The Yee Gang!

Beijing - Day 6

2010-12-08T22:42:00.004+08:00

This is the first time all of us, including hubby and I are joining a tour group. It is really no fun!!! Early hours, mad rush, waiting, etc. The look on Kelly's and Kerryn's faces tell it all.

Our first stop of the day was万寿寺, the most amazing thing about this place must be the giant buddha statue which is sitting on a thousand smaller buddha statues! It was such a majestic view but too bad photo taking is not allowed.

The second stop was颐和园, the Summer Palace. We got a shock when we entered the doors. The place is huge and its so huge that it is impossible for a person to walk the entire place in a day, it takes about 2-3 days to cover each and every part. With 2 kids in tow, we were restricted to the nearest hut and an island across the 17 holes bridge. The temperature for the day was 0 (zero) degree celsius, the four of us were freezing cold and surprisingly Kelly and Kerryn took it well. Part of the surface of the lake is becoming ice.

The third and last stop of the day was紫禁城, Forbidden City. Although the weather is cold but we were lucky that the locals do not visit at this season, all the places of interest were considered not crowded and that made handling the 2 children easier. After visiting the whole place, leaving us tired and cold, we were happily in search of the Starbucks long heard of through news but to our disappointment, we can't find after searching almost the whole palace. Since it was close to dinner time, we decided to make our way back to our hotel which was just 15minutes walk away and on our way back, we stopped by at a local restaurant for dinner.

Beijing - Day 5

2010-12-07T22:29:00.001+08:00

Before the trip, hubby and I were already thinking about going to either Shengzhen, Guangzhou or Hong Kong to look for our friends and we concluded that we will only decide when we are in Shanghai, mainly depending on the kids' conditions.

Last night after dinner, we decided that we will be going Beijing instead! We booked the tickets while at Uncle Yong's place and today, we are at the airport, getting ready to go the ever famous Forbidden City!

The blue squarish animal that Kerryn is pointing to is not in anyway related to water or energy saving, it is actually海宝, the mascot for Shanghai World Expo. Kerryn calls it the 'cute cute'.

By the time we reached, it was already evening and after calling a few travel agents, we are all set to go visit the palaces tomorrow!

Shanghai - Day 4

2010-12-06T22:51:00.001+08:00

After many days of China-Chinese food, we longed for some normal, not so salty and oily food. A Hongkong-Chinese food will be fine as we were looking forward to porridge and wantan noodle. Who knows other then ordering a variety of porridge, we also got ourselves the roast meat platter and spare ribs.

After breakfast or rather lunch, we went on to Nanjing Road for a walk. Since the brunch did not satisfied us, we asked Uncle Yong to prepare a home cooked dinner. Finally we got claypot boiled soup, decent vegetables, some other dishes and my favourite Lala!

Shanghai - Day 3

2010-12-05T22:39:00.002+08:00

We made a trip to the biggest shopping mall in Shanghai and 明珠塔. The kids enjoyed running around and playing at the various playgrounds in the mall.

Uncle Yong meet up with us at dinner time and after dinner, we went to this newly found culture-preserved backlane which was converted into pubs and bistro.

Shanghai - Day 2

2010-12-04T22:02:00.001+08:00

Uncle Yong will only join us for dinner today as he has got some business meetings so the day is for me to plan. We brought the kids to Nanjing walk in the morning, trying to find a local restaurant for breakfast.

We were lucky to find one that offered soupy noodle along with yummy side dishes suitable for the kids. Kelly was fascinated about the cold weather, she totally enjoyed it.

After breakfast, we took a train to Xiangyang market for shopping but was totally disappointed upon reaching. They used to be at an outdoor area where there were about 400 stalls selling almost everything but after moving indoor a few years ago to this current location, the feeling of the market us no longer there. It is now more like our Far East Shopping Centre. After walking for a while, the kids got tired and we took a train back to rest, of course not forgetting to get some snacks along the way.

For dinner, Uncle Yong brought us to this very nice Chinese restaurant named after 乾隆. The setting and service standard was superb. We had 热黄酒, super spicy beef, yummilicious soup, etc, we enjoyed this meal heartily.

After dinner, we stroll to Nanjing walk and upon Kelly's request, we took a train to the other end of the road where we settled down for another round of beer while the kids had hot chocolate, cake and popcorns.

Shanghai - Day 1

2010-12-03T22:38:00.003+08:00

Our ETA at Pudong airport was supposed to be 0635hrs but we reached 30mins earlier because our pilot decided to speed since its midnight and most likely there is no traffic police on duty.

I was most delighted to see Uncle Yong again after so many years, he did not changed a bit. Upon walking out of the airport, we nearly froze. It was so far the coldest day within a month, temperature at 13 Degree Celsius.

After checking in to our hotel which was conveniently located at the Bund, Uncle Yong and myself went out for breakfast while the 3 took a rest in the hotel room. We chose a Shanghainese eatery for a local taste. The fried onion noodle, steamed soup bin and pan fried bun was delicious but way too oily and salty for my taste. There weren't much change from my last visit 5 years ago. The few same things that you can't miss must be the rude and uncared attitude, speaking loudly, messy traffic and people spitting. I guessed all the above = CHINA.

Dinner got to be my favourite Nanhua Fish Steamboat. The same restaurant is still located at the same venue with the same settling, nothing change a bit. A revisit with my 2 princesses is a totally different experience. 5 years ago, I was with Uncle Yong and his whole bunch of business friends from China, Malaysia and Singapore. We drank and ate liked there's no tomorrow, we were out from day to night, we walked miles and miles in the cold weather but this time round, the food we eat and even the places we visit got to be kids friendly.

Baby Jayden turns 1 month old

2010-11-28T22:42:00.002+08:00

The last time we met Xintian, she was only 2 months pregnant and now, we are at baby Jayden's full month party. We had a good time catching up and shall see one another again nearing to Christmas.

Ladies Night

2010-11-26T23:35:00.002+08:00

Today 4 ladies left their children at home and came out for a chilling session. I guess we need to do that often to stay sane!

Maidless for 5 weeks

2010-11-14T22:33:00.000+08:00

It's almost 5 weeks since our maid left. Since the maid we choose was detected with TB, we concluded that it's fated that we should not have maid for a while. Initially we were still debating whether to have a maid or not due to the upbringing of our girls, since the maid did not come, we decided to go maidless till we give up.

