German Restaurant....

We pop by Vivo City the last Sunday, no particular place we wanna go over the weekend, cos WL was busy with his prelim paper marking...  So we left the house only in the late afternoon and when we reached Vivo, it's about time for dinner...

We could not decide what to have for dinner, had wanted to try the something stone restaurant, but it had closed down!! haha... the new restaurant is serving hot pot, by Jumbo, WL is not a fan of hot pot, so we shall give it a miss... and was walking along the stretch of restaurants on level 1... till we hit this German restaurant, Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant, the smell of the Pork Knuckles did attract US, cos we were REALLY hungry, as we did not have a proper lunch... BUT I had a glimpse, and thought everyone in there having beer... dun think is suitable for us with kids... so we walked past it and hit the Indian restaurant the next, saw that they are serving buffet dinner at an affordable price, BUT we were abit too early... so WL decided to go back to the German restaurant and have a look at their menu... And, next thing was, we were inside! hahaha...

In fact, I was pretty surprised, most of the tables are with children!!  So I guess it was a good choice made, plus the FOOD was SUPERB!! hee hee... or it's been a long time since we had such 'sinful' food!!  But I must admit, the pork knuckle was really nice... I like all the sides served. WL ordered a sausage as well, and the potatoes and wedges were wonderful too!!  Actually I had wanted to try their beer there, but cos am still nursing Adwin, so better not to get him drunk too!! hehehe...

And, my kids were happily eating the wedges!! Did I mentioned 2nd born had recently refused all the porridge that were offered to him?? So, my son was happily eating all the food which I had forbid him to have in the past...

Oh yes, not to forget, the desserts were nice too!! And my 2nd born was busy eating the chocolate cake!! He finished almost 70% of it!!

A nice picture of the siblings

I find this picture well taken... didn't have a chance to see it till WL attached this picture in the e-card he send me for my bday... hee hee... And, was just having some fun adding some text & pic to it!! hee hee....

Problem with my blog....

Ehm, am now facing some problems creating new entry here... it's not giving me the Graphical page when I click on "New Post", and there's no option for me to upload my photos... HOW HOW HOW???... WHO CAN HELP ME??? :(

Hope I can 'figure' it out somehow and update asap... wanna share some photos of my bday and some of my kids update leh... *sob sob*...

Weigh of the kids...

Ehm, I brought the kids to see Doc today, cos both are having running/block nose and cough... Hope they recover over the weekend...

Their weight was taken at the clinic:
Adwin : 11.6kg (as of 14 Aug 09) 20 mths old * no increment compared to May 09!
Ashley: 16.9kg (as of 14 Aug 09) 4years 1-1/2mths old * up by 800g compared to May 09!

Kids on bed...

The kids would ask to watch their favorite show every night before they go to bed... I think we did put our hubstation into good usage in our room! hahaha...

We had bought the tickets to watch the new Hi-5 crew during the coming Sept break. And so I thought to familiarised them with the new crew, I had recorded some episodes from the okto channel during weekdays @ 1230pm. Initally Ashley did reject the new crew, she just keep saying it's not nice... But after awhile, she and Adwin begins to like them and now I must say, they are really addicted to Hi-5!! Especially Ashley, she would get off the bed and dance and sing with them... which makes her very energetic that she only fall asleep close to 12midnight!! Unless I asked her to stop dancing, else I'll switch off the TV, then she'll fall asleep within 10mins! hahaha...

Our beach outing!

We had wanted to bring the kids to Wild Wild Wet during this long weekend break (National day), but too bad, Jiejie was having running nose on Saturday... So I suggest to change to Beach outing, so the kids stay dry while having fun!! I seriously does not understand, what is so nice about the sand... hahaha... But the kids are definitely enjoying themselves so much everytime we bring them to the beach! They can play the whole day with the sand... 1st born will go & fetch water once awhile, but 2nd born is still afraid of the waves... so he makes sure he stay away from it!! As always, we will have our dinner @ Old Town White coffee... we just enjoy the food there, the coffee and especially the Ice-cream with the Toast!! All are so wonderful!! Pardon my photo-taking skills... I always find my HP camera very hard to capture all the shots I want... so... just make do with what is being shown here ok... hahaha... :p

Botanic Gardens

This trip was an unplanned one... We were wandering along the road after our late lunch @ Serene Center and have no idea where to go, and Botanic Gardens were along the side, so WL decided to pop by for a walk... hahaha... 

And the timing is just nice that we can managed to catch the concert in the park!! As its the weekend before the National Day, the theme for the Sunday concert was mainly Singapore songs... I must say it's pretty interesting, we may pop by on some other Sundays when we have no idea where to go!! hahaha... 

The kids seem to be enjoying themselves, but I think next time we must find a less steep place to sit on. As we were pretty scare that Adwin may fall when he try to wander around... 

And as this was an unplanned trip, no food was prepared, except for the porridge which I had brought along for the kids to munch...

We actually left before the concert ends, as we were pretty tired... So, to save our effort of finding another place to eat, WL decided to have our dinner at the restuarant at Botanic Garden... It was a very simple Veg Pizza, but it was very nice... the Calamansi and Lime juice were also very nice!! :D See, WL busy doing up a worksheet for Ashley, so can keep her 'busy' for awhile before the pizza comes up!! :D

Mummy quit her full time job!!

