Early Xmas Gift

It's a public holiday and Daddy and Mommy had planned to take Keziah to Jocab Ballas Children's Garden at Botanical Gardens. We arrived there but the weather didn't keep. Look how disappointed Keziah was with the "I don't want to go yet, we've just got here" look. She actually refused to get into the car to head home when it started to pour shortly after we entered the Gardens.


So what did we spend this wet day? It's time to open up her early Xmas gift from Jeff Shu Shu. Of course, with none other than the giver himself. Keziah was seriously interested in giving a hand in setting up her new drawing easel.




There was really not much we could do since it was raining so Daddy and Mommy decided to take a drive down to Paragon where there's a kids' playarea so that Keziah could have some fun. While at Newton Circus, we hit a jam and Daddy decided to turn back. Guess everyone was either doing Xmas shopping or just heading to shopping centres to hide from the rain. So we went to United Square instead to pick up Keziah's chubby crayons from ELC. Hmmm....she just seemed to enjoy the 'facilities' at ELC as well, happily rolling around on the bee mobile while she found her hands on the kitchen.

A non-exciteable weekend

Ok, last weekend, Mommy actually planned to have a trip to Jacob Ballas at Botanic Gardens and some snow play at Tanglin Mall. However, weather was not too brilliant and we were kept home most of the time. Somehow our weekends now just seem to dwindle away, especially when Keziah is attending Saturday morning enrichment. Now, being December, it rains all the time. We have just gotta take the best of the moment of any clear skies for things. We shall see if we could have our little excursion this Thursday when it's a public holiday - Hari Raya Haji.

Unfortunately, Keziah is down with fever starting from Monday wee hours of the morning. Thank God she's managing her temperature quite well. This time it hit an all time high of 39.5 degrees and she refused to be sponged down! Good thing we had some spare medication at home.

21 more days...

Oh dear, it's only 21 more days to the arrival of our little boy! There's just so much yet to be done, not to mention that Mommy is really tired now.
1. Clothes washed but not folded and placed in drawers. Not exactly sure if there is enough of newborn clothes actually since I haven't really counted.
2. Hospital bag not packed.
3. Confinement herbs not bought.
4. Yet to buy PJs suitable for bf.
5. Yet to find my MIM sling.
6. Yet to pack up my room and clean up a little. Well, there is evident dust accumulating!
7. Yet to prepare my gal that she's moving in with her Jeff Shu Shu for bedtime with Daddy for the confinement month.
8. Descale the steriliser and get my pumps and bottles ready.

End of Term Party

Today was the last day of term for Keziah at Growing Up Gifted. The kids had some party. Of course we had some party snacks of junk food while the parents and kids mingle. Not very much but it was something different. Keziah will be moving up to the tots class for convenience so she has to say goodbye to the younger ones.

2nd Jan Mommies Gathering

12/12 - Nice date isn't it. The Jan Mommies had a 2nd gathering today at Pearl River Restaurant for a sumptuous buffet. Being a weekday, there was hardly any crowd. It was good catching up and seeing how we have all changed over the past few months. We first met when we were all about 20 weeks. Most now were in their 33-36 weeks. Being preggies did provide us with that common interest ground to chat and share the excitement of childbirth. Though this time round the crowd wasn't as large, we still had a cozy time in the restaurant that was actually quite quiet. Met some mommies earlier as they couldn't stay for dinner but it's a pity we didn't catch a shot. Anyway, the dinner spread was reasonably good and the food was rather fresh. Mommy QQ had uploaded all the wonderful food pictures on her blog. I shan't duplicate it here until I have gotten her permission. Do drop by and visit. It's really amazing how much we could eat, not to mention the accompanying husbands. All these happened as we had our wonderful active Mommy Mei who always volunteers to be the organiser and get us freebies as well.

While we look forward to the arrival of our babies, we too would be looking forward to our 3rd gathering with the little ones in tow! Now it's just counting down to see who pops first.

Fall...

Today was just a day I think I would remember forever. I had my first fall during my pregnancy, and at 35+ weeks. I guessed my tummy must have really shifted my CG quite a bit that I somehow having difficulty balancing myself. While walking down the stairs to go off for work, I actually missed the last step to the landing and fell off. Thank God I landed on my feet/bum. Thank God baby seemed alright as he was still moving as usual after that. There was no bleeding or any pain. I really have to watch my steps from now on and not just being complacent and trottle all over the place.

