Yiyi's Sweet 16 Celebrations

It is a special day today! Yiyi is 16 years old. Happy sweet 16, yiyi! We are going to have a bbq with yiyi's friends and gonggong/ah ma...yeah!

Had a dip before we start the celebrations...It has been awhile since darling had a swim at the swimming pool....Darling has been down with flu or cough recently....Luckily, darling is well now...so mummy allows darling to had a swim...

Darling is sooooo cute....

Lots of food tonight....pit is simply too small....

My yiyi....

Julia Gabriel Term 4 Lesson 8

Letter L for Love....

Letter of the Week - G

Oh no, have not been updating my Letter of the Week activities. We have been busy with all sort of fun activities that mummy has no time to capture these moments...

We went to the park and collected some grass for our Letter.

Hee, plucked some flowers to decorate my litle vase at home...



We have purple, red, white...no more flowers with other colours...

Here's my letter G for the week.

Letter of the Week - F

F for Feathers

Letter of the Week - E

E for Elephant

Letter of the Week - D

D for Duck...

Trick or Treat

My Halloween Costume...mummy made the jack-o-lantern tee...



We headed to ah pui's house....



Knock knock...



Trick or treat??



Ah pui and bro giving darling lots of sweets...

Loads of sweets...

The sweets are all mine, ah pui...

Yeah, mummy! I've got lots of sweets...

Daddy "stealing" one of the sweets...

And....was caught red-handed by darling.....LOL...

Ribbon Bows Collection

Here are the bow clips that mummy did for me...envy?

Clippies & more ribbons...

Mummy was inspired by her friend, Linda Yeo (http://www.clippiesbylinda.blogspot.com/). After seeing the beautiful clippies, mummy decided to give it a try.

So a sneak preview of her latest collection in Figolicious. It's gorgeous...We have ribbon shoes charms and mobile straps....

Interested mummies, can popby figolicious.blogspot.com for item code and drop an email to figolicious.shop@gmail.com to order...

These will be a great gift for upcoming Xmas.....

Julia Gabriel Term 4 Lesson 7

Letter M for Mummy is the letter of the week @ JG. Mummy and I decided to go to the class dressed in Mother-Child attire. It is handmade by my mummy of course.

Here's our outfit. Nice?

Darling is a fireman! Neeee Naw Nee Naw...

Getting my letter M stamp on my hands...

Chinese arts & crafts...dressing up mummy's hair...

And here's my DIY necklace for mummy...

Yummyummm...

I wonder...

Scene 1:

What will you do when you see a tear on a stuff toy? Needle and thread? Well, the first thing that came to darling's mind was to bring out my doctor's kit and give barney a checkup.

LOL...we were playing with barney when darling noticed a hole on barney's back.

Darling: "Oh nooooo....holeeeeeee".
Mummy: "So how? Barney pain pain?"
Darling: *walk away and return with her doctor's kit. Out came the stethoscope, syringe, thermometer, medicine*
Mummy: *stunned*

Guess kids of my age really do things that is beyond explaination. Another incident to share:

Scene 2:

My wardrobe has several levels:
Level 1 is where I put my home clothes and
Level 2 is for my school uniform and hanky.

One day, I opened my wardrobe doors, I noticed something amiss when I saw my hanky at level 1. I quickly moved my hanky back to level 2 and closed the wardrobe doors. My mummy was dumbfolded seeing this act. Have you ever wonder how a 22 months old kid an be so fussy???? LOL...

Deepavali Celebration

We had Deepavali celebration at O today. Mummy has been hunting high and low for an indian dress for darling. We ended with this pinkish punjabi suit.

Mummy also bought bangles for darling, but darling doesnt want to wear them. Haiz...but at least, i still put on my earrings and a ring to school.

Here's my outfit. Nice?

A small celebration with traditional indian food and teachers explaining what is the significance behind this festival Deepavli is all about.

Morning Walk

Sunday morning...it's our bonding day, just mummy and me alone...We woke up early in the morning, took a bath, and then we went for our morning walk around our estate.

A sandplay before we leave our house....new bows...DIY by mummy...it's a bow charm on crocs...





Here we are...at the open space...



Saw mummy doing the deep breathing in and breathing out, darling also follow...monkey see, monkey do...



Run run run....to exercise my bones and body...good for kids....

Counting time...1 petal, 2 petal, 3 petal...

Yeah...

Darling gave mummy yet another surprise...Darling saw some red flowers and tell mummy, RED...pointing at the flowers, and shouted RED RED RED...

Mummy was happy and said, "So clever, darling...let's go over there to get some purple flowers..."

