Our time...

Finally, the kids are big enough to go for classes together and we get some "our time" when they go for classes!!!

Here's our fav drinks...



And the kids get to enjoy their Happy Meal before their class. This is the only time slot for both to attend class together. And this is only their first lesson to 'I Can Read' program, hope Ashley can progress faster, so she can start to read on her own, as she really enjoy reading!! And hope adwin can start to love to read and write soon!!







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Adwin hair cut

Finally, managed to find time to bring adwin for his hair cut and just in time for the coming CNY!!!

Look how messy his hair before the cut:



WIP: Work in progress...



Final result: clean and smart!



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Bak gua

Haha... WL always suggest to buy the new year goodie, bak gua much early so as to avoid the queue as well as to avoid the price increase!!




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Sushi tei

As usual, ashley would ask for sushi when we ask her what for dinner!! And today we saw on the menu there's a promo on pufferfish!!



Here's the pufferfish hot pot, which says for 2 pax but it's really small and only a few pcs of pufferfish!!






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New music wonderland

Adwin just started his musical journey today!! We did not prepare for this first lesson actually, after dropping Ashley to her Tian Xia lesson, we had thought to drop by yamaha to check the new lesson schedule for him, but coincidentally, theres a new class starting today at 12pm!! So without much hesitation, we registered him for it and off we went for lesson!! Haha... And he was really not prepared to be attending a lesson after sending Jie hue off to class!!



Here's a pic of him and his new teacher and his new books!!

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My new project

Ok, I decided to find some nice Ang baos this year to make this...


A candy holder using Ang baos, which I saw in the office of my car workshop!! Haha... And I also wanna make some lanterns using Ang baos this year!! Been a few years since I done them again, but am having some trouble finding nice Ang baos... As always, things ate hard to find when you need them!! Haha...

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Cheeky Adwin

Ehm... I really think my 2 kids are soooo alike!!! Adwin is doing exactly what Ashley is doing now and I really find his boy traits are coming out... Super duper mischievous!!!



This was taken on New Year's eve at United Sq outside of popular!! Lucky they were exposed to this Super Why weeks back...

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Transformation

Haha... See what I had transformed in the house today...


Since CNY is coming, had got some festive sticker to go onto the power switch!!



I personally like this!!! Very cute!! Peeping goofy!!



This is for my room... Hee Hee...

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Adwin's first enrichment class

Finally, starting on his enrichment class this year!! As WL had been saying he's a lazy boy when comes to studying, I guess mainly due to him being a left hander!! WL says Ashley is able to recognise many Chinese characters when shes at his age, but we do not see this from Adwin!!

And it's tough starting him for class cos he's really sticking on to me and I could not get out of the class!!! Had arranged for a trial lesson at Tian Sia this evening and for the first hour I was inside the class with him!! Along with ashley, as WL is busy with tuition and ashley is running high fever so have to bring her along, else would have left her with my mum!

Adwin only allow me to go buy him ribena when he started doing some coloring!! Lucky he was able to participate in the class after we left!!



See him busy coloring after wr left!! ** the left most boy in green is Adwin!! **



After our short shopping, he was still sitting at the back of the class!

When the class ended, he was full of smile when he saw us!! And when asked if he enjoy the class, it was a definite Yes and asked if he would like to come again next Friday, he also happily nod his head!!! I do hope he can keep his promise!! Haha...

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Happy 2011

We just finished watching the countdown to 2011 on TV. 2010 is officially over... A year just passed by so quickly... In fact, we did many things during 2010, of course the major one will be shifting of our house and WL had finished the required 40 hours of volunteering work at CF Pri Sch and also, adwin started attending childcare with ashley, had his first performance on stage.

My wishes for the new year is everyone to stay healthy. As everyone had fallen ill, starting from adwin since Xmas eve all the way till today and passing on to me, then now is WL and Ashley!! Hope I can find out more effective ways to keep our family healthy and strong!!!

New resolutions for the year??!! Ehm, I dun think I had ever realized my resolution, so let's forget about it this year as well... Haha...

Happy 2011!!


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Ashley posing for photos

We had always been wondering how come Ashley can pose so naturally whenever she's in front of a camera!! See this one, it was after a jogging session on a sat (day before adwin's birthday party)!



And Adwin's pose, as always... (enjoying his H2O)



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Ashley injury

Ok been quite a long while since I post an entry here again... Am wondering if I can reach my target of the 100 postings for this year!!

