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Mommy's 33


Time sure flies…Mommy's turning another year older. We had an early celebration the weekend before. Without fail, Mommy had her crave for Japanese food satisfied. However, it was quite eventful as we had initially wanted to return to the Japanese restaurant @ Holiday Inn Orchard as the food was great when we had it 2 years back. Sadly, we arrived to find that it had wound down. A quick check on www.hungrygowhere.com, we found that there were many Japanese eateries in Cuppage Plaza. Based on reviews, we ventured into Izakaya Nijumaru Restaurant for the sole reason Japanese patonise it. This place was rather huge and was no fan fare in terms of the decorations, very much like a family restaurant in Japan. The menu was entirely in Japanese so we simply asked for recommendations from the service staff who were mostly aunties. After some wait, we were not disappointed by both the portion as well as the affordability of the meal. This place was known for their tasty bentos. One thing we noticed, the Japanese were housed in separate room and even for the locals who patronize them, they were regulars who ordered without the menu.

On the eve of Mommy's birthday, Daddy got her her favorite flowers. Thank you dear for remembering!
Mommy decided to make the meal together today. Simple wanton that the kids helped to wrap (well, they filled the pouches but Mommy had to tidy them up) and grilled char siew on the Happy Call Pan.

Daddy came home with little cakes to end off the day! Nice sweet varied taste..

@ 6 months

It just amazing how quickly mood changes even for a little baby. Yes, Keren has grown! Her expression of happiness, excitement and frustration.


Keren started on solids a week before she turned 6 months and she's taking very well to it. We started with rice cereal and moved on to sweet potatoes. She simply loved her food! We noticed she liked her food thicker rather than watery. 
Along with solid feeding, we tried her on the zippy cup but she had more fun gumming at it than drinking.
Keren can also hold her own milk bottle now! 
She certainly knows what's in the bottle even though she's not the one having milk.
She finds her way of having fun. When legs get tired from lifting and kicking, she finds a place to rest them so she can play with them later.


Loads of beautiful smiles from her!
I love playing with my new phone. Who's calling me?
Balls are my favorite.
Kor Kor and me..Do we look alike?
Tummy fun time!

With a Pinch of Salt

"With a Pinch of Salt" - what an interesting name for a restaurant! We took it as such to try out the food as there was a good deal on Groupon. The place was a cozy little shop along good old Katong where we both studied.


Food was just norm, nothing to really rave about. However it was a nice night out just to reminiscence the old times. It's the company that matters as always.

Stayover @ Cousin

We meet once in a while but the kids just loved to play together. Since Keona's and Tiarni's parents needed to be away for the weekend, we stayed over at their place to watch over the girls. The kids had a whale of a time watching TV, playing toys and taking a dip together. We even caught the fireworks from Chingay celebrations right from their apartment!

They had so much fun that they wanted to do a stay over again….

Keren @ 5.5 months

Keren still loves her fingers and definitely very comfortable being on the tummy, raising her head higher to look around. At about 4+ month, we witnessed her flipping from her tummy to her back but it was occasional and these days she simply doesn't do it and rather just lie down when she got too tired. She's not flipping yet though we see her rolling onto her sides.
 She's holding her two little feet and playing around with them a lot more. Most times, she will be pulling off her socks. She enjoys sitting up. Guess there's more to look at with a different perspective when upright. We still need to support her as she can't sit on her own yet.
The bumbo worked wonder to make sitting up safer for her.
She's now very good with grabbing toys under the playmat, reaching out and getting her hands on what she wants. That means pulling anything within her reach. She can pass toys from one hand to the other and chew on it and even reach for a toy nearby while on tummy to grab.
OOoooooo…she's just so cute when she plays with her tongue…little sharp pointy one…

She loves to play peek-a-boo. Always putting on the nappy to cover her face.
Life had been real busy since school started so tracking her development closely and simulating further have been challenging. Nonetheless, watching her smile each day and making more babbles while she plays almost amaze me and brighten the day. Posting on the blog is definitely slow with so many other things to manage. Staying home with 3 kids is no joke but looking at them grow and talking about their school day and most importantly. seeing them smile and sticking to you simply means millions. Guess it's learning to work within our means and savor the moment while it lasts.

CNY @ Zoo

As always, we always enjoyed our family time together after a day of visitation at no other place than the school. The kids just love this place. Welcoming the year of the Dragon!
 The kids were fascinated with the new exhibit - the mole rats! They were really tiny...


Chinese New Year

The night before we had the usual reunion dinner…loads of food and loads of people
We ushered in the Chinese New Year with new pajamas and the kids received their 压岁钱。
Even Keren knows what it means to receive an and bao!
 新年蒙恩!

It's Chinese New Year visitation with the cousins having great fun!
 Our little sweetie pie was enjoying the day too! Just loved her smile..
 Never missing the family pictures…We are getting too big to be all in one picture.

@ 5 months 牙牙学语

Keziah's lost her first tooth

Yes, it's early. She's not even 6 yet and she's lost her first tooth today!

Abel's 4!

Abel turned 4 today! We brought a cake to celebrate his birthday with his classmates. Such a coincidence that his birthday is the same day as his sister's friend, Di'der.
 In full McQueen gear. So obvious that McQueen is his favorite craze at the moment.
 Being there for his birthday sure makes a difference. It's always so heartwarming to see their brilliant smiles.


Keren's crossing her legs

我爱跷脚!

Back to School

All cheery to be back at school….

Welcoming 2012

It was a quiet start for the year. We stayed home and just enjoyed time together. The kids busied themselves with painting. This time a sun catcher photo frame. Look at the concentration at the piece.
The end product.
 
Then it was Lego time where, together with Daddy, they put the sets that they had gotten during Christmas together.
 The whole troop that we have...