What should we get for Xmas/Baby welcome gift?

It's the time of the year. Sales is everywhere and there is loads of tempting spree online. Mommy really hasn't been having much time for these until the sudden craze hit over the weekend. Now, Daddy and Mommy are really rushing to buy stuff before all these sales/sprees end. Wonder why people are closing their sprees so fast. Probably everyone is in a good buying mood. Anyway, in view of the welcome of our little boy and of course K's little brother, we are thinking of a gift for K, remembering she's never 2nd even with her little brother. Seriously we don't really have the practice of buying gifts for Xmas but I guess for this year, there is a good reason for it. Especially, now with USD dropping like crazy, it's good time to spree from USA.

Mommy's rather undecided whether to get the Leapfrog's LittleTouch™ LeapPad® Learning System (appropriate for 6-36m)

or My First LeapPad® Learning System (3- 5 years).

Of course the latter has a longer educational utility period but guess even if the former was bought, there's always no.2 to use it.

Toy'RUs also has some nice drawing easel which Daddy and Mommy thought Keziah would love since she's now into the phase of drawing and messing around with her marker pens and crayons. We actually went to survey and shortlisted the two models below. There was one other crayola model that looked sturdier but only 1 last piece left. The First Art Studio seemed attractive but looking at the box (since there was no display), it looked rather small. The other can be used on both sides at the same time but looks abit flimsy. Both had magnetic boards which meant that K could stick her magnetic alphabets and learn. After much thoughts and spending money on leapfrog stuff, Mommy thinks we have to shelf this buy first unless it comes as a gift to Keziah this year. Meanwhile, Mommy tries to hunt for a 2nd hand.

The First Art Studio


Crayola Quickflip 2-sided Easel

Farm Visits

Yeah, it's our first trip out to the farms...

Our first stop - the Hay Dairy Farm where we visited the goat and fed the goats. Keziah was rather delighted to see the goats from afar but once we set her in the barn, she was rather apprehensive to approach them except for the smaller ones that were behind the gates.

K: "Erm..u sure we can go near these?"

K: "I am scared."

Daddy: "This is how you feed them."

It was only after some coaxing that we managed to get her to try to feed the goats. Haha but the goats decided to do quick job and grabbed the whole bunch from the pack.
K: "I will feed only if you hold my hands."


K: "It's all gone!"


Next stop - Jurong Frog Farm.
Well, there was not very much over here aside from seeing those huge frogs. So we just moved on for lunch at a vegetable farm - Bollywood by friend's recommendation. The food there wasn't very impressive and mainly spicy dishes. Price was rather steep. Not worth another visit.

After lunch on our drive to Qian Hu to visit the fish, Keziah fell asleep. Daddy and Mommy took the opportunity to try out the fish spa. Look at the fish nibbling away at Mommy's feet. Initial feeling was rather ticklish and like little electric shock up the feet but after awhile it wore off. It was rather interesting to see your feet swamp with fish feeding off your dead skin. After a 30min spa, the feet sure felt alot cleaner somehow.

Now our little princess was up to wonder in amazement at all the array of fish around. Just look at those big goldfish and the koi.


Keziah also got her hands on catching some 'longkang' fish. She was so into it that she simply refused the help of Daddy and Mommy.

Playdate

Since Mommy was off the whole week, she decided to join some churchmates for a play date. Heehee..the little ones had great fun baking their own pizzas and making their own cookies. Not to mention the slightly older ones entertaining the little ones with pillow fight in the room. Too bad Mommy didn't manage to get them in act. It's the first time Keziah's been to such a playdate and surprisingly, she was so comfortable with all the mommies there, even asking for cuddles from them and acting like a super 'manja' little girl being the youngest around. Mommies who saw her every Sunday also commented that she was rather different in church eventhough she saw some of the other toddlers during the nursery class. I must agree that in church she somehow would be in a crying spell but here she was practically making herself comfortable with the toys and babbling alot more.