I had been waiting for THE day to arrive with MUCH anticipation!!! I had tendered my resignation on 29 June 2009. Come to think of it, it was only after a short discussion with WL in the car (when he drove me to work in the morning), that both of us are working so hard to make others rich!! We are hoping for a change, hoping for more time with our 2 kids, watching them grow, more time for ourselves, and finding a chance to do what we enjoy and like.

Anyway, I will not be a 'tai-tai' as some of you may thought I would be... rather, I would be working part time with my dad, helping out in his company, but at the same time, having a much more flexible timing to look after my 2 active children. I hope to venture into something I like, no plan yet, cos I have tons of ideas spinning in my head now! haha...

Ashley on stage

We went for a food fair @ Toa Payoh for lunch yesterday... I had thought that this food fair was featuring only the Hock Chew food.... But, we were pretty disappointed, as it was more of a multi-dialect food fair, so there were many other food, but all were not nice... hahaha...

But we enjoy ourselves, cos the kids enjoyed themselves!! The stage was emptied, so the kids have fun climbing up there running around... And my Ashley was busy trying to perform too!! I asked her what does she want to do running up on the stage, and she started singing for me!

Just a photo on her on the stage... if you can't load the above video...

Another day which we dunno where to go... hahaha.... And since WL need to go to SK to pass something to his friend, so decided to pop by Compass Point for some shopping...

No matter where we go, if the kids can spot those kiddy car rides, we will sure be stuck at that area for sometime, to let them have a ride first before we can move on... And since then, I had all the $1 coin in my wallet, just in case I can't get the change if they scream for a ride!!

And very funny though, I do not understand why sometimes Adwin is afraid to let the ride move... he would rather sit in a motionless kiddy car, than to deposit the $1 coin for the car to move... And see here, he decided to get out of the Barney car ride after I put the $1 coin in, in the end, Ashley has to get onto the ride so as not to waste my $$!! hahaha... And Adwin does enjoy being an audience!!

Our Sundays breakfast

We always have fast food breakfast on Sundays, as 1st born got her art class on Sundays and it happened to be above the Macdonalds and since day 1, 1st born knows she can have Macdonalds breakfast before her art class. 

But we do get sick of Mac's breakfast every sunday, so we try to alternate between Mac & KFC breakfast, cos my princess Jiejie only allows these 2 for breakfast on Sundays!! hahaha... And 2nd born can manage to feed himself using the fork, and i realised he would prefer the sausage rather then the pancakes!! I didn't know until one morning I tried the sausage on him and he refused all the pancakes after that!!! :p 

And just last Sunday, I got Ashley the Big Breakfast... she says it's very nice!! I think this is better than pancake, as it has got scrambled egg!! Meanwhile, 2nd born will still stick to the pancake, cos he rejected the scrambled egg!! :(

Science Center -- Da Vinci

WL had wanted so much to go for the Da Vinci exhibition since it started some time back & we finally find time to drop by on a Sunday afternoon.... I must say it's really interesting how that guy can come up with all the interesting ideas and thoughts!!! A real smart guy!! I must find some time to fix this 'bridge' as showcase at the entrance of the exhibition, no nails or screws, juz 15 sticks to fix this up!! :)  

 And you see my 2nd born, writing even on the go!! hahaha...

Ashley's 4th birthday

Time really files... My 1st born is turning 4 this year.... Seems like only yesterday that she is still my baby being carried in my arms... And now she can sing, dance, make fun of her brother, irritate the parents and talk back... everything seems to pass by so fast... 

And this year, first time for her to request the type of birthday she wants!! She told me, "mama, I want a princess cake ok, the princess must be tall, with strawberry on top and watermelon at the bottom!" And after hearing that, am lost on what type of cake she wants!! And the only thing that came to me is, a 3D Princess cake!! hahaha... And after comparing the price of a 3D princess cake from ecreative and the flat princess cake from Bengawan Solo, both are about the same, so I choose to go with a 3D one! 

And this year, the goodie bag items were bought by WL, cos I have not time @ all for all these & even packing of the goodie bags were done only on the day itself, cos I had been working thru the nite from 30 June to 1 Jul 5am!! Besides me busy catching my sleep, I was also busy preparing for her birthday celebration in her childcare! Cos I think Jiejie hopes to celebrate with her friends in the childcare. When I mentioned to her on Saturday that we are having lunch with both families to celebrate her birthday, she pops this question on me: "Mama, what about my friends? They coming also?"... hahaha.. I was really amazed!! Then I told her, "No darling, today only celebrates with family, your friends will sing you birthday song on the actual day ok, as Mummy had prepared a very nice Princess cake for you and your friends!!" 

There were no BIG parties this year... cos we had booked a weekend stay at DownTownEast prior to her birthday cos am having a packed week schedule at work and won't have time for other celebrations. And the kids love Wild Wild Wet, lucky WL had bought the DeCard membership, so we have unlimited access to this park as well as the outdoor Escape Theme park. And before we end our stay there, I had proposed to come again for Adwin's 2nd birthday and this time, we gonna have a BBQ party there!!! Yippee... :D