Darling said "Purple"...

Mummy was shocked...asked darling to say "Purple" and I did...LOL...

Excellent right??

PURPLE...

We went to Vivo for dinner...Look at me, drooling away...the mashmallows are just simply yummy....

Yummmmm

This is how darling tells mummy "One more please"

Family Nite Out

Weekends is here again. Went to grandma's place. As usual, grandma always prepared alot of mummy's favourite food. Salty crabs, braised duck and durians...Daddy, mummy and yiyi had fun eating together, and loving it...



We were watching MJ's concert show DVD. They didn't know darling likes it very much. LOL...darling is basically "glued" to the TV enjoying every MJ's moves....



Mummy...

My ah ma and darling..

We met gong gong for dinner @ Hougang...

Keeping myself entertained while waiting for the food to arrive...

Darling is 22 months old!

22 months old today. I marked this day with a special surprise for mummy.

I usually call my mummy as "Ma". Today, I surprised her by calling her "Ma ma". Tell you, she was extremely delighted. I think it has been a long wait for my mummy. Hahhaa...

The sweetest sound she calls it and keep asking me to repeat for her. *eyes rolling*

I think I have to work extra hard to pop the word "Dad Di". Wait awhile longer, daddy. LOL

My First Song

Mummy: Twinkle twinkle little
Nicole: are

Mummy: How I wonder what you
Nicole: are

Mummy: Up above the world so
Nicole: are

Mummy: Like a diamond in the
Nicole: are

Mummy: Twinkle twinkle little
Nicole: are

Mummy: How I wonder what you
Nicole: are

1st School Excursion

Darling's first excursion to Sentosa was quite a memorable one; more for mummy i think. From the time she signed the consent form, to the day that I was sent to school, she has been worrying sick. LOL...

Let me tell you the preparation work that she did. She put a luggage tag on my backpack. This luggage tag has my name on it, and mummy's handphone number. Hahaha, she was worried that darling might get lost in Sentosa.

In my backpack, we have a small snack pack, insect repellent, sunblock, raincoat and an Odyssey hat. Quite a lot of things right? My mummy ensures her darling's needs are all taken care of. Heee...

Picture took by teachers..








Mummy fetched darling from school today. Mummy get to see how cute darling was dozing off on the bus. With backpack on my back, water bottle sling across my shoulders, seat belt fasten, darling was rocking from side to side. The moment I saw mummy, I went "wuahhhhhh"....LOL....

Word of the day - Wall

Darling has picked up lots of words since a couple of months back. I am able to say these words:

No
Ang = Yes
Eat
Go
Egg
More
There
Book
Fan
Cup
Up
Pack = Bagpack
Leg
Bra
Bra = Umbrella
Hat
Bao Bao = Carrying
Na = Banana
No more
Oh no
Yeah
Hug
Sit
Floor
Hold
Eeee = Please
One more
Eat
Star
Are

(LOL, mummy lost count liao)

Anyway, every time mummy heard a new word of the day, she will go..."WOW...darling is so clever, my girl is so smart...mummy love love..."

See, I can even recite her lines...LOL....that's my mummy. Not too sure if CC helps or it is time that darling starts to say a word or two, but I guess it is a happy moment for us all, daddy, mummy, me and aunty ruby when a new word pops up.

As you know, we have daily home activities. From Letter of the week, numbers, hands-eyes coordination, patterns, opposites, etc...to water play/sandplay/painting...

Tonight, we had a camping theme, so we "pitched" a tent in my bedroom and played with touchlight. I asked mummy to shine the light on the WALL. It was the first time mummy heard this. Impressed, excited and surprised was she. Yelling and screaming and hugging with joy as usual. LOL...

Can't wait to master the ability to make sentences. I think alot of people are waiting patiently for this moment to arrive..

Family Time

Dinner @ Swensens tonight.

Was hungry...had a light snack first...



Counting 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...



And this is 1.



Back to more mini biscuits...



Had a pic with mummy....but mummy was fugly (that's what she calls it)...so cropped...

Showing u how darling handles the spoon...I am able to self-feed....

Hahaha, my mouth was so wide open...

Uhmmmm...nice...

Julia Gabriel Term 4 Lesson 4

Lesson 4 @ JG.

Today, darling did something "daring". I played with Hong Laoshi's piano. Hahaha, no one has done it before. Naughty darling.

LOL...and then darly joined me....we were playing duos...

Helping out...

Snack time....eat eat eat...

Play time...

Are you wondering what has caused darling to have this expression????

