Swimming

Kheng Ah Mah brought us to Seletar Country Club to swim. It is the first time that I am going swimming with Shihan-meimei and Dylan-boy. It's Dylan's first swimming attempt. We are all very excited and happy!

The pool at Seletar Country Club is very nice. It was a cool and nice Sunday morning to laze around, though I would wish that it had been a little more sunny. Dylan was just floating around in his "car" so very leisurely.

I am looking forward to my next swim with Shihan and Dylan!

Welcome Shijia!

We welcome Shijia to our warm, big and happy family on 21 April 2011. Shijia has chosen to arrive on Tessa's birthday!

I went to the hospital to visit Joanne Mommy and Shijia-meimei with Mommy, Daddy, Lao Ma, Lao Gugu, Ah Mah, Georgie Yeye, Kheng Ah Mah and Dylan. Pardon me for my messy hair, I fell asleep on the journey to the hospital and woke up with this weird hairdo. I am so happy to see little baby Shijia. She is so small and was sleeping soundly in her cot. I remembered Dylan sleeping in a similar cot when he just appeared out of Mommy's tummy. Babies are so cute. I love them.

Happy Birthday Princess!

Our little princess celebrated her 3rd birthday this year.

First, we had a little celebration for her in school with her friends. Yeye, Ah mah and Dylan also came along to join in the fun! Mommy and Daddy bought Tessa a yummy triple-layered chocolate Dora cake to share with her friends. Mommy also prepared goodie bags for Tessa's friends. In each bag, there is a lunch box containing cookies, chocolates and candies!

Tessa and her friends are all very excited about her birthday. They have been practising the birthday song since the day before!

The second part of the special day's celebration is heading down to Kidsamaze at Safra Jurong. This has become a birthday tradition for Tessa - Daddy and Mommy will bring Tessa here to play on her birthday every year.

The third and last part is heading down to Lao Ma's place to have a mini celebration with Shihan-meimei. Shihan's birthday is a week after Tessa's so Giam Giam Daddy suggested celebrating our birthdays together. We also celebrated the arrival of Shijia-meimei - who chose to arrive on my birthday!!!

It was a long and tiring day, but it was a lot of fun!!

8 months old!

Dylan just turned 8 months old. The little boy can now commando-crawl on his tummy as well as sit upright without support. He loves to chuckle but his mood can change very quickly. He is getting more and more interactive; gets bored easily and loves to play with you.

Happy Birthday Lao Gugu

It was Lao Gugu's birthday. We were invited to her birthday party at United Square and treated to a sumptuous seafood buffet!

Look at me and meimei, aren't we pretty and cute?

Food tasting for Siao Mommy and Michael DTB

We had a sumptuous dinner at Sheraton Towers. All thanks to Siao Mommy and Michael DTB (daddy-to-be). They weren't around to enjoy the good food though.

As usual, I had alot of fun playing with meimei.

5 minutes

Tessa: Mommy I want to see Disney channel.
Mommy: Give me 5 minutes I'll turn on TV for you, ok?

Later....

Mommy: Tessa, can we go for your shower now.
Tessa: Give me 5 minutes then I shower, ok?
Mommy: .......

Hold on to the handrail

Daddy said with my untidy hair all standing up, I look like a mad professor. What do you think? Time for a hair-cut?

Family Trip to Penang (24 to 27 March 2011)

Daddy, Mommy, Ah Mah, Dylan and I went on a short trip to Penang!

Penang is a state in Malaysia and it is famous for its sandy beaches, heritage architecture and glorious food!

This is Dylan's first time on the airplane, but it's the third time for me! I have been to Bali and Hong Kong.

We are all ready for our flight to Penang!

We had alot of fun watching planes and playing 'Photo Me' at the airport.

Dylan loves the airport stroller more than his own.

We are flying in an airplane, looking out the windows, watching the clouds go by! Flying in an airplane, looking out the windows, up so very high!

We arrived at Penang at around 2:30pm. Daddy rented a car which we can pick up at the airport. Daddy then drove all of us to our hotel which is located at Batu Ferringhi - famous for its sandy beaches. We are staying at the Holiday Inn Beach Resort. We saw people on a banana boat and someone who was pulled into the sky in a parachute!

After checking in, Daddy and I headed to the beach for some great fun! We built sand castles and chased the waves. Mommy, Ah Mah and Dylan watched us play.

Wet and tired, we headed back to our room to wash up and get ready for dinner. We had a wonderful dinner at The Ship (the restaurant is really a ship!). After dinner, we walked around a little at the Batu Ferringhi night market before going back to our room to rest. We are all exhausted.