Back to my topic here... Ashley had hurt her left foot when she went for a cycling trip with her uncle (WL's bro) on a tuesday evening (14 Dec) after dinner at my MIL's place. Seriously I was really upset and guilty. Firstly, when they left the house and me seeing my BIL pushing out the bike, my first thought was "would she get hurt if she were to be riding at the back seat?"! I always feel there's a mother's instinct in me, so I always do not allow my kids to participate in certain activity if I can sense a danger in it. And lucky thing is, I had not allowed Adwin to follow, as I know no one would be able to handle him if he throw a tantrum and especially when I heard my BIL's wife asked him "who to take care of him if he follows?". Secondly, I can't blame anyone here for the accident, only myself, if I had insisted not allowing Ashley to follow!

Anyway, I really hope Ashley learned her lesson, as I had told her, no one knows how to take good care of her except for her mummy. And if she continue to always act on her own decision she is the only one to suffer if things were to go wrong somewhere. I believe all doting parents would feel this way for their children!

The picture below is after 2 days and had been covered with medicine.



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Adwin's 3 Year Old Birthday at home...

This is the first time Adwin had a Birthday party and he was really happy and excited about it!!  Especially after we put up the Birthday banner at home, he was really looking forward to it (as we put up on Friday but party will only be held on Sunday... :p)

I realised I had forgotten to take the photo all the goodie bags we had prepared... The last one taken was 2 years back, when we prepared for Ashley's 3 year old celebration in the childcare... Haha...  Anyway, I had customised some Birthday pencils this year, with the kids' name on it "Adwin is 3 today! 12122010" the same for Ashley (as I had forgotten to blog about this in her Birthday Party entry... :p)

The party was mainly for family and close friends, also as a house warming party, since we moved in in mid Sept.  And since it's a smaller place compared to our old house, we can't invite too many, the house will be super duper cramp!!!

Ok, back to Adwin's party, we decided a Toy Story theme at home, since he likes Buzz Lightyear & Woody.  I had planned to get him a customised birthday banner, but was not in time somehow... so what did I do??  I did up the banner MYSELF, meaning, doing up the artwork and FIND someone to print the banner out for me!! & I am super impressed with MYSELF! Haha... Everyone I spoke to who knows the banner was done by me, say it's very nice and the quality is good, as in the artwork was done only in MS PAINT & not any other professional photo editing software!!  Well, maybe I can start to think of doing some business in Customising Children's Birthday Banner!!! Haha...

Adwin had 2 cakes this year, a Toy Story cake from us and a Jelly MacQueen cake from his 公公!!  The jelly cake taste as good and the size of our Toy Story cake was just nice!! Perfect!!

Adwin was really happy with ALL his presents and since he saw Ashley's having so many presents during her 5th Birthday Party, he had been lamenting how come jie-jie got so many presents but he did not... SO, it's his moment now!!  The party ended around 3+pm after everyone left our house, we were trying really hard to get the kids to nap, cos they were really still in the 'mood' of partying and keep asking why had everyone gone back home?? We still want to party!! Haha... so, their 'nap' ending up starting only at 5pm!  And by the time they are up, it's DINNER time!!  & after their dinner, its time for opening up of presents, so you can imagine what time they ended up in bed for the day!!  Anyway, the most important is, Adwin really enjoys his birthday, so do we!! Haha... :p

Here's a better view of his banner!! 


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Adwin's 3 Year Old celebration in Childcare

This is the first time Adwin celebrates his birthday with such a big group of friends!!  As he had been promoted to N2, so they had moved to the Kinder Bay, meaning K2 (Ashley's class), K1 & N2 are being allocated there and this year, the classes are all pretty big and comes celebration, there's a total of about 60 kids, excluding the Teachers!!

When we reached the CC, the kids just woke up from their naps and Ashley & Adwin were really happy to see us there with the cake!!  And Adwin was busy keeping his mattress cover when he sees me and I can see that he was trying to open his eyes to confirm that its Mummy standing there!!!

After the celebration, we brought the kids to Causeway point Gelare for their ice-cream, as I promised them during the Dino show, as they were asking for ice-cream in the middle of the show!!

Anyway, we are looking forward to his actual birthday party at home the coming Sunday, 12122010!! :)

Walking with Dinosaurs - 2010 Singapore

WL was not sure if the kids would like the show, but we thought to let them watch The Jurassic Park they should be able to sit through the 1-1/2 hours of Walk with Dinosaurs show!!  True enough, after they watched the DVD, they were really eager to go for the Dino show!!  And they had been talking about Dino since then!! Haha...

Lucky we were really early for the show, had bought the tixs for 8 Dec, 8pm show, but we reached Indoor Stadium at about 7pm!! An hour early, that's very rare for US! Haha... Most of the time, we would arrive just in time for shows!!  And cos we were early, we managed to have a picture taken for the kids with no one else around, since the poster was SO HUGE!!  And there's a M1 booth taking video of us with a virtual Dino in the video, but till today still have not receive them thru email yet!!