LOL...teacher rino was telling parents that next lesson, we are going to have swimming time....that got darling excited...cos darling thought we are going to have swimming NOW....

Car Wash

What a better way to teach your kid about car wash by washing his/her toycar?
Mummy was feeling slightly better today. So we had a role play game where mummy was driving her car up to the carwash station. Darling will be washing her car...

We need sponge and soapy water ...First, soak your sponge with lots of soapy water...



Next, you wash the car seat...



Followed by the back wheels...



And then, front wheels...



When you are done, use clean water to spray off the soap...

Give it a thorough wash...and then u're done....

Mummy bought darling a new swimsuit...time to hit the poool....LOL....not the pool yet...

Yesterday, we were playing the sorting land animals and sea animals. To make the game more real, mummy created blue sea for darling...

Sharks belong in the blue ocean...

Nicole had a fall!

Boooo hoooo...darling had a great fall at childcare today. At around 1045am, mummy received a call from Teacher Monica to learn about darling's fall. Mummy was so panicky and worried. Luckily, mummy was resting at home these 2 days, as she has fallen sick (caught the flu bug from darling). Immediately, she rushed to the school to take a look at darling.

Ohhhh noooo...there were bruises on my right eyebrow...mummy was furiously mad...She learnt that darling has slipped while climbing up the stairs at the playground. So much for having a 1:4 teacher: student ratio. Accidents like this still happened.





So poor thing. Hope darling recovered soon.

Sea Animals or Land Animals??

It is never too early to teach kids about things. Mummy taught darling about land and sea animals. After 2 rounds of practise, darling already knows that Dinos are land animals and sharks are sea creatures.

It was fun and I requested mummy to do 2nd round.



Of course, there were times when I hestitated and pondered for awhile. Mummy assisted darling along the way.



Nice game...mummies out there should try too...

My Happy Family Dollhouse

While I was having my dinner, daddy came back home with something for darling. It's a dollhouse....



Yeah, my very first dollhouse...

Cant wait to play with mummy...

Halloween is around the corner!

Halloween is just around the corner. In preparation for this day, daddy and mummy is doing something on that day. Still remember the pumpkin lantern that daddy made last year? This year, I wonder what is he going to do?

As for mummy, she bought this hat for me. Am I the prettiest witch u ever seen?

Just a wave of my magic wand, I changed into my pyjamas in a wink of the eye...LOL

Another pic found in my mummy's handphone...darling wearing the red red clown nose...

Julia Gabriel Term 4 Lesson 3

It's GREEN week @ Julia Gabriel. Mummy made a Hello Kitty wearing a green flower for darling.



Heee, darling is in good mood. Mummy loves this series of pics...

Helping out during the class...

This is how the kids "SIT" while listening to story telling...LOL...

Sticker time...teacher Rino put on a GREEN sticker for darling...

I put them on my face...

Snack time...drinking from cup...

Playtime....

My Arts & Craft

Childcare Journey

Since 16th July 2009, Darling has started attending childcare @ The Odyssey . It has been quite a bumpy journey I must say.

After attending 2 weeks of cc, darling developed bronchitts and was sick for a week or so. Was on nebulizer for 3 weeks. Mummy decided to avoid cc for a month after heeding advice from the GP.

Went back to cc on 2nd Sept. After another 2 weeks of cc, darling was sick again. According to the PD, this is normal as darling is exposed to germs and the body is trying to adjust to it. Darling has been so strong and healthy since birth till 18 months, guess it is something new to mummy to experience a sick baby that often.

After a week of rest, mummy decided to let darling attend the class alone. That is, without aunty ruby. Aunty Ruby has been attending the class with darling all these while, because darling is clingy. And mummy felt heartpain to have a grumpy and crying baby.

So 1st week of school alone was a bad experience for all of us. This includes daddy, mummy, aunty ruby and myself.

Daddy is heartpain to see a upset darling. Mummy and aunty ruby took turns to tend to a crying and traumatized baby. And darling is obviously upset with mummy for sending me to school.

But we are all glad that darling is quite adaptive. After a week of school alone, darling is improving and adjusting well each day.

These are the pics mummy took at week 2 of school alone.

Day 1 - Obviously a sulking baby...and angry with mummy...darling kept ignoring mummy...mummy was upset...



Day 3 - slight improvement...no cries but was still abit "angry" with mummy....



Day 5 - No more cries and put on a smile or two whenever mummy talks to me...This makes mummy happy...



It has not been easy for all of us. But this is a path that most have to go through. We take it with a pitch of salt and move on. Some lucky parents do not have to go through this, bless you. For those who have the same experience, our advice is "bite the bullet" and dont give up. Kids have the nature ability to adapt. And they can adapt well.