It was really tiring initially, cleaning, bathing, cooking, playing, entertaining non-stop. Once we got the routine up, life begins to brighten up. Kelly is definitely a great help, she helps to put the toys back, put the clothes into the washer, fold the clothes, etc. We shall set our target to be Chinese New Year and review our maid decision again.

Parents-Teacher session

2010-11-13T22:05:00.002+08:00

It's the year end Meet-the-Teacher session again. This time round, Kerryn came along for 2 simple reasons - first because there is no maid at home and second because we are getting her to be familar with the school since she will be going to school soon. Kerryn seems to love the school, she can't stop running around at the outdoor area.

Teacher Raynie and 都老师 were praising Kelly from the start to the end. I guessed it should be the same for all the other children.

We left for Compasspoint for McDonald's breakfast, as per requested by Kelly. Before music class, we walked around and saw the winter wear in FOX. Out of fun, we let Kerryn and Kelly wear. They turned out to be surprisingly cute and nice. Doesn't Kerryn looks like Southpark? Out of impulse, we bought them without knowing where to wear them to. The very same hour, we decided to go Shanghai!

Genting - Day 3

2010-10-20T22:40:00.002+08:00

The last day at Genting is always the hardest for Kelly. She always has rides that she still wants to take, food that she wants to eat, places that she wants to explore, etc. To make the departure not so difficult, her favourite sweet potato never fails to make her happy.

Genting - Day 2

2010-10-19T22:14:00.001+08:00

It's the beginning of a fulfilled day for the 2 girls, but the day did not started too right. The carousel that they were so looking forward to was under maintenance. The disappointed look on their faces was enough to break my heart. We had no choice but to bring them to the outdoor theme park. Kelly has well past the 90cm mark, so a wrist band is needed.

The change was not regretted. There were so many more game stations for them to play, more spaces for them to run around, the ferries wheel is so much bigger and higher, the carousel is so grand. They enjoyed so much in the nice cooling weather and Kerryn is definitely a busy girl. She drew so much attention. We lost count of the numbers of passerby that stopped her to say 'Hi' and requested to take photo with her but was turned down by us.

The photos explained their day!

Genting - Day 1

2010-10-18T23:42:00.003+08:00

We left home early in the morning to stop by at Kulai for breakfast and do some shopping before we proceed to Genting. Kerryn gave us an unforgetable Genting trip this year, she puked all over the car right after crossing Malaysia checkpoint. She was dirty, the car was smelly and messy, after a massive cleanup, we decided to go ahead instead of turning back.

After breakfast at Old Town, we drove to Kulau Lumpur for lunch. By the time we reached Genting, it was already evening time. We took a slow walk to the indoor theme park in search for dinner. An evening well spent!

Goodbye Auntie Su

2010-10-14T23:16:00.001+08:00

After being with us close to 4 years, our maid is finally going home due to her father's critical condition. We are thankful to her for taking such good care of our 2 daughters since birth. After sending our maid off, we took the 2 girls for a ride on the skytrain and as usual, Kelly was trilled. Today marks the beginning of our no maid's life!

Girls night out

2010-10-07T23:10:00.003+08:00

It was our usual gathering but some couldn't make it last minute and ended up only the 3 of us turned up. It was a cosy gathering though with just the 3 of us and the happiest news must be Eunice's engagement. The drink was good, food was yummy and the companion was fabulous!!!

Kelly with her lantern and mooncake

2010-09-22T22:48:00.002+08:00

Kelly came home with her DIY lantern and mooncake that she made in school. Just liked last year, she refused to eat the mooncake she made!

Mooncake Festival

2010-09-18T23:26:00.001+08:00

We celebrated our Mooncake Festival at Anchorvale CC with YS, Cynthia, Ryan, Benny, Jacqueline and Chelsey. The restaurant is by the river and the space is ideal for the kids to run around and walk their lantern. The bubble machine definitely brought them more fun!

A Suday morning

2010-09-12T22:40:00.002+08:00

On Sundays when Daddy does not have soccer games, we usually have our breakfast at McDonald's, which was always Kelly's requests. After breakfast, we will bring the girls to Best for them to lay their fingers on the piano. Daddy and Mummy were surprised by how much the girls like to play the piano. They can spend a good 30 minutes just on the few display pianos. We will usually get some snacks for lunch and that is also known as Barney time for Kelly!

Crabby dinner at Melben

2010-09-07T22:36:00.002+08:00

Lucky stars must be shining on Quan recently. I had almost lost counts on the number of times he striked 4D this month. The crabs at Melben was not as fantastic as compared to many other places but the company was great!

My IDOL

2010-09-04T23:32:00.002+08:00

How many time do we come across a man who is so wise, so charismatic, so fatherly and so kind? I am lucky to come across a few and this one is definitely one that fits all the above. It is really an honour to meet my IDOL a few times a few.

Breakfast at Swensen

2010-09-04T22:27:00.002+08:00

We had breakfast at Swensen before Kelly had her music class. The girls love the banana pancaka and the fruit salad.

Cheeky Kerryn

2010-08-29T22:11:00.002+08:00

This 17 months old Kerryn likes to surprise us with her creativity, cheekiness and most importantly her million dollar smile!

Chill out

2010-08-28T23:59:00.001+08:00

A phone call later, we ended up chilling at Urban Spoon and coincidentally it was their 1st anniversary and there was a party going on. We had beer, yummy Tiramisu and warm lava cake by their very inhouse chef.

Dinner at Chomp Chomp

2010-08-27T22:49:00.005+08:00

We have not frequent Chomp Chomp for a while as Kelly and Kerryn were both having cough. We guessed it must have been too long for Kelly that she kept requesting for the nice nice chicken wings. Seeing that both the girls had almost recovered, we brought them for their favourite food. The 2 girls enjoyed grilled chicken wings and satay just as much. Mummy is looking forward to the day when we can all have my favourite grilled sting ray, shells and all other spicy food!

Kerryn self-feed

2010-08-16T22:42:00.001+08:00

Kerryn has been showing keen interest on self feeding whenever she eats with us but afraid of the mess, Mummy always insist our helper to feed her. This evening, Kerryn shows disagreement when we do not allow her to self feed and to pleased her, she gets to drink soup on her own after she finishes her rice. Thou her shirt was wet but she did managed to feed herself, great job baby!