Getaway at Siloso Beach Resort

We were back in Sentosa for a short getaway (25-27 Nov) since both sets of grandparents were out of town but this time round at the Siloso Beach Resort. It was a beautiful quiet place and we really liked the eco theme compared to Costa Sand chalet we had been previously. In fact, we had a complimentary upgrade to the Deluxe room which was most probably by mistake. This time round we didn't really take much pictures but rather enjoyed to simple time of leisure play.

Just look at how excited Keziah was! Seriously making it fun even in the room

A dip in the pool which was never to be missed. There was this waterfall feature in the background.

5 more stops to where we were heading....

Beach play but interestingly Keziah didn't really enjoyed the feel of sand on her feet. She was very much rooted to the spot and would insist that we held on to her to move from spot to spot.


She still remembered OSCAR the fish which she saw at the Song of the Sea the previous time we came. This time she was showing such infatuation with OSCAR that she simply refused to leave the spot and would raised her voice in excitement whenever she saw OSCAR's pictures on posters even at Vivo City monorail stop.

Cheeky smile...

A trek down Dragon's Trail..

Finally, we made our way down to the southern most tip of the island...Our one and only family picture on this trip and as usual taken by ourselves. It wasn't fantastic but still a memory shot.



No fear on the swinging bridge..here Keziah comes charging ahead...



The last day was rainy so there went our plan for a final swim in the pool and beach play.

However, the room did provide the shelter and fun. Fun can still go on in the tub..

Geee...Keziah's not gonna show u her birthday suit while she played in the tub..just this wrap..

Happy Birthday Ah Tai!

It's great grandma's (Ah Tai) birthday today! We all went over to Daddy's uncle's place for dinner. It was one of those occasion that Keziah got to meet up with her other cousins. They were really lovely kids and ready to share their toys with her. Just look at all of them with Ah Tai for a picture with the birthday cake.

Keziah was trying to cut the cake together with Ah Tai. Heehee...she must be really engrossed with the cake to be able to sit still for pictures after pictures with the cake.


Hmm...but Mommy didn't think she fancied the taste of the cake eventhough it was chocolate, really rich chocolate mousse.

Finally a Family Picture... minus Daddy who is the photographer of course! :P

Rainy Saturday...

These few days have been rainy. Saturday was no different.
After the usual morning lesson, we are back home for lunch. Mommy was thinking of bringing Keziah to visit Auntie Jean and baby cousin Raelyn but there was no car and the skies were really dark. In the end, Daddy and Mommy decided to be creative with whatever raw materials we had at home to cook up some little snacks. Mommy tried her hands for the first time at making some baby cereal pancakes. It wasn't fantastic and actually they did turn out like little roti pratas more than pancakes. One thing for sure the flame might have been too hot. In anyway, Keziah seemed to enjoy the little pancake with sliced bananas.

Pancakes ready to serve....


Keziah's portion...


When the rain finally stopped, we trottled out to get some food for dinner. Heehee...Daddy was having a crave for stuffed pasta so we went cold storage to get some fresh pasta filled with portebello mushrooms and cheese. These pasta really weren't cheap but we just decided to have a splurge. Topped with Prego tomato and herbs sauce simmered with minced beef and fresh white button mushrooms, we have our humble serving of pasta. Here's Keziah's share of the adult's food.

So tired..............

These days I have been feeling so ever tired! I wish I could take leave and rest at home but sadly, I don't have much annual leave left. Just 4 days to survive December! No matter how much I slept I still felt tired, not to mention that this week my sleep was rather disrupted by Keziah's night waking for no rythme of reason - or is it coz she is aware that her little brother is arriving soon?

For the whole week, she's been getting up at 2-3am, standing up at her cot and calling out for Ma Ma or crying for us. In the past, Daddy would simply pick her up and put her beside us and she will doze back to sleep. However, this no longer worked. Just 2 nights back, she actually wailed to go out of the room for almost an hour, refusing any water while she was being carried. Of course, we didn't open the door at all and told her she had to go back to sleep coz it's only 3 am! After much coaxing, finally she was back to sleep with us at 4am. Last night, before bed, she kept signing that she was scared. Not sure what she was scared of. Gave her a good hug for bedtime. She still got up, even earlier this time at 1.30 am without wailing. I was only aware of it when Daddy gave me a light tap on the shoulder. Thankfully after Daddy carried her, she slept.

I seriously hope this will pass soon and she could tell me more. Hopefully, she will feel as secure even with her little brother's arrival.