Today, I am awed by the extent of Nanyang Kindergarten’s Children’s Day celebration! They had a fun filled carnival for the children… FREE! Â And apparently, they had the same thing last year! The carnival/fun fair included: 1 choo-choo train ride 1 bouncing castle 1 bouncing maze thingy 1 froggy round-about ride 1 ship round-about ride [...]
Entries from September 30th, 2008
Jaime’s Birthday Party
September 28th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Jaime is Toria’s JG classmate.  She has very similar name to Toria, and the teachers often get confused. Toria’s chinese name is 芊é¢, Qian (1st sound) Yi (2nd sound) , and Jaime’s one is 倩ä¾, Qian (4th sound) Yi (1st sound).  So Jaime would often refer to Toria as the “little Qian Yi” or “the [...]
Toria’s 2nd Birthday Celebration
September 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Ah… our darling Victoria is 2! When a child is in infant stage, it is fun, but it is also a lot of work on our part, but once they turn 18 months, it is like a major reward for the parents, because it simply gets SOOO fun! Â For the past 6 months, Toria had [...]
Tags: Birthdays·Extended Family·Victoria
Birthday Celebration in JG
September 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Toria’s 2nd birthday is on Saturday, so we held an advance celebration in JG on Thursday. We ordered cupcakes from Cake Avenue, garden theme, because of the cute lady bugs! Â Everyone exclaimed how pretty and unique the cake was! Â Toria sat down nicely behind the cake, waited for the birthday song and automatically stood up [...]
Medicine Time for Toria
September 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
When Toria was a tat younger, she would refuse to take her medicine, so I would grab her, lie her down and pin her arms down under my legs, then squirt the medicine into her mouth. Now, this position has become her medicine taking position. Â When I call out “medicine time!”, she would lie down [...]
Tags: Parenting Tips·Victoria
A Day with Oma & Ogu
September 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We sort of changed our meet-up schedule a bit. Â We used to meet every Sunday evening for family dinner, but time is usually very short and everyone is usually tired and want to rest early for the new week. Â So now, we meet on Sunday afternoons. Â Oma & Ogu would come over after church and [...]
Tags: Donald·Extended Family·Victoria
Chong Pang
September 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We decided to have dinner at Chong Pang. We found this coffee shop with very nice fried bee hoon and the nasi lemak condiments. Â Their chicken wing is absolutely delicious! Â After dinner, we took a walk around the estate. svgallery=20080920chongpang
Balls Play
September 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Toria and Donald enjoy sitting in this Ikea Toy Box. Â You won’t believe it, but sometimes Donald sits inside and Toria would be the one pushing him around! Â Today, Toria is happy to be buried with balls. svgallery=20080916balls
Lantern Show @ Chinese Garden
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The last time I have been to one of these lantern shows was when I was in primary school! Â So it has been more than 20 years! Â Seems like we will only re-visit all these childhood places, like zoo, bird park etc, only when we have kids! LOL! Anyway, it was really for the kids, [...]
Kelantan Lane
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We had a walk in the Kelantan Lane’s flea market… but I seriously wonder who buys these stuff? Â But the kids were intrigued. Â Toria was shopping! Â Looking at all the old toys.. which I won’t buy of cos! svgallery=20080913kelantan
Wk 24 Scan
September 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
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Tags: Pregnancy & Post Partum
Mid Autumn Celebration @ Tresor
September 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
The MCST organised a Mid-Autumn Celebration by the pool, so that we can get to know our neighbours. Â It was a nice move, as the people who are staying here have been here for not more than 1 year. Â It was a good effort by Tresor’s MCST, as I recalled when we moved into our [...]
Daddy Reads Koala Lou!
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
This book, Koala Lou, is one of my favorite children books. Â I bought it way back in 1998, when I was working in Bookaburra, fresh from university. Â I had not even met my hubby yet! Â Anyway, I bought like a stack of very good reads, to keep and pass on to my children. Â Maybe I [...]
Worst Vomit!
September 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Sorry, but I had to blog about this. Â This, I think and I hope, will be the worst vomit ever! Â I had blood freckles on my eyelids even! Â And I vomitted some blood at the end. Â The pain in my throat was so bad that it felt that I had vomitted a hole in [...]
Tags: Pregnancy & Post Partum
Kent Ridge Park + West Coast Park
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Well, as I mentioned before in the previous post, Daddy has been bringing us for good family outings recently. Â Today, before dinner, Daddy brought us Kent Ridge Park, then to West Coast Park. At Kent Ridge Park, we showed Donald how to “get” nectar from the flower, and tasted it too! svgallery=20080907kentridge At West Coast [...]
Oma House
September 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Oma cooked Penang Laksa, so we had lunch at her place. The kids love to touch my tummy, Toria calls it “baby”. Â They sometimes fight over touching my tummy too! svgallery=20080907bedok
Alexis Visits
September 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
backdated to 1st Sept 2008 School Holidays, so we invited Stephanie with her 3 girls over for a playdate. Â Sherrie and her family are away in Hong Kong, otherwise, we believe they will join us too. How the 3 girls have grown.. Alexis, Alycia and Aleyna. Donald was extremely happy to have them over. Â But [...]
Waterplay & Playground at Seletar
September 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
We had a lunch picnic at Upper Seletar Reservoir again today. Â Nice weather, and we stepped into the water a little bit. Â The water was nice and cool! Â The kids loved it! There was also a little playground there, Â Mummy actually tried the monkey bar/flying fox thingy, hahaha… forgetting how heavy she is right now! [...]
Banana Buddies
September 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Banana… is about the ONLY fruit that Donald would eat…. sigh… svgallery=20080906home
Daddy’s Biz Trip to Beijing
September 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Daddy said that Beijing, because of the Olympics, is the nicest and cleanest city he had seen! Â Mummy had been there twice, back in early 1990s, but from Daddy’s pix, Beijing is really very different now. Â Must find a chance to go back there again. svgallery=20080903china svgallery=20080904china svgallery=20080905china
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