Thow Kwang Pottery Jungle

2010-08-14T22:44:00.001+08:00

It's been a long while since we last had bak kut teh with the girls and thus we decided to have breakfast on this Sunday morning. Mummy just couldn't resist a good pot of Chinese tea with bak kut teh, the after-rain tea leaves that my Dad bought was just fabulous.

After lunch, we drove to my grand-auntie's pottery jungle, mainly was to visit my aunties and uncles and of course to let them see my 2 precious girls.

Kelly and Kerryn ran around the pottery showroom, looking at people making ceramic pieces, playing on the giantic mould machine and climbing around Singapore's only dragon kiln. My Uncle then brought the 2 girls to the pond to feed the fishes with the freshly baked bread. Kelly enjoyed herself thoroughly, the 2 girls fell asleep the moment they hit the carseat.

Kelly's 1st beansprout

2010-08-10T14:39:00.000+08:00

Kelly ran to me with her cup of beansprouts when Mummy went to fetch her from school. She was so excited about the beansprouts and kept telling me that she got to water it everyday.

Happy 45th Birthday, Singapore

2010-08-06T22:30:00.002+08:00

Kelly is truly a born and bred Singaporean. She loves the Singapore flag, the National anthem, the National Day songs, anything and everything about Red and White. She loves the Singapore flag flying all around when National Day is near.

Kelly's first sausage lip

2010-08-03T22:24:00.004+08:00

Mummy was constantly warning Kelly about not jumping on the mattress afraid that she might fall off the bed and finally the day came this evening. Kelly was happily jumping on the mattress again and the next thing we knew, she was on the floor with a thick and bloody sausage lip.

Happy Birthday Jacqueline and Audrey

2010-07-24T22:48:00.001+08:00

6 families got together for a BBQ session cum the celebration of advance birthday for Jacqueline and belated birthday for Audrey, we only got to now it was Wayne's birthday yesterday and so he got to post with the 2 fabulous Mummies! The gathering was great because while the mummies were chatting, the daddies were either busy preparing the food or taking care of the little ones. We look forward to our next ladies night!

Girls night out

2010-07-19T22:20:00.000+08:00

There were supposed to be a total of 7 girls and 1 boy for our usual gathering but in the end only Eunice, Grace, Jiayan and myself managed to make it. We had Spanish food for dinner, our starters were corn chips and grilled chicken wings and our main was Paella con Mariscons. In the midst of our dinner, Universal Studio which was just a stone throw away suddenly had firwork and that certainly adds on to our already romantic dinner with live band. After dinner, we proceed to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar for Suckao before resting for the night.

Ladies Night

2010-07-17T23:45:00.002+08:00

Can't recall the last time I went out with ladies only as all my groups of friends are a mixture of male and female. Audrey, Jacqueline and I went for dinner at Chinatown famous porridge and proceed to this pub to chill and sing karaoke till midnight. A great night out and more to come!

Kelly's 1st music class

2010-07-17T22:08:00.001+08:00

It wasn't the first class of her music class but this is officially the first music lesson that Kelly is attending. Kelly loves her music class to bits but not so for Mummy because there were always so much things to do, colouring, cutting and sticking, etc but I guess all were worth it when she presents her proud work to the teacher.

Another baluku for Kerryn

2010-07-12T22:03:00.002+08:00

The 2 girls were playing when suddenly I heard a loud bang followed by Kerryn's crying. Kerryn got another baluku but luckily not as big as the previous one on her forehead. This time round, I remembered to capture the baluku with my camera.

Kelly's 1st ballet class

2010-07-05T22:54:00.000+08:00

Mummy signed Kelly up for the ballet class after the trial class that she totally enjoyed but things didn't turned up quite well at the first lesson. Kelly was frightened by the overwhelming non-whites in the class. She insisted on joining back the trial class that she had attended but that class will be graduating soon so no way for her to join them. It took us quite a long while to convince her to give it another try the following week and see if she likes it, else we will withdraw her from the class.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

2010-07-03T23:48:00.003+08:00

We had a by-invitation-only birthday dinner with my Daddy today and Kelly was the only one invited other than my brother and myself. We went to a live seafood restaurant by the sea for an all seafood meal and the dinner was added with surprise by the unexpected firework. Kelly was the only lucky one who managed to take a picture with my Daddy as I forgot to ask the waitress to help us take a family picture. Dad was very happy with the birthday present that we had choosen for him. We were all happy too because it took the 3 of us almost a whole day to choose the correct Rolex for my picky Dad!

Kerryn's 2nd durian attempt

2010-06-28T22:48:00.001+08:00

After Kerryn vomitted on her first durian adventure, Mummy decided to let her have a second try. When she first saw the durian, she tried to grab out of curiosity but when I put the durian right in front of her mouth, she in stantly turned away. Despite a few attempts, she still continued eating her blueberries and finally when she finished her blueberries, she decided to give durian a try. After the first try, she asked for more!!! Mummy was extremely happy because durian is one of our favourite fruits and how can any of our family members don't like it?

Kelly's 2nd MRT ride

2010-06-27T22:31:00.002+08:00

Kelly's first MRT ride was when she was only 8 months old, we had Christmas dinner at Park Mall and brought her on a one stop ride as we did not want to drive into Orchard due to the heavy jam. Today, Mummy decided to bring her on a ride to Orchard to meet up with her舅舅for breakfast and also to buy a present for our Daddy, Kelly's公公. She was so excited from the time we left home all the way till she reached Orchard and can't stop asking for a train ride again. She did not mind the walking at all. She asked me very funny yet logical questions on the train, she asked, ' how come everyone is sleeping and why is the train always stopping?' She then said, 'Mummy, I like MRT train, can you ask Daddy buy one home?' This question just sent everyone laughing.

After breakfast at MacDonald's, we went walk walk looking for a suitable present and not long after, Kelly said she was hungry and we went Crystal Jade for lunch. This trip was fruitful as we managed to cover several chores liked buying a long overdue present for Kelly's Daddy, present for Kelly's公公 and Kelly's long awaited MRT ride.We love the present we bought for our Daddy, shall show a picture on his birthday blog! On our way back, we saw the courtesy lion at Dhoby Ghaut station and Kelly insisted on taking a picture with it!

