Another Happy Saturday!

Today at Shichida class, I pretended to make gyoza - Japanese dumpling. Mommy and I had fun doing it.

First, we need to fry the fillings, then we put the fillings to the skin.

Junior Master Chef at work

Satisfied with her masterpiece

As usual, after Shichida, we went home because Auntie will be here to clean our house.

In the evening, Daddy brought the whole family to Nex for dinner and some shopping.

We had dinner at Grandma's Kitchen

Silly face!

Scared face!

Look at us goofing around while waiting for our food to be served.

After dinner, we went around the mall where Mommy and Ah Mah bought themselves shoes. We also went grocery shopping at NTUC.

Every Saturday, although our day went through a rather similar routine each week, we always have a lot of fun as a family! I love Saturdays!

Coming Soon...

Sorry for the lack of updates. Mommy has been crazily overwhelmed at work.

July came and went. So did August when we celebrated Daddy and Dylan's birthday. Time flies and we are now coming to the end of September.

Activities coming up include:
- A family road trip to Port Dickson and Melaka next week
- Visit to Mommy's school on 5 October for the 'Bring Your Kids to Work' day
- Family trip to Bangkok over the Christmas period

Exciting right? OK, hopefully Mommy can find time to upload photos and blog about them. :)

Vivocity with the kids

We found some time to bring the kids to Vivocity for dinner and to grab new shoes for Tessa. In the end, the little girl also went home with a pretty new dress. She was elated.

It was really nice to find time after work to go out with the kids. Most of all, the kids had fun.

Dylan posing with the policeman standee

Tessa and her big cheese smile

Daddy & his babies

Both Mommy and Grandma were not feeling well, so Daddy took charge of us. He took us out to buy three more fishes for our fish tank and we also made a trip to the reservoir for some outdoor fresh air.

Mommy and Dylan at Shichida

I have always enjoyed Shichida lessons, and I bet Dylan does too. Just look at his cheeky face when he was in Shichida class with Mommy.

Trivia Quiz

Q: What will make the three kiddos wait impatiently but sit quietly in anticipation?



A: ICE CREAM!!!!!

Catch Fish!

I absolutely love this photo of Daddy and Dylan which was taken when they went on the school excursion to Pasir Ris Kids Kampong.

She's beautiful and she's my girl

Hubby took this beautiful photo of me and Tessa when we were at the National Museum.

For some reasons, Hubby loves to bring us to the National Museum. I choose to think that it was because it housed some of our very wonderful memories - like our wedding photo shoot.

It was amazing watching our little girl grows up day by day. It was simply gratifying looking at how beautiful, happy, cheerful and lively she is.

闹失踪

对不起，不是失踪了，只是妈妈我最近很忙。每天上课、下课、改作业、会议、报告…… 哪来的时间和闲情写博客。所以各位观众，不好意思，好久没有我们的消息。

我会尽量抽时间上载些照片的。

昨晚，难得和老公抽空一起去看了场演出。

《老九》是实践郭宝崑节的其中一部演出。2005年，《老九》首度改编为音乐剧，但实践这一次是推翻了首版《老九》音乐剧的版本，以全新的创作和阵容重新演绎郭宝崑最通俗易懂的作品之一。

老九，家中排行第九的独子。被家人寄以厚望的他，有机会问鼎一项极具声望的奖学金。就在即将迈向光辉前途的重要关头，他犹豫了。原来他想继续学习自己热爱而又濒临失传的传统木偶表演艺术。究竟老九会追求自己的理想，还是步上领取奖学金的光明大道？游走于理想与现实、传统与现代之间，他该作何抉择？

这部剧让我有共鸣。我曾经也背负着家人寄以厚望重重的担子，压在双肩的重担让我变得胆小、没有主见。现为人母，我才发觉到原来父母是无意让孩子背上承重的负担的。但是爱往往让人变得盲目、让你在有意无意间为孩子铺路，不管那是否是孩子所选择要走的路。

时时得警惕自己：不要因为爱、因为寄以厚望，而抹杀了孩子心里的老九。让孩子有足够的空间、勇气和决心去追逐梦想、实现愿望。让孩子有作选择的自由！

Learning the art of persuasion, negotiation and coercion

Every morning, Dylan will kick up a fuss when Granny wants to clean him up and dress him for school.

He simply hates to be sponge-bathed. You will find him and Granny engaging in a tug of war or worse a cat and mouse chase around the house.

This morning was no exception. He refused to be cleaned and was screaming and crying on top of his voice. To pacify him, I gave him a candy and he in turn agreed to be cleaned up for school.

Just before we are all dressed and ready to head out of the door, he pointed to my bag (where I kept my box of candies) and said, "Mommy, another candy then no more, OK?"

The Rock School

Thanks to Siao Mommy, Mommy and I had a great rock-climbing session today!

It was Mommy's birthday present actually, but I get to enjoy the privilege with Mommy =)!

Little Dylan also wants to try his hands on the rocks

Tessa: I want to reach to the blue caterpillar!

Mommy reaching all the way to the top!

Mommy had wanted me to do this because she believes it will teach me to focus and develop stronger character. She said that I should learn to persevere and not give up easily. I just would have to hang in there, move on and I will find myself going higher.

Well, but I was scared. I wanted to come down! I cried! I didn't understand that I would not fall if I let go of my hands until much later. I realized that the harness will help to ensure that I will get to the ground safely.

It was a tough sports - I still prefer scootering, cycling and the playground.

In any case, for those who would like to try their hands at rock-climbing, you can check out http://therockschool.sg/. This is a centre specially for kids and the trainers are all so friendly! They gave Dylan and me lollipop and chocolates.

Scuba diving!

Dylan's class did something very interesting today at Shichida.

They were given goggles to put on to pretend going scuba diving (though the wrong kind of mask).

The little boy did not dare to open his eyes after I put on his goggles. He was hilarious. But we had fun going round the room to touch and look at the various paper sea creatures teacher put up on the walls.

Camping

Daddy has been planning to do "camping" with the kids over the weekend, but did not have the opportunity to do so.

Finally today, they managed to "pitch" a "tent" and camp inside.

The kids had a lot of fun switching off the room lights to get into the mood of camping and used Daddy's iphone as a torch. They played, they read, they laughed.

They hijacked my mattresses and blanket for their tent

Swimming fun!

Dylan really loves swimming.

But unfortunately, he has been having bouts of running nose (sometimes bleeding nose), so he has not been joining Tessa in the pool regularly.

When he gets to go into the pool, you can see his face lit up. The little boy seems to be a natural swimmer.

Happy Birthday Mommy!

Today, we celebrated Mommy's birthday by giving her a SURPRISE!

Daddy bought Mommy a birthday cake and hide it in the refrigerator, out of her sight. On top of that, Daddy bought her a card and got me and Dylan to decorate it! We had so much fun hiding away from Mommy to decorate her card. It was a secret the three of us shared!

Daddy knows that Mommy loves to receive a card. Mommy thinks that greeting cards (traditional ones) are very meaningful and a great momento to keep.

In the evening, after we woke up from our nap, we began our mission to surprise Mommy with the cake and card! Mommy was so touched after she saw our efforts and she cried reading the card. Good job, special agents trio!

At night, Daddy brought the whole family out to dinner at Himawari for japanese buffet. We had so much food that we can hardly walk!

Happy birthday our dear Mommy. We love you!