All the cries and crankiness might just be an act, or a sign of protest. Observe your kid and take the cue, you know your child best and you will know when to pull the reign.

All these are part and parcel of motherhood. Let's share our experience and learn together. Don't forget to enjoy the journey along the way. Like my mummy did. LOL....

Happy Children's Day to All...

Happy Children's day to all...

I am having my children's day @ The Odyssey today. Yeah....



The theme for today's celebration is Circus. We can either dress up as clowns, gpysy girls, etc...
My mummy made me a clown costume for this special event....

Mummy would like me to tell u that she feels very blessed to have the skills for sewing...thank God for it because, she can sew many different costumes / dresses for her cute little one....LOL

Ohhh nooooo, i forgot to put on my RED RED clown nose.....

Teacher Esther drew this for me...nice?

Confetti everywhere...pop pop pop....

Games time...

My class photo...

You will know I am enjoying myself by the looks on my face...

Happy children's day to all once again...enjoy...

Letter of the Week - C

C for circle.

Explore Safra

Mummy, daddy and I went to explore Safra @ Mount Faber.

Daddy on the swing...



My turn...

Mummy couldnt swing because of her back pain from the fall yesterday...poor mummy, darling sayang sayang...

Went to Vivo for dinner...

To Toyrus next...full of toys...

Merlion Walk @ Sentosa

Sunday morning is a good time for a family outing. We went to Sentosa...again...
This time round, we went there with a purpose. Shall tell you about it later....

Having my lunch....as usual, darling is still pretty scared of the sand. Finds it dirty and rough...so I didnt really like to play with it...quite happy to have my snack, lunch and enjoy the sea breeze...

Daddy and mummy are building sandcastles...

My daddy is building something BIG...

His masterpiece...

My mummy...

We went to the Merlion Walk...My first trip inside the Merlion...

Okie, this is the reason why we went to Sentosa today. Heeee.....now I have my own sandpit at the comfort of my own house!!!! Yeah!!!!!!! Mummy is hoping that we "exposure", I will get used to sand soon...LOL...SMART right???

Dinner @ Little Bali

Saturday night, not cooking. Heee, whole family went out for dinner. Daddy brought us to Little Bali @ Lock Road.

Me and my daddy...

Okie, something happened at this scene. Mummy had a great fall. She tripped over this big stone while walking backwards. She tripped real hard and landed on her bum and hurt real bad. But all darling could do was "bao bao bao bao" means "carry me"...LOL...

Julia Gabriel Term 4 Lesson 2

I am starting my Term 4 with Julia Gabriel. It has been a quite enjoyable experience in Term 3. So mummy decided to continue for Term 4.



Arts and Craft time...

Getting my letter E stamp

Snack time...

Play time...

It is waterplay week. Though mummy brought along my swim wear, but we decided not to go for the swim since I had just recovered from my flu. So I just play outside of the pool...

Teacher Constance is playing with darling....

How did I get end up so wet???? Well, thanks to a small girl who splash water on darling...

My crafts

Letter of the Week - B

B for Bee...

Sandpaper Letter

Mummy DIY a set of sandpaper letters for darling. Was a hit with darling. I love to feel the rough texture. Mummy is planning to get more to do numbers and lower case alphabets. Yeah!

Family Nite Out

It's a public holiday today. Mummy decided not to cook tonight, so we went out for dinner. We went to Clementi for paper chicken. It has been awhile since mummy had this.

A happy tot waiting for her dinner...LOL...

Mummy and daddy's favourite..little birdie they call it... btw, for those who dont know this, it is quail.

Me and quail head...

Lantern Festival is Here!

Dolling up time. Mummy is going crazy with my hair recently. She loves the curls....



Going to food fest @ Suntec...

Lantern festival is around the corner...

Ohhhhh nooooooo, darling burnt one of the lanterns...but dun worry...because I have....

my "water gun"...LOL...let's put the fire out...

Yeahhhh, well done darling....

21 Months Old

Time flies. Darling is now 21 months old. I have come this far with a great list of accomplishments.

Top on the list is, I am diaper free (at home only). Have been roaming around the house in my undies only for the past few weeks. Another big accomplishment should be I am able to say a few alphabets and show mummy 1 and 2 using my fingers. The sign of 2 is pretty difficult i guess, but it is effortless for darling. Overall, I have a proud mum beaming with joy on these accomplishments I made.