Breakfast at Ikea

2010-06-26T22:14:00.003+08:00

Just liked when we only had Kelly, our usual breakfast hangout was at Ikea and now with Kerryn,, its still the same. Ikea is the perfect place for children to run around, no need to worry about them falling down. Kerryn is always fascinated by the toys hanging from the ceiling and Kelly will zoom to the children's corner to get her hands on the kitchen set. The rotating light never falls to make children run around chasing it and laughing at themselves.

Bread making

2010-06-24T22:03:00.003+08:00

This bread maker had been sitting on our shelf for the past 3 months and we think now is the right time for Kelly to make her own bear or pig bread. Kelly had fun making the bear bread and Kerryn had fun eating them!

Ballet trial

2010-06-23T22:54:00.003+08:00

Kelly had been showing great interest in dancing especially modern dance recently and we decided to send her for dancing class but to start from ballet so as to train her elegant movement, patience and posture before she heads out to learn other kind of dances. Kelly was invited to a trial at an existing class to see if she is ready and who knows, she loves it and made a lot of jokes during the class. While the girls were jumping up and down and like chopsticks, Kelly went hoping around the dance studio like a rabbit and the whole class followed her, there was an instant chaotic. While the girls were bending their heads towards their knee, Kelly stood up and bend her head down against the floor!!!

Happy Fathers' Day

2010-06-20T22:48:00.002+08:00

This year's Fathers' Day dinner was a simple and rush one because Daddy was away in Malaysia for the whole day and only came home closed to 9pm. Mummy bought some ready made pizza from Cold Storage and Kelly chose a spiderman cake for Daddy.

Kaithlyn turns 2 years old

2010-06-19T22:36:00.003+08:00

Since we were running late after the milkathon, we decided to go direct to Kaithlyn's birthday party in our smelly sporty attire, pass her the present and make a move. Just when we were about to leave, Shirley and her 2 girls reached and under must persuasion from Shirley and Kelley (Kaithlyn's mummy), and most importantly Kelly's reluctant to leave, we stayed on. It was fun for Kelly and myself as I catch up with some friends whom I did not get to meet for the past 2-3 years and Kelly got her hands on hitting the pinata but of course she gave away all the candies and chocolates.

Mamil Milkathon

2010-06-19T12:21:00.003+08:00

Cynthia, Cassandra, Serene and myself signed Ryan, Tessa, Shernise and Kelly up for the Mamil Milkathon wanting to let the kids gather together for a good workout on a Saturday morning. On the day itself, only the 3 girls turned up because Ryan was still recovering from his very bad cough. We reached Big Splash slightly late but till 1 hour later, the walk still did not took place and we decided to go Old Town for breakfast. After breakfast, we came back to the gathering point where children dancing, magic show, story telling were going on, Kelly enjoyed herself totally!

Dinner at Serangoon Garden

2010-06-15T22:10:00.001+08:00

We had the intention of bringing Kelly out for dinner, just the 3 of us without Kerryn. After picking Kelly from school, we asked her what she wanted to eat and she replied her all time favourite food - chicken wing, so off to Chomp Chomp we went. Just like mummy, Kelly loves coconut to the max! Looking forward to the day when we can have our own coconut tree in the garden!!!

Music trial at Siempi

2010-06-14T22:29:00.001+08:00

Thanks to Cynthia who helped Kelly signed up this music trial at Siempi with Ryan. Kelly and Ryan enjoyed themselves and Kelly was totally excited over playing piano. After the trial, Mummy was determined to sign Kelly up for music lessons but not with this school.

Playdate at Suping's

2010-06-14T22:13:00.002+08:00

I guessed we got a hang over gathering the children at someone's place. Today we met up at Suping's place and the highlight was dumpling. Really appreciated Suping for queueing up for over an hour just to get the famous Joo Chiat dumpling for us and also the delicious fried rice which all the adults and children had for lunch. We were all impressed by the amount of toys Dexter has, if its not more, it should be equvalent to any childcare in Singapore.

Kerryn likes to read

2010-06-14T22:08:00.000+08:00

Kelly does not show any sign of interest in reading since young but Kerryn on the other hand, likes to read. Most of the evenings, she will bring her cloth book to me and sit down in front of me, waiting for me to read the story to her. At times, she will just sit on her basket and read her own book!

My sweet little darlings

2010-06-09T22:00:00.000+08:00

Kerryn is such a wonderful companion that no words can describe. She can play with her toys quietly and does not demand any attention and when she gets a bit bored, she will walk around the living room, into her bedroom and come out to play again. When she is sleepy, she does not whine, she will just climb into my arms and fall asleep while I hug her.

Playdate at Pei's

2010-06-08T22:22:00.003+08:00

Instead of going for for our usual lunch, we gathered at Pei's place for delivery. Going to someone's place once in a while is such a good idea as the kids can roam around freely and we do get sick of the food selection at times. Although Kerryn, Mikaela, Jovan, Chelsey, Dexter and Enya were there but it was so hard to get them together to take a group picture.

Breakfast at Ikea

2010-06-05T22:45:00.001+08:00

Saturday is family day since Sunday is usually soccer day for Daddy. We went with the 2 girls to Ikea for breakfast and Kerryn enjoyed herself tremendously.

Doting darlings

2010-06-04T22:29:00.002+08:00

Each child sure has their own special way to make a parent smile. Kelly and Kerryn never fail to melt our heart when they come hug us from the back, plant a kiss on our face, massage our back when we are tired and of course, the most important thing is when they love each other.

Growing up

2010-06-02T22:18:00.002+08:00

At a blink of eye, Kelly is 37 months old and Kerryn is 14 months old already. Looking at them everyday and see them put on weight, grow taller and making more speech makes me wonder if there is any way to keep them this way so that we can love them, protect them and provide for them forever.

Fun day at the pool

2010-05-27T22:54:00.004+08:00

After being away for a while, the only thing that we wanted to do was to spend all our time with our 2 darlings. Thus we changed Kerryn into her swimming costume and drove to school to pick Kelly up and off we went to the Anchorvale swimming pool. This must be one of the best sculpture pool that I had seen so far and Kelly loves it to bits.

We left for home after about an hour in the water. Kerryn most probably does not know what had happened other than coming down the slide for 2 times, knocking her head once and not crying at all.

Kerryn knocked out on her high chair when she was almost done with her dinner!

