On phones!

Hubby enjoys shopping. There are even more reasons to go to the malls in this sweltering heat.

Plaza Singapura is not a place we frequent. For several reasons and parking is one of them. It's simply too crowded on weekends, the carpark I mean.

The man wanted to pop over today as they have a Samsung roadshow by one of the red telco. You may have guessed, it's for the latest Samsung Galaxy SIII.

The telco arranged for a magic show performance and it fascinated the children.

I ain't kissing goodbye to my iPhone, yet. I fell in love with the the aesthetic of this phone. Lighter, bigger screen, superior camera functions...blah blah blah!

One thing we both enjoyed is to have our 3 lil imps in tow.

I am looking forward to using my new toy! Can't wait! Simply can't wait!

Safari @ Changi

Terminal 3 is such a familiar hideout for us.

Just last Saturday, we went there with the kids for dinner. At the same time, to drain out that excess energy they have in them.

Weekends at T3 is really crowded, besides those who are traveling or returning, there are also shoppers and diners like us.

They have been holding some events for children whenever it's the school break. This time, they had a Safari @ Changi.

With animal rides and a play-gym kind of playground. This doesn't come free of course, you will have to spend $20 ($15 for us, the Changi rewards card holder) at the retail outlets and redeem the passes for entry.

For those who planned to go, do bear in mind it's really crowded on weekends and you will have to exchange the passes earlier. The last slot for play is at 9.40pm.

What is important is not the money spent. We need to have our dinner there anyway. What matters more is the children enjoying themselves.

Children's Day 2010

All geared up for our Children's Day!

Although I am not 100% confident I can handle Brayden boy, I decided to just take a deep breath, and venture out with them both on Children's Day. A day out with makan treat and to let them do things they like.

Tried talking to Brayden before we went out. Prep him that I will be alone, with the stroller and him plus Ethyl can be quite a handful, especially he is one that runs all over the place like a faulty remote controlled car. He will never come back to me if I don't run after him and catch him.

Probably I said enough prayers. He was well-behaved and very cooperative. I am so proud of him and more so with Ethyl as she was the one who helped me hold Didi's hand while I handling the stroller.

I think it is quite unfriendly that strollers must be folded when boarding bus.

Our day starts at going to Bugis. We went to Parco Bugis Junction for their brunch treat! What a start for me, I lost my footing, fell down with Brayden in my arms on the step!

I could literally hear the bones on my ankle crackling and leg felt numb for 3 seconds. I thought "Die, if I sprain my ankle, how are we to go back?!"

Thank goodness it wasn't too bad a fall. Or I should say, the pain subsided soon after and we could continue with our day.

Having the little ones in mind, I know their love for desserts and food, we decided to try out Let's Sweets Japanese Buffet & Sweets.




See our plates of sinful desserts!

How nice it is to make the little girl smile. We decided to take a train down to Vivo City and let the girl have some art fun. The boy was tired and fell asleep. Little did we know, we had to end the day earlier as the earlier sprain on my ankle started to work up and causes me pain.




Ethyl doing window art at Emiko Arts, Vivo City

Sweetly, both agreed it's more important that we go home and I get some rest. Guilty to shortening their day, I decided we take a train to Compasspoint and get them their much await pressie for the day, hamsters!

Who knows, the pet shop doesn't sell pets! We had to take a cab to Tampines One branch and get them instead.

Bearing with the pain on my ankle, we went ahead to buy them their pets, and also bought many other nitty gritty stuff for them. I feel the excitement and joy just like them!


Home Sweet Home, Belle and Merly! =)

Something worth remembering what Ethyl said, "Mom, I will make Mother's Day and your birthday just as fun as today (Children's Day) because I know you love Didi and me!"

Barney Space Adventure - 10 Sept 2010

This time round, Brayden will "read" the blogs. He'll ask me to "go up" and "go down". He was trying to look for the pictures and asked me, "Where('s) Barney?"

The sixth row from the front, still a little far as there are heads of parents that blocked the kids. I shan't complain, since I bought the tickets later.



We always enjoyed the Barney shows. Yes, it's WE! I always sang along to the songs with Ethyl and this time, as well as Brayden!

If you ask me to review this year's, in fact I am a tad disappointed as I think it was not as nice as the previous years; be it a paying or a free play at the malls.

My view didn't matter. What matters most is the kids enjoyed themselves. How to determine?? Look at the happy faces below!



Three happy faces and an old frowning face (Hubby's) as I spend a little to buy the kids torches~!!!

Typical Sunday

It's no news to friends online to read about us going to Changi Airport (especially T3)on public holidays and weekends.

Another typical day we packed ourselves to the T3 for breakfast at our favorite local toast - Wang Cafe.



The kids simply love the kaya butter toast served and we like the space and lesser crowd. T3 has been packed with activities whenever we visit. F1 is just round the corner and indeed, we do see some tracks around.



Besides the excited lil ones, the old boy is just as excited. I can see him gazing at the remote cars and didn't pay attention to the kids! Haha!

Present a receipt (with any amount spent) at T3, get yourself a ride on this racing machine as well as play the remote controlled car at the tracks.



The boy didn't lose out by being too young to ride, Daddy decided to buy him a mini remote car and play on the Tamiya tracks. He wanted a skyline.



Jiejie got one too! She got herself an Evo.



A simple Sunday morning! What's more important is, it's spent leisurely and with loved ones.

Maiden Trip to Marina Bay Sands

While everyone was rushing to see how the second homeland IR (integrated resort) looks like, we never really wanted to pop by. WHat other big names can we see there besides what was already duplicated in ION Orchard, Paragon, Somerset 313? I would say it's about 80% the same.

