when we are playing with one another! But these can't be found now... Maybe in some rural parts of Malaysia or china? Not too sure... But it's definitely a very fun and interesting toy!

I was really amazed at the stated estimated value of some if the ancient toys!!  Can't they really fetch that amount??

And my baby was so busy admiring those toy cars he saw on display here... Haha... Am super sure he would climb into one if its not in the display box!! Lol...

Totally ignoring the korkor taking a picture behind him!!

The Mickey Mouse from the past.... This is something baby recognized the momen he sees one!! Lol...

A mega big hopscotch on level 3!!

My Adwin with the ultra men!!

And my baby wondering why is daddy taking a photo with a funny looking uncle!! Lol...

Taking photo with some funny looking batmobile on display behind the cabinets!! I know my nephew, Caden, would say that's not the batman's batmobile he knew!! Haha.... 

My baby super amazed with the skylight under his foot!! Wondering how come there's people and merchandise below him!! Haha... He just kept on walking on it with great care and trying to figure out what's going on.... Haha...

And this is something we know from young!... Uncle darkie!!! Only changed the name to Darlie about 20+ years ago... Haha.... Anyone finding this familiar??

Now comes the shopping!! There's a mini shopping area at level 1 and my kids were so busy trying out all the toys they saw there... Including mummy!! Hahaha.... I got no time for photo taking... And lucky WL took this!! Haha.... And I got some toys back which am really happy with!! :p. and the lady told us, theses replicates are really limited as their boss had bought over all of these when one of the last factory in china wind up!! Factory winding up so no more winding toys for sale!! Lol...

Maybe we should go toy hunting at the malacca's jonker street comes this weekend when we are there for a short vacation!!

My 3 kids without us around

Ok, back to our music of the night outing!  I was constantly worried about my 3 babies, wondering if they have been good, if they had proper dinner (though they were at good hands of my mum and sis!), if they misbehaved, especially worried for my baby! As he can't be without me for long!! I managed to make him sleep before we left for dinner and the musical at 5:30pm.

My kids were pretty happy for the first 2-3 hours, after which, they started to ask what time would we be back and they are very tired, etc, as they had swimming at 4pm!

This is the photo of them after shower and waiting for dinner to be served!  Still happy and alert! Lol...

This was taken after dinner and why is Adwin missing from action?!

There you are, my dear boy, slept before 9pm!! Way too tired to stay up and wait for us!!

No more pics here from my HP, as my iPhone went totally flat at about 8pm!! I need to get the photos from WL's iPhone!! Haha...

Okay, these 2 were from WL's phone... hahaha... 'stolen' from his photo stream on the PC *sorry dear! hahaha... :p*  my BIL trying ways to distract his attention giving him difference cars!

Anyway, call for help came in at about 1055pm, when baby started crying nonstop for me!! And he was really crying really hard and loud! But his korkor and jiejie had fallen asleep!! And the only way to stop baby from crying, is to bring him to the basement telling him, mama will reach in the next minute!!! And by the time am there, it was 11:30pm, he ha stopped crying but looked super tired!! So do everyone there, my mum, dad, sis, BIL and baby Dora!!! Hahaha... What a busy night for all, except for us, enjoyed the musical totally!!! Haha... :p

 

Cheeky baby

This is the first time he's smiling and posing for my iPhone!! Haha... He would always stand still when he saw my iPhone/camera aiming at him! Haha... Hope he can do this whenever he sees my iPhone now!! 

So glad to see my baby grow... And he's really growing up fast!! But he's still refusing to learn to speak yet!!

As of now, closing to 20 months old, here's the list of words he's able to say:

Mama (mummy)

Mum mum (to eat!!)

Ba ba (bus!)

D-ei d-ei (jie jie)

Clock

Mou mou (Mickey mouse)

Pa pa (daddy, tats only when he's in good mood to call daddy!)

Po Po (my mum)

That's the of words as I understand them!! Haha... He's been trying to baby talk at times, but we really got no clue on what he's saying. But he does understand everything and all instructions given to him!! Just hoping he can start talking soon!! I believe he sure sounds wonderful by then!! :)

Baby's 2nd jogging session at Yishun stadium

I was being 'forced' to go jogging last Thursday!!  Alright, I gotta say I had not been jogging since I know am preggie w my baby... That's close to 3 years?! Hahaha... Alright alright, I will try to jog this time... Haha...

My kids doing some warm up exercises with daddy... See my baby too??!!

All ready to go onto the running track!!

My baby looks the happiest here!!! And he was so happy to see the footballers training in the field too!! And keep shouting 'ball ball'!!

My 2 kids had completed 2 rounds before asking to get the isotonic drinks from the vending machine outside! So their wish granted!!! 

A pic of me and my 3 kids after the run!!

Oh yes, forgot to mention that WL had signed up for the 'I love dad' run during our visit to the kids amaze at Safra Toa Payoh as they had a mini road show there!! And it's the first time my kids are joining such run. WL had wanted to sign them up for the POSB kids run but I can't recall was it due to the clash of the date or he forgot about signing them up! Haha... Anyway, this race will takes place on a Sunday in sept or oct!! Shall blog about this when we are done!!! Lol...