Happy 3rd Birthday Cherie

2010-05-22T22:37:00.000+08:00

It has been 8 months since Bernard and Ailin moved to Lilydale and finally after so long, we got to meet up again. We were invited to Cherie's 3rd birthday party at Lilydale's function room, while having dinner, the kids were entertained by a magician whom later gave them lots of balloons, the kids were overjoyed including Kelly and Kerryn.

My 4th Mothers' Day

2010-05-09T22:12:00.001+08:00

Mothers' Day is just another day for me, as long as my 2 precious are with me, everyday is Mothers' Day! Seeing them grow up happily and healthily is all that keeps me looking forward to waking up every morning! I love you, my darlings!

April 2009 cum Mothers' Day Bash

2010-05-08T22:04:00.003+08:00

A total of 27 mothers celebrated our Mothers' Day together with our lovely little ones. All the little ones had a fun time crawling, cruising, walking and running in the spacious airconditioned hall. Kelly and Kerryn had a funfilled afternoon playing with all the other children, they were so tired that they fell asleep the moment their little butts hit the carseat.

Happy Birthday Zhao Hong

2010-05-03T22:57:00.003+08:00

My last visit to Fidgets let me found our long lost favourite Chong Pang steamboat. After moving out from Marina South, it is now located at Turf City. We have dinner with Zhao Hong on his birthday at Chong Pang but the food sucks, the variety is miserable and the meat is not fresh, this shall be our last visit. Despite the lousy food, but with the good companion, Zhao Hong is still one year older!

Kelly goes to school

2010-05-03T22:52:00.001+08:00

Every morning before Kelly leaves for school, she will give Kerryn a goodbye hug but that still doesn't stops Kerryn from making a big fuss.

Genting - Day 2 evening

2010-04-27T23:07:00.000+08:00

We headed back to the indoor theme park to satisfy Kelly after satisfying our stomach. It was another round of Ferris wheel, Reindeer cruiser float around First World Plaza, Carousel, Rio Float in the air and not forgetting to mention that we had a few rides of each and I guessed we should have ride on the horses for at least 20 times!

We had steamboat for dinner, although it was taken indoor and the selection wasn't good, but the convenient thing was that, it is located in the indoor theme park and that means we can bring Kelly to her horse ride whenever she's bored.

Right after dinner, Kelly screamed for sweet potato again! She remembered that the store was closed by the time we reached and I think having hot sweet potato in the cold weather is a must for her. With our reluctant stomach, we still went for sweet potato treat. While all the other stores were closed, we were lucky to find the sweet potato stall's light still on and the luckiest thing was, the guy actually went to change before closing the stall and the delay in 5 minutes actually won us some time. Needless to say, Kelly was overjoyed when holding the sweet potato in her hand. We were happy that our 2 kids enjoyed the sweet potato moment together!

Genting - Day 2 afternoon

2010-04-27T18:04:00.002+08:00

An afternoon tea or rather Hot Chocolate (Steamed milk + Chocolate sticks) and Latte is a must for the Yee's family Genting trip else the vacation will be incomplete. This is especially so with Kelly just turned 3 years old few days ago. Now that she gets a whole glass of hot steamed milk and chocolate sticks to herself, she got a whole lot of fun drinking milk, eating chocolate and combining them into hot chocolate.

While enjoying all the fun, our little Kerryn was sound asleep in Daddy's hug and needless to say, Daddy enjoyed the moment tremendously.

A cup of hot latte while enjoying the drizzle and cold misty weather with my family must be one of the most fortunate moments we can ask for.

Mummy's philosophy of not too much chocolate was executed in a fun and loving way. Kelly and Mummy shared the remaining chocolate sticks that she was reluctant to turn into hot chocolate milk and of course we had fun doing so!

Genting - Day 2 morning

2010-04-27T12:28:00.003+08:00

Immediately after breakfast, we brought Kelly to the indoor theme park as we can see that for any minute of delay in bringing her, there will be another round of nagging from her, that's how persistent our Kelly is, especially when it's playtime.

This time we were lucky because with just 2 adults passes, Kelly and Kerryn gets to ride for free but I guessed Kelly might have to get her own child pass the next time we come. No doubt the first ride she rushed to upon reaching the theme park was the carousel, we took 2 rides before heading to the Vernice Gondola ride for a romantic cruise.

When Kelly got a bit tired after all the walking and running around, she will get to rest for a while by sharing a seat in Kerryn's stroller and this actually attracted a lot of attention from passerby, they were amazed at how the stroller can fit 2 children.

Ferris wheel was another highlight for Kelly, she just loved being on top of the world, hope this applies to her life philosopy too. One new ride that we had was the capillary train ride, it was a ride that bring us through the whole Forst World Plaza and outdoor theme park too. This caterpillar ride will be one of the must-do rides on Kelly's list.

Genting - Day 1

2010-04-26T23:05:00.002+08:00

Since our last visit to Genting last year, Kelly had been bugging us non-stop for Genting, ride horse, ferris wheel and sweet potato. To grant her wish and also to spend a different birthday with Daddy, we decided to make a trip.

The 400km drive wasn't a difficult one as Daddy and Mummy took turn to drive, Kelly was relatively alright just that she talked, sang and asked questions non-stop but Kerryn was a different story. She can't sit too long in the carseat and she needed someone to play with her, we were lucky that Kelly was with us in the car!

The mist was heavy when we reached Genting and the temperature was only 18 degree, that was a rare occasion where the weather will be so cold in the afternoon. While waiting to check in, there were some performances going on and the 2 girls ran around the lobby with joy!

After checking in, we took a short rest and Kelly kept saying, 'I can't wait to go out!' That left us with not much choice but to bring her out for a walk while looking for our dinner too. Kelly was fascinated when she reached the indoor theme park. It took us a long while to convince her that we will be back the next day for all the rides.

After dinner, we went outdoor for a stroll while Kelly asked for her favourite sweet potato but unfortunately, the stall was closed and we just have to try our luck tomorrow.

Kelly turns 3 @ home

2010-04-22T23:33:00.002+08:00

The birthday celebration at home is almost a must because other than Kelly, there are 2 other kids borned on the same date, Quan and Yuntong. The party at home is more for our big friends to gather and celebrate this special day for the 2 kids. As Yuntong got to rush off early for her photography course, so there was a small cake with Cookie Monster for her to cut cake before leaving. Thank you Yuntong for the wonderful drawing of Kelly, we will be sure to hang it up if there is a chance!