Some pics we took today:

Oh ya, another big news. I got my personnal passport now!!!! Means I can TRAVEL le........YEAH....Hong Kong Disneyland, wait for me!!!!

My Family

Know my family time. Mummy did a lapbook on family for darling today. It is in both chinese and english so that darling will know how to address each of them when I see them.



Random pics...me and my baby...



My new pair of earrings..

Chinese Lessons

One thing mummy loves about The Odyssey is the teachers will keep the parents updated on what the kids have learnt for the week. Often, parents received updates and weekly pictures captured during the lessons. This is cool as my mummy loves PICTURES of darling...

A Big Sister

Good Morning to all. Saturday without JG seems abit weird for me and mummy. We were so used to going to JG lessons every saturday morning. Today, we did not go to JG because term 4 is only starting next week.

Well, still our saturdays will not be boring. Early in the morning, mummy and I played dressed up. Mummy tried to tie up my hairs in different styles.

Then we played "I spy". This time round, I am searching for letters

Next on the list is "Who is the big sister" role play. I get to be a big sister to this little baby. I had to bathe her.

Baby come, jie jie wash your hair...

See, my baby is having her bubble bath...

After shower, time to have an afternoon nap. I will share with you my baobao and my paci okie? Doesnt she look adorable?

Pretty baby...dress made by my mummy...

While baby is sleeping, we went to market to get our lunch...

In the afternoon, we went to chinatown to visit my gonggong. When we are back home, darling had waterplay.

Any resemblance?

Finally, we have a pic of mummy when she was a toddler. Just checked with grandma, mummy was 4 years old in this pic...

So what is the verdict? Any resemblance? First answer we got from daddy was a "shake on his head" and followed with a "not even close"! Mummy went "#$^!!#%!$!" LOL....

Next, we asked yiyi. Yiyi gave mummy a "ok lor...so so"...LOL

Let's wait and see. Few years later, let's compare again. Mummy will be digging for daddy's baby pic next...Hahahah....

Letter of the Week - A

We are starting our next round of alphabets learning. We are going to make a black Ant. Mummy prepared all the materials, and darling gets busy...

Viola, my black Ant.

Close up...cool?

This is my letter of the week: A for aligator. Mummy got some ideas through searching websites and found lots of good sites. Mummy is happy that we can now find infor just within few clicks on the mouse. So wonderful...

1, 2, 3, 4, Hi-5!

1, 2, 3, 4, Hi-5! Okie okie, we went to watch Hi-5 concert. As some of you knows, mummy doesn't really like this new members of Hi-5. She still prefers Kathleen, Charlie, and the rest...

In the end, we decided to go because well, after all it's wat darling likes. Since darling loves watching Hi-5, so here we go...

A Hi-5 pose...



Daddy joined us today, because he is needed to drive us there and back home later. LOL...poor daddy...I love you, daddy!



My act cute mummy...



Hi-5 stage. We bought the 2nd cheapest tickets. Not so bad after all.

LOL...mummy loves this pose....because, she caught my expression while I am doing my "business"...naughty mummy...

Daddy bought me a Jupjup...

Hello jup jup...

I am gonna love you lots, jup jup...

Come on, let's go home...

My 26 Alphabets

My 26 alphabets! Mummy and I had went through all of them during the past few months. It has been a nice experience for both mummy and darling. We had fun colouring, cutting, and pasting. Through this little exercise, I get to learn about more things such as footprints, owl, zip, etc... and also doing handicrafts like crown, guitar, magic wands, etc

As darling is now able to recognize some of them and say the sound of the letter, we are moving on to the next level. Stay tuned...

Waterplay

Today, we are having waterplay @ The Odyssey. I needed a new swimsuit as my bikini set is too small for me now. Mummy went to Mothercare and bought me a red pokka dots one. Nice...

Some threading exercise before we headed for the pool.





Strike a pose...

You want to play with me too?

Ice Cream Time

Few weeks back, mummy has successfully made darling drink Cod Liver Oil on a daily basis. Previously, I will say "Nooo" to her when she tries to feed me, but now, I am having it every morning and enjoying it...LOL..

Just now, she tried to add CLO into my ice cream and thought darling will reject the ice cream. Instead, I ate it happily. Hahaha...

Dressing Up...

I guess darling is really growing up fast, and love to doll myself up. I have been ransacking through mummy's handbag to find makeup kits, sunglasses, etc...and put them on...LOL...

These are some of my moments:

Big sunglasses...do i look "chio"? LOL

My new sunhat...

Sweet?

My two tiny pony tails

Show off my new hello kitty ring...

More new clips...

Kiddy rides...forgot to upload these previously...