Oh well, not exacty we didn't want to pop by MBS; I almost booked a room to on National Day to view the fireworks displays if not for our lucky preview tickets.

I was not in the mood to go anywhere, hence Hubby suggested we pop by Comex (yet another IT fair) and at the same time, have a walk around Marina since it has been a while. No harm, we can pop by and have a stroll down the Esplande stretch.



Our lil model posed again. Doesn't she looked like a tourist? Hubby suggested we shall walk all the way to Marina Bay Sands (MBS) since we have never been there before. Though we were all melting in the heat, I said "why not?!" since it's just a stone's throw away.

A walk down to Youth Olympic Park. Our missy was happy to discuss about YOG and talked about the 2 very cute mascots Lyo and Merly.

Dust was all over the entrance of MBS as reno is still going on. GOSH! I was sneezing and eyes tearing when I got there. Pretty unendurable for me, but for the girl (not the boy as he also has sensitive nose and eyes), we went ahead.

Saw people taking sampan rides in the mall, this arouses the I-also-want-a-ride bug in the kids. What's new? we obliged!

We girls took one sampan, and the boys took the other. A really short ride, less than 10 minutes maybe(?), the kids enjoyed the ride, hence the $5/pax was well spent.

We could hear tummies growling and scoot! back to where we came from, Marina Square to silence our growls.

Where to get some nice thick milkshakes? Billy Bombers is our all time fave! See the lil model in the making?

Off We Go To The Park!

Quite a shame to say, we have been staying here for more than a year and yet to really bring the kids to Pasir Ris Park. I shall point the finger to Hubby again as he is very reluctant to go outdoors!

This time, he finally agreed (well, it was the week before), and we went to buy kite, wanting to fly it in the park. Coincidentally, Dad came to our place just as we reached the park and Ethyl was thoroughly disappointed.

We promised the girl we shall return, and true enough, we return last Sunday.

The girl forsake her kite in the car after seeing the huge playground. See? She has been blaming Gong Gong and Po Po for coming at the wrong time, yet she didn't fly her kite in the end. Kids.

We had so much fun! This is a place we definitely will return to drain out the 2 power house.

Inaugural Trip to Resort World Sentosa (RWS)

To be frank, RWS is not appealing to me. I never even really wanted to bring the kids to the Universal Studio to catch some fun.

However, my sis got tickets to watch Voyage de la Vie, so we went ahead last saturday since it has been a while we stepped into Sentosa.

It is always nice to meet up with the Tans as both my little ones enjoys the company of Lleroy.

We parked our cars at Tiong Bahru Plaza and took the free shuttle bus into Sentosa.

Seems like it was last October that we last went to the island, and it now looks so different (where RSW was built).



The "A" was missed out while I was adjusting the focus.



Ethyl whent "wow...a castle"


the tiny peeps



The Tans



The Lims



the lil ones again!



I can't remember it was how many years ago I last watched a circus performance. at least a decade ago! This is defintely worth watching!

After the show, we went to Lau Pa Sat for dinner.





Out appetizer!

We always enjoy outings with my sister. The youngest alway has her own program, so, she is always not included in our outings!

What Have We Been Doing?

Year 2009 had bided farewell and Year 2010 has greeted us. This is also the usual busy time of the year for me. I have been busy panning out the New Year’s activities for the kids, settling the new school, busied with the research of the various enrichments that my enthusiastic kindy-going daughter.

Besides these, we also tried to keep ourselves busy with some activities and maximize our time spent with the kids.

ECP

We went to ECP with my Anna’s family for Korean food and brought the kids around. We both enjoyed the food, except our man. They really don’t know how to appreciate Korean food! What a waste! Sigh…

Ethyl did clay painting.



She really enjoyed her virgin try on clay painting. The paint brush is a little too much for her to handle when she tried to paint the whiskers of Doraemon, however, she didn’t succumb to the challenge.

Jiejie did painting; the little guys took a ride on the carousel.





Ethyl got to take a ride on the carousel after her painting.



Hollywood Dino

A dramatic visit to the world of dino! I expected Ethyl to be so afraid of the dino and would wail and plead with us to leave the exhibition even before we finish half the journey!

She was still not sure what to expect while we were having lunch at Hawk Café.





Worried and fear crept on after seeing the first dino.


Her worst fear…



We spent minutes standing outside the “cave” persuading her…



While Jiejie was petrified by the robots, the 2 little guys enjoyed seeing the humongous rubber robots and watched with much curiosity.

I had to carry the little girl and run through the cave, however, there was a walking dino coming towards the direction that I am moving towards, I had to make a U-turn and run out of the cave and got the usher to open the gate and let me go out through the other way.





Ethyl only dared to take pictures with the poster.



Fear crept back when she saw 2 dinosaurs in the cages ahead…



She was reluctant to move an inch.



She was all smiles when we got of the exhibition area.



Day 1 in new school

It is really a shame that I missed her start in the new school. Due to some reasons, I need to be at work, and thus left Hubby the chore of taking photos so that I can see how little girl looks like in her new uniform.



Hubby told me our little guy was just as excited. Though he was running a fever, he still insisted carrying his new bag I bought for him, wear jigjig’s cap and walked together with them to school.

So lovely right? How I love the kids!

I am also in the midst of settling a school for Brayden. As I have seen how Ethyl benefitted from Montessori approach, I wish to enroll him in a Montessori environment for a start, as Ethyl’s new school is very academic focused and it is too heavy for the little boy at such tender age.

I prefer to let him bloom at his pace for a start. I am sure he is ready, though he still can’t speak many words. I hope I can start him when term 2 starts.

Here is my vain little boy.