Kidz Can Bake

I've brought a Groupon for a cookie baking class last week and ZY was eagerly looking forward to it. I did not join in the class as I want ZY to be more independent. Too bad she was still feeling insecure and wanted me to stand outside the classroom for most of the lesson, hiaz...

Most of the kids came with a parents. ZY would turn around and peek at me to make sure that i did not "abandon" her.

 Posing with the finished products.

Not bad as this is ZY's first time decorating cookies with icing.

She can't wait to try the cookies! She ate all except keeping the star-shaped cookie for Gong Gong and Po Po as promised. ^_^

Land, Sea & Air Affairs

When I saw the groupon deal at $39.90 for a ticket to the Singapore Flyer, the Hippo Cruise and the Open-Top Heritage Bus, I quickly bought two tickets as ZhiYu has always wish to go aboard the open-top bus and river cruise. I also bought a child ticket at $34.90 for ZhiYu while DinYang go onboard for free. ^_^

It was an excellent day as the sky was cloudy with occasional sun.

We totally enjoyed the 1hr bus journey and it's great to be a tourist for a day!

Next...The Hippo Cruise and Singapore Flyer!

Elves and The Shoemaker

I bought ZhiYu to the musical "Elves and The Shoemaker" by ITheatre at The Drama Centre in The National Library building. This is the second musical for ZhiYu as she had seen "The Gingerbread Man" about 2 years ago.

As usual, ZhiYu was very excited about it and I prepared her in advance by telling her the story so that she will know the storyline of the musical.

We attended the 2:30 p.m. show on the 28 October which is also the first performance.

After the show, we went to the nearby Hanis Restaurant for some tarts and cakes before heading back to my mum's place. Another great Mother n Daughter bonding time!

Concert 2011

ZhiYu was sick on the actual day of her school concert. But she was still very active and playful hence after some discussion with her teacher, we decided to let her join her class performance only (omiting the finale songs) and bring her home immediately after her performance.

She had done well and remembered most of her steps but I guess she was too excited and forgotten to smile ^_^

Although ZhiYu is among the tallest in her class, she was standing right in front of the stage while dancing!

Updates (long overdue!)

No excuses here. Just plain lazy to upload my photos from the iphone to the computer.

These are some of the updates for the past 3 months...

ZhiYu

She has her first tooth filling in July and will be going for regular checkup from now.

 My happy girl with her "glove-balloon"

We also made some pizza during the June holiday and Zhiyu simply love the hand-on experience!

Zhiyu has also pick up the balloon sculpting skill from somewhere and is quite good at it. ^_^

Finally, ZhiYu's class photo this year after missing taking it due to hospitalisation last year.

Din Yang

19-month old is now getting more and more out of hand. He has learnt to demand things from us and wants things to be done his way and no other ways will satisfy him. I've started the "naughty corner" method and it has some how managed to control him but my "short-term memory" son will go back to his "curious" self very soon =_=

He is able to cal mummy, daddy, popo, jie jie, gugu, jiu jiu, sit, school, raisin, door, bread, dog, ball, bye,走 ...

He loves to eat fishball, pasta, vege crackers, and strawberry sorbet. I'm more relax now as compare to last time when ZY is small, I will allow DY to eat most of the food so long as he eats in moderation.

DY is now 11.3kg and about 84cm tall.

Staycation @ Swissotel Merchant Court

We were supposed to check in early June but to due to other family celebrations, we postponed it till the last week of the June holiday. ZY was looking forward to this short break which we almost could not make it as DY was having high fever after his MMRV vaccination.

We checked in at about 1 p.m. but our room is not ready yet. Hence, we brought the kids for a dip in the pool instead. Initially, DY was a bit afraid of the water and prefered to play by the side of the pool.

DY quickly warmed up and started to splash water and making funny faces at the camera.

ZY as usual, was afraid of the slide initially but quickly warmed up too!

 DY saw the fun that his sister was having and thought that he should give it a try. In fact, he was having so much fun sliding down the pool slide that he was like a Duracell Bunny, sliding down again and again...

Kluang Trip

During the June holiday, we brought ZY and DY to visit my maternal grandma in Kluang, Malaysia. It was my grandma's 91st birthday and we seized the opportunity to bring the kids back to my mother's hometown. My grandma dotes on the kids and was so happy to be able to see them up close rather than the impersonal "webcam meeting".

We also revisited Gunang Lambak in the morning for a nature walk and breathe of fresh air!

We took the train back to Singapore but as usual the very unreliable train was delayed for 2 hours =,=

see my very grumpy boy waiting beside the train track...

managed to take this photo before the rocking motion of the moving train..

finally sent DY to his dreamland. ^_^