As usual, lots of merchandise will be on sale at such show event.  Ashley asked for a plush T-Rex, Adwin decided he wanted a Dino T-shirt & a Dino tail!!  So we asked him to wear them on his Birthday Party this coming Sunday @ home!! Haha.. He happily agreed & hope he can keep his words!! Haha...

As for the show, personally I feel they did a good job, all the Dinos are really huge, and moving them around was not easy!!  I like the props that were put on stage, the flowers, plants, trees, are really bright and when the air blown, it's really nice!!

Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

Ok, this is a place which I had refused to go whenever WL mentioned it... Cos to me, it's a place we go and feed the mosquitos!!!  *sob sob*

Anyway, I agreed to bring the kids there for a walk since their childcare is closed for 2 days for the redecoration of the classes for the new school term.  We brought the kids to Mac breakfast, as it's their favourite and since I switched Ashley's art class to Friday evening, they hardly get a chance to go Mac for breakfast now.  I brought along with me anti-mosquito patches as well as the anti-mosquitos lotion to apply... ehm, I guess it was effective if we remember to apply after an hour or so, cos the lotion gets wiped away when we became sweaty... As we got quite a bit of mosquito bites towards the end of the walk.. :(

Oh ya, forgot to mention, we had to pay for the admission, due to the School Holidays, as we missed out this clause on the website, only thought that it's chargeable on weekends and free on weekdays...

I was really surprised we managed to catch a glimpse of 6 Iguanas throughout the walk... & they are really HUGE!!  I was really frightened, not sure if the kids are... haha...  Anyway, the kids were hoping to see crocodiles, as there were some signboards saying to WATCH OUT for them!  Which I hope they DO NOT appear!!!  :p

Anyway, I WOULD NOT wanna come again... thank you!! :p

Christmas Lightings @ Orchard

We decided to take some pictures of the Xmas Lightings at Orchard this year, since they are up, so better go early to avoid the crowd...

The kids were asking to take a pic with Santa, but sadly, we can't find any Santa Claus, except for the tiny Santa on the shoulder of the Giant at Triple-One Orchard...

And I realised for this year, most malls are just displaying some huge Xmas Trees, unlike the olden times, where malls will try to come up with interesting decos for Xmas, sad to say, Xmas lightings are not as interesting now and not really a thing I look forward to... :(  And only interesting thing this year is, there are 2 malls (which we went) that have openings to the Huge Xmas Tree, Raffle City Shopping Center & ION... Go have a look yrself... :)

Lunch @ Iggys

Ehm... I thought to post the pics of the FOOD only... This was the place WL had been wanting to visit for a LONG LONG time... since he said they ARE one of the Top restaurant in the World!!

We had finally made a trip down for lunch on our 'special date'... But he was really disappointed from the look I get.... Ehm, firstly, he complained about the kitchen being situated just next to the dining area & we can really hear the cutting, chopping, blending & cooking noise... which he say should not be the case especially when this is FINE dining place!!  And secondly, the food served was really not up to his expectations, be it the serving & the taste...  But anyway, like I told him, it's a 'Been there, Done that' thing... & don't think we will go back AGAIN, unless someone is giving us a treat!! Haha...

I can only try to recall SOME of the dishes here... sorry for my poor memory... haha... :p  Oh yes, while I was trying to recall which dish came first, Appetizer & Starter started to confuse me & after some checks online, actually BOTH are the SAME thing!! Haha... So, are some restaurants here being kiasu to serve 2 of them before the main course??...

Trying to catch up with my postings... AGAIN!!

Ehm... after going thru my photo folders, THEN I realised my postings are not up to date AGAIN!! Haha... or is it we have been taking too much photos??!!

December is a busy month for me... which I do not understand why... Though only Adwin's Birthday falls in December... other than that, is Christmas and we do not have Christmas party to be busy with... so I do not understand WHY am I SO BUSY??!!  I guess also due to the kids' childcare will be closed for a few days to decorate the different class due to students being promoted!!  Anyway... I should not be finding excuses NOT to update my blog, correct??... Haha... :p

Kids with their new sunglasses

The 2 had been asking for sunglasses when I sent them to school every morning cos the sun had been shining onto their face!! Haha... I managed to get something they liked, but I think its still very new to them and they are treating them like toys!!



In fact, I did not expect Ashley's pair to be such a big one, and she was complaining till I show her a picture of Barbie wearing sunglasses exactly the same as hers, except that hers are with some blinds at the corners! And she was so excited she got a pair just like Barbie!!

And Adwin was glad he got a pair which has his favorite 'soldier' print on!! Haha...

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