The Elmo cake was for cake cutting when the whole group arrived. The sad thing was we forgot to take a group picture. Thank you uncle and aunty for the bread maker and sushi maker, Kelly will be sure to make some for you all one of these days!

Kelly turns 3 @ Carpe Diem

2010-04-22T13:43:00.002+08:00

It is Kelly's birthday again! This is the 3rd time we are celebrating her birthday and of course we are glad that she is 3 years old but sometimes we find that she grows up too fast. Daddy drove Kelly to school in the morning while Mummy stayed home to bake brownies for Kelly's friends and teachers. After collecting the cake from Bengawan Solo, we went over to Kelly's school to set up the decoration and also to set the table with the Pooh and Piglet cake, brownies, soya bean drink, oreo cookies and goodie bags.

Our darling Kelly and us.

Teacher Alina gathered the whole Nursery 1 to sing the birthday song for Kelly and Abby. Abby's birthday was supposed to be on Saturday but her mummy decided to hold her birthday party with Kelly. Of course Kelly's mummy does not like the idea but since we only knew about it when we reached school, I guessed we do not have any choice at all.

Luckily Kelly got a bigger cake and her cake was shared with the classmates during the party, whereas the other smaller cake was kept for tea time or maybe to be given away to other classes to eat.

Kelly helped to distribute the cake and drink to her friends and teachers, but halfway through, she decided that she should sit down to eat her cake and drink her soya bean and that was when Mummy found her missing. The children returned to their resepctive classes after eating their cake, drinking their soya bean and receiving their goodie bag. A party well done!

April 2009 Mummies Luncheon

2010-04-21T22:57:00.002+08:00

After a long long time, finally the usual meetup is back. To fit in Fengping's lunch hours, we had lunch at Bakerzin, United Square so that she can sneak out to have lunch with us. After lunch, we went Toys 'r' Us and ELC to shop, but nobody bought anything. While I went off for an appointment, the rest proceeded to Cotton On and got the little girls the same outfit to wear for our Mothers' Day party!

农历生日

2010-04-18T22:05:00.000+08:00

There are always reasons and occasions to celebrate. After the English birthday celebrations, comes the Chinese birthday celebration. We were lucky that the girls' 农历生日are just a day apart due to the闰月.

When my Mother was alive, she never failed to prepare a delicious bowl of 面线on my birthday since as long as I can remember but as she passed away, I stopped having that 4 years ago. A promise I made to my children was, for as long as I am around, they will get a delicious bowl of面线on their农历生日.

It is an enjoyment seeing hubby and children enjoying the food I cooked. The satisfaction came from Kelly's praises when she says, 'Mummy, I like the food you cooked.' I can't wait for Kerryn to tell me the same thing.

Little Rachel is 1 month old

2010-04-17T22:10:00.003+08:00

It's been 2 weeks since we last visited Baby Rachel and today, we came together to celebrate her turning 1 month old. Cynthia got the high tea menu instead of the lunch menu and we thought it was so much better because there were main course, cakes and kuehs too. Happy full month baby Rachel, we hope that you grow up happily and healthily each and everyday.

Peek-a-boo again!

2010-04-15T22:20:00.003+08:00

The little friends met up at Peek-a-boo again this afternoon for a fulfilled day. At Kerryn's second visit, she was much more familiar with the place and she knew exactly what she wanted to play and which area she wanted to go.

She was hogging onto the slide till another boy came by and she walked away to the common area. Pei and I attempted to put the 2 girls on the see-saw while Enya came and climbed up to sit in between Mikaela and Kerryn, what a cute sight!

The children went on to play at the ball pit, the bouncing net, the swing before taking their afternoon milk feed. We left for Cold Storage to get some bread sticks and other snacks for the children before going home but who knows, Kerryn fell asleep in her stroller, sitting up with her head on the stroller bar, what a tiring day!

Happy Birthday Ivy!

2010-04-13T22:03:00.003+08:00

Our April gathering was all about Ivy because it's her birthday! I arrived earlier to get a cake and also to pass it to the staff at Soup Restaurant so that the cake was a surprise after dinner. Xintian did not joined us this time because her pregnancy nauseous does not permit her to come, what a poor thing!

Happy 1st Birthday Chelsey!

2010-04-11T22:14:00.002+08:00

This should the last birthday party that we are attending in April, not considering Kelly's and Daddy's birthday. Kelly fell in love with the Pooh airwalker the moment she saw it behind the door and the moment she rescued it from behind the door, she knew that the Pooh was hers and she did went home with the Pooh.

Happy 1st Birthday Jinfeng!

2010-04-10T22:50:00.002+08:00

Just after visiting peek-a-boo yesterday, we were at Fidgets today to celebrate Jinfeng turning 1 today. We arrived just in time for cake cutting and photo taking before Kelly and Kerryn went off to the playground for some fun.

Peek-a-boo

2010-04-09T22:24:00.003+08:00

Today was a rare occasion, all the mummies came with their little ones! It has been a long time since we met up with the mummies for lunch and gatherings due to my packed schedules. It is definitely nice to meet up and chit chat. We had lunch first before heading off to Peek-a-boo for the little ones to have some fun time!

After lunch, we headed to Peek-a-boo for the little ones to run around and use up their energy. This place is definitely cleaner and cosier than Fidgets and beofre we went home, we stopped by for a cup of yummy yogurt to round up the day.

Kelly change hairstyle

2010-04-05T22:13:00.000+08:00

After keeping her long hair for Chinese New Year, it is about time we turn beauty back to cutey. Kelly has no problem with Mummy cutting her hair since she was a baby. She will sit patiently to wait for her hair to be cut but playing with the comb and scissor occasionally.

Arrival of Baby Rachel

2010-04-03T22:54:00.001+08:00

It's almost 2 weeks since baby Rachel arrived and we reckoned that Cynthia should had enough rest and thus we made a visit this afternoon. We made the trip on Saturday to make sure that Ryan was at home. Baby Rachel was beautifully asleep when we reachedand she opened her little eyes with deep double eyelids to look at us for a moment before heading back to lalaland again.

Kerryn fell asleep the moment we stepped out of the car and as usual, she napped on the sofa till when we were about to leave, she woke up to wave 'bye, bye'.

Happy 1st Birthday Caitlyne!