The next morning, we woke up and had a sumptuous buffet breakfast at the hotel. After breakfast, we headed out to the Tropical Fruit Farm. But the weather was cloudy and soon after, it rained. We did not visit the Fruit Farm in the end, but took some photos outside the farm and continued our journey to the next destination - Kek Lok Si temple.

Kek Lok Si temple is very famous in Penang. There is a huge Kwan Yin statue and a pagoda. Ah Mah donated $30 each on behalf of Dylan and me, and had our names written on tiles which will eventually be used to refurbish the temple's roof. It started to drizzle and so we decided to leave the temple.

Due to the wet weather, we decided to head indoors for some shopping and lunch at the Queensbay Mall.

Look at Daddy, he's so hard at work pushing me around while carrying Dylan. Poor Dad!

After shopping, we headed to the Thai temple of the reclining Buddha. It is 33 meters long! It is really very huge!

After the temple, we headed to the nearby Gurney Plaza for more shopping! Daddy is excited about trying the local food at Gurney Drive, which turns out to be a disappointment.

After dinner, we are all very tired and so we headed back to the hotel to rest.

The next morning, after yet another round of delicious breakfast at the hotel, we began our road trip. But it was a rainy day and it seems like we have to miss out on many of the attractions we had planned to go. Places like Penang Hill, Fort Cornwallis and the Esplanade.

However, Daddy brought us to Khoo Kongsi despite the rain. This is the ancestral home for the Khoo clan. Their ancestral hall has intricate carvings and portraits. It was very impressive. Mommy told me that the whole extended family lived together. So if for our family, there can be a house for us, a house for Yeye and Ah Mah, a house for Lao Ma, a house for Georgie Yeye and Mahmah, a house for Giam Giam Daddy, Joanne Mommy and Shihan; and a house for Siao siao Mommy and Michael Daddy-to-be.

It rained and rained, and so in the end we have to make our way back to the hotel. But we did have a rather delicious seafood dinner that night at Batu Ferringhi.

It was bright and sunny on our last day in Penang! Hooray! It is back to the beach for more sun, sand and waves!

After a fun time at the beach, it is time to wash up and get ready to head to the airport for our return flight back to Singapore. I miss Yeye, wish he had come with us.

We stayed in the room and watched from the window as Daddy packed our luggages into the car. When Daddy was checking out, we were sipping fruit punch at the hotel lobby.

What a holiday! Despite the wet weather, we managed to enjoy ourselves. It was always fun spending time with the family. I sure look forward to the next family holiday trip!

Dylan's 2 little teeth

Sunglasses

First I tried on meimei's.

Then I tried on Mommy's.

Finally, Mommy bought me my own!

Busy

We were on the bus on our way home from school. Tessa was happily eating her chocolate bread. I took out my phone and she asked me who I was calling.

Mommy: I want to ask Daddy what dinner he wants.
Tessa: You calling Daddy?
Mommy: No, I'm sending him a message.
Knowing that her dad would always like to speak to her, Tessa said: If you are calling Daddy, tell him I'm busy. With this, she raised up her bread to show me what she meant.

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

We went on a field trip to Jacob Ballas Children's Garden with my teachers and friends.

It was an extremely hot and sunny day but we all had alot of fun and learn alot about plants. I am well prepared with my sunglasses and cap.

I learnt about photosynthesis - it is the process where plants make food. Plants need 3 things from Mother Nature to make food - water, sunlight and carbon dioxide. I learnt that bananas grow on trees in big bunches, there can be many many bananas in a bunch! I learnt about a new fruit called calabash. It is a big green fruit which turns yellowish when ripe. Its shell will harden and can be used as containers and musical instruments!

I had alot of fun blowing bubbles and playing at the water play area with my friends.

Sunday outings with Shihan

I look forward to Sunday as Daddy will usually bring meimei Shihan and me out to play. Sometimes we will go to fly a kite, sometimes we will go to the playground and sometimes we will go to the park.

I always have alot of fun with meimei! I love Sundays!

We were at Upper Seletar Reservoir one Sunday with the 2 daddies.

We went kite-flying at Anchorvale lawn on yet another windy sunny Sunday. We even took a walk at the nearby park.

A new park and playground

Daddy brought me to a new park and playground at Woodlands. It is near Malaysia and overlooks the sea. We even passed by Mommy's new workplace!

Unfortunately the weather is so very hot that we were unable to enjoy the playground.