2010-04-02T22:43:00.000+08:00

After Dexter's party, we came over to Caitlyne's party at Pasir Ris. As Mummy had an important appointment that evening, we did not stayed till cake cutting. We quickly took some group photos and left just before it started to drizzle.

Us and the Birthday girl!

Pooh bear themed cake.

The April 2009 mummies!

Happy 1st Birthday Dexter!

2010-04-02T15:30:00.001+08:00

Today is a busy day, we had 2 birthday parties to attend. Dexter in the afternoon and Caitlyne in the evening. The lucky thing was both are quite near each other.

By the time we reached Dexter's birthday party, all our little friends had left already. As Kelly was not feeling well, so only Mummy and Kerryn attended the party. After we had some cake, Kerryn had the ball pit and slide all to herself, she enjoyed herself totally.

Happy 21st Birthday Melvin

2010-04-01T22:43:00.004+08:00

As Kelly shares the same birthday with Quan, Melvin was hoping that Kerryn will shares his birthday too, but who knows, the auspicious date chosen was 31st March and not 2nd April. Anyhow, this day we came together to celebrate Melvin becoming a man

Melvin's self-designed cake.

Melvin and his creation.

The gang at Asia Outdoor!

Kerryn is 1 year old

2010-03-31T22:52:00.008+08:00

Exactly 365 days ago, a pretty Mummy woke up at 5am in the morning getting ready to check in to hospital to deliver her pretty princess. I can't believed it that it has been a year since Kerryn was borned. We were glad that the girl was blessed with good health and good appetite for the past year and many years to come. It was a bonus that Kerryn has blonde hair liked my mum and of course we hoped that she will grow up to be as pretty as my mum. Thank you Mother for giving us such a pretty gift from above!

A cutey cake for a 1 year old toddler.

Kerryn happily singing her own birthday song.

Birthday girl dancing around her cake!

Kranjians March gathering

2010-03-30T22:31:00.005+08:00

Our gathering this month was at Crystal Jade Ginseng Chicken & BBQ. Other than our usual chit-chat, updates and gossip, the most exciting thing we learnt was that Xintian is pregnant! Mummy can't wait to pass her all our newborn stuffs so that good things are put to good use.

Dinner at Crystal Jade Ginseng Chicken & BBQ.

After dinner, we proceeded to Bakerzin at Paragon for a good dessert before heading home.

Dessert at Bakerzin.

Sleeping beauties

2010-03-29T22:19:00.001+08:00

Sometimes I wonder why do I blog so slowly? Is it because I'm busy or is it because I'm lazy? The actual fact was, Mummy spents most of the time playing with the 2 princesses while they are awake and when they sleep, Mummy is still busy taking photo of them and looking at them sleep. They just looked so angelic while sleeping.

Mummy's dearest sleeping beauties!

Birthday presents

2010-03-28T22:10:00.002+08:00

Other than a good bunch of companies from friends, Kerryn also received a good load of presents and red packets.

Kerryn says, 'Thank you!!!'

The real party

2010-03-27T23:00:00.003+08:00

The real party for Kerryn started only after everyone left. After taking a good shower, we settled down in the room with the leftover cake that had Kerryn's name on it. We sang another birthday song, had a good dance and indulged in the cake.

Kelly and Kerryn.

Kerryn eating lots and lots of cake!

Kerryn turns 1

2010-03-27T20:41:00.010+08:00

The big day has finally arrived! Mummy was all busy planning for the party before this - ordering the cake, packing the goodie bags, deciding on the balloons, confirming catering and the list goes on. Kerryn had a Strawberry Shortcake themed birthday party because we find that she looks absolutely liked Strawberry Shortcake with her red blonde hair and her big round eyes.

Bithday girl and her strawberry shortcake!

How can a 1 year old birthday do without a 'ONE' cake?

Gigantic Strawberry Shortcake!

Goodie bags and handmade hairclip by Mummy!

Happy Family!

The 2007 children!

The 2009 toddlers!

Andrew, Ally, Us, Elynn and Russell!

The Asia Outdoor gang!

Kelly feed Kerryn

2010-03-21T22:43:00.002+08:00

Kelly always offer to feed Kerryn porridge but to avoid Kerryn from going hungry, Kelly was always rejected as we were afraid that she might spill the porridge. When Mummy saw Kelly with the bowl of porridge, half a bowl was already on the floor. To punish her, Daddy made Kelly feed Kerryn the rest of the porridge.

Kelly still very enthusiatic about feeding Kerryn.

Kelly started to get impatient.

After 30mins, the bowl of porridge is still there!

Xander turns 1

2010-03-20T22:25:00.006+08:00

It seems liked yesterday when Marie and Xander came to visit Mummy and Kerryn in the hospital when Kerryn was just a day old. Still remembered we put the 2 newborns on the empty bed opposite and took a picture. Today, we came together to celebrate Xander's 1st birthday!

Marine birthday party.

Birthday boy and his parents.

The Yee gang!

The April 2009 Mummies and Kelly!

Kerryn's 1st haircut

2010-03-17T22:47:00.005+08:00

I guessed Mummy can really think about opening a hair saloon for chilldren, maybe we can serve celebrities' kids! To be precise, this is Kerryn's 2nd haircut but since the first one was only a trim and no photo was taken, we shall forgo that. Kerryn's hair is so much harder to cut as compared to Kelly's. Her head of blonde hair made Mummy even more unwilling to part but little girl should have short neat hair right.

Hair-cut session on the toilet bowl!

Eddric turns 1

2010-03-14T22:38:00.002+08:00

It's been a while since Jolene and Eddric joined us for breakfast after they moved to Bedok. Along with Pei, Yvonne and other March 2009 mummies we attended Eddric's 1st birthday.

Mummy+Kerryn and Eddric+Jolene.

Yvonne+Marissa, Kerryn+Mummy, Eddric+Jolene and Pei+Mikaela.

Birthday boy and his parents.

The march 2009 Mummies.

Head down

2010-03-13T22:42:00.003+08:00

This must be one of the stunts that all babies will do when they are almost 1 year old. Kelly went through the same too.

Trying to balance her head and body.

Trying out different position after she is more stable.

Can't stop doing it!

Drinking milk together

2010-03-12T22:36:00.002+08:00

The 2 girls like to drink milk together or rather if one sees the other having milk and she don't have, it will be another round of crying. The 2 girls will wakes up in the morning, drink milk together and before they go to bed, drink milk together again!

Enjoying their milk!

Kerryn's berry 1st birthday party invitation!

2010-03-10T22:19:00.003+08:00

Mummy was pleased with this e-invitation card that I had prepared for our invited guests. I bet everyone must be looking forward to the berry birthday party as much as the Yee family is!

Kerryn's 1st durian

2010-03-06T22:11:00.004+08:00

Since Kerryn is turning 1 year old in less than 30 days, we decided to let her try some durian so that next time, we can all go eat durian together. Kelly had to go through at least 3 rounds of trying before she started to like durian so we did not hold too high hope on Kerryn for the first attempt.

Daddy fed her durian.

Gave a weird look.

Gave a wan-to-puke look.

Looks fine again.

and she puke!

End of CNY

2010-02-28T22:01:00.002+08:00

Today is 正月初十五 and it marks the end of Chinese New Year. This is also a day where most children are the happiest as they get to see how many red packets had they collected and how much money can they save into their bank account. Kelly and Kerryn were overjoyed by the red packets displayed. Thank you Grandpa, uncles and aunties for all the well wishes that came with the red packets.

Kelly and Kerryn with their red packets!

Happy Birthday Benny

2010-02-27T22:51:00.002+08:00

Jacqueline was supposed to throw a surprise party for Benny but as usual, due to her blurness, she booked the wrong date! Anyhow, the party still got on, just that it was at a different date and a different location.

Kerryn never fails to put on a smile.

Us, Benny and Jacqueline.

Benny with his sister and friends.

Birthday boy with his cake from us!

Lunch at Elyn's

2010-02-26T22:35:00.005+08:00

It has been a long while since the usual gang met up for breakfast. Mainly because Gina was busy travelling. For CNY, we made it a point to meet up for the little friends to gather and play. Too bad, Yvonne still can't join us as we met up on a weekday for lunch at Elyn's place. The steamboat + grill that Elyn prepared was yummy, we ate from lunch till almost dinner. I was luncky that Kerryn was able to sit in the high chair while Pei fed her biscuits and raisins.

Kerryn in Ryken's highchair.

Mummies enjoying the steamboat + grill.

Kerryn had all the toys to herself while Farelle and Ryken are sleeping.

Farelle woke up and played with Kerryn.

2010-02-20T22:57:00.004+08:00

The 2009 mummies met up to have a CNY gathering at our place. Mummy prepared steamboat and abalone Lou Hei for the fellow mummies. Thank you Jacqueline for preparing the sea cucumber and fish maw.

Yummy steamboat.

Abalone lou hei.

Mummies wishes must be for the well being of our children.

Lou hei looked and tasted delicious.

Mummies at the gathering!

Little reunion dinner

2010-02-19T22:53:00.002+08:00

We had a little reunion dinner to ourselves this evening with the Ow family. Jacqueline along with Daddy's help whipped out a whole table of yummilicious dishes.

Sea cucumber, char siew, beef stew...

CNY Day 5...Sentosa

2010-02-18T22:16:00.000+08:00

Kerryn or rather we woke up to yet another great morning. Mummy just can't exclaim how happy I was to wake up to a pair of happy princesses. When Kerryn saw me opened my eyes, she will put her hand high up in the air and say, 'Hi' and of course with a ear to ear smile.

Kerryn saying 'Hi' with her hand up in the air.

Both hands up in the air with her palms waving means来，来，来. Wanting to be carried or hugged.

来，来，来.

After changing and washing up, it's time for breakfast. Since Kerryn is near 1 year old, we are more opened to let her explore non-baby food. She had her hand on cornflakes and meiji yogurt. Both are simply too yummy for her to resist.

Kelly teaching Kerryn to take cornflakes from the bowl.

Kelly has been asking me to bring her to the beach since the moment we reached the resort. As usual Mummy is not too into going under the Sun but seeing Kelly's enthusiam, we had no choice but to bring her out for some sun, sand, sea.

Hot babe going to the beach.

Little Kerryn and her little feet on the sand

Little Kerryn trying the water.

We must remember to bring all the beach toys for Kelly the next time we come Sentosa.

Daddy's precious.

After a day of heat and sweat, nothing beats a great bath. My 2 princesses can't agree more. They had a great time in the bathtub before checking out.

Hot babes showering!

CNY Day 4...Sentosa

2010-02-17T22:24:00.006+08:00

Kerryn woke up in the morning and climbed to the platform overlooking the sea for an orange time. By the time we woke up, she was already holding a pair of chopstick in her hand with the oranges all over the place.

Kerryn and the oranges.

Silosa Beach Resort has a nice little cafe for breakfast with squirrels running around hoping to get some food.

The Yee family!

The Eng family!

After breakfast, we went out to take a tram ride from one end of the road to the other end. Kelly was fascinated by the ride. She insisted that it was school bus and kept wanting to ride on it.

Happy Kelly on the tram!

After lunch, it was swimming time. Kelly and Kerryn both changed into their sexiest swimming costume for a dip in the pool. The girls were already having a great time even before we proceed out.

Kerryn and her little bolster.

Bolster fight?

Daddy and his 2 sweet girls.

While Kelly was taking a nap, we brought Kerryn to the rooftop for a walk.

The sea behind us.

Among the beautiful flowers!

CNY Day 3...Part 2 (Sentosa)

2010-02-16T22:12:00.014+08:00

We left for Sentosa from Marilyn婆婆place. Kelly and Kerryn were all excited when we checked in to the room. Kelly just can't get the Genting experience off her head, especially when she saw the bed.

Cutey Kerryn...

Pretty Kelly...

Kelly on her new bicycle.

We went out with my brother's family to Vivo City for dinner. Choosing a restaurant that is suitable for 5 princesses is really not easy. We finally settled our dinner at Marche.

Kelly and the moo moo cow.

The high chair at Marche is both good and bad. Bad because Kelly can't sit in it since the sitting space is too small but good because since the sitting space is too small, Kerryn can't climb out of it.

Kerryn eating her yummy porridge.

After dinner, we proceed outdoor for a walk before going back to Sentosa.

The Yee family on a cow!

After dinner, we went back to the room for a good bath. The 2 girls had a fun time playing in the bathtub.

2 sexy girls going for thier shower!