In conjunction with the Hari Raya Holiday, we planned a trip to Cameron Highlands with Aunty Suzie n family & our cell group members. The children enjoyed themselves esp Shannon who could eat tibits almost everyday.

Day 0
After dinner..R & R at the resort after a long drive (8 hrs!) up to Cameron.


Day 1
Visit to Strawberry Farm, Tea Planation & Honey Bee Farm


Day 2
We paid Ringgit 85 per pax to torture ourselves for rainforest walk. We trekked for 4hrs & today I'm still having the big workout effect feeling.
Heros & Heroines to name:
DH - Carried Shannon (the city gal who's just not used to muddy track) for 98% of the walk.
Aunty Esther - Despite 10wks preggie, she's still able to complete the trek..Still shudder at the flashback of the slopes.
Children - Able to complete the trek without much whinning.
Shannon - Still able to sleep during the bumby walk.














Day 4: Detour to Ipoh for food before heading home sweet home

Today, we have made a big investment to buy a Philips Juicer that cost $188! You can throw the whole apple in without cutting and it supposingly can extract maximum juice. It's sleek looking with a metalic outlook. Importantly it's super child friendly since no cutting needs to be involved!

The kids will be able to drink their greens now when they do it themselves. This is especially good for Shannon coz she can be choosy over her food at times.

AT 3yrs 2mths, I'm so proud that Shannon can now be completely diaper free at nite. Unlike some of the mummies who told that it will be a tiring process -like you have to make effort to wake up a few times to bring the kid go toilet. This isn't the case for us (We are not that hardworking!). We learnt that that she's able to control her bladder at this stage. As long she go "she she" after her last milk feed, she will be able to "dong" till the morning.

Now it's sky's turn to learn to go potty. But, he dun seem to like the potty that much...could it be because it's a sweet pinky one? :p

To celebrate Mooncake festival, we bought some lanterns & sparklers for the baobeis. Along with Ah ma & Ah yi, we went to CCK park.

Sparklers were a hit with Shannon & she simply ignore the lantern. While I'm not looking, Sky accidently touched the burnt sparklers which is quite hot! After a little crying session, he decided that this is not fun at all! He ended up enjoying himself at the playground instead!

Hmmm..should i further enrich her hidden talent?

What is your Child's Learning Talent?

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Shannon particularly like a worshipping song "Kid's prayer" & request to be played again & again..
She love the song so much that she start worshipping in the car!

Ever since Ah Ma thought Shannon how to make speed dial call to me, I will receive her calls on & off. Lately, this has become her daily routine. For the whole of this week, without fail, I have been receiving calls from her in the evening. She will go "mummy this", "mummy that" & yakked for at least 5mins.

The thing is she can be rather loud and even my colleague sitting 3 seats away could hear her! Nevertheless, it's really refreshing to hear from her after a day's of work!

Shannon has been feeling itchy on her body lately. Because of this, she is easily irritable and very whinny especially at nite. This tire us out as she can shout in the middle of the nite asking me to scratch her back.

Finally, today, DH brought her to see a GP who somewhat specialise in skin problems. This confirm that Shannon got mild atopic eczema. He was englighted that this was due to Dh's childhood history of asthma. So, it will runs in the gene. Our children will probably either get eczema or sensitive nose. This is in the group of allergy.

Sign..now i noe why Sky easily get flu or cough despite me bfg him for a yr. I guess we shall have to live with it.

At last, after more than a mth of coaxing, little treats and couple of accidents, Shannon's diaper maintained dry for 3 nites in a tow.

We let her take her last milk feed earlier and by hook or crook, she has to visit the toilet before she went to bed. We realised that after the toilet trip, she would not wet herself throughout the nite till morning.

Hopefully by next week, I will have the confidence to have her completely off diapers!

Along with Ah Ma & Ah Yi, we went BKK from 7 Sept to 11 Sept. This trip was pre-booked in mar as we got ourselves a $8 air tix promotion by Jetstar Asia. We were excited as it was the 2 baobei's first overseas trip via air.

At Changi Airport, Sky was too tired from waiting.



Waiting to go on board.


Shannon was so happy & must be thinking why is mummy extra nice to her by giving her sweets. To prevent ear blocking, this mummy bought mentos for shannon to munch on.

This is also our 1st time of....having the privilege to go onboard first since we have children. We are given the first row & that means more leg room.

Shannon in the plane!


Where is Sky?

He's on the floor! & guess what is he doing! He's pooing! Oh no, the flight's gonna take off soon. Ah ma was laughin away when she see us so busy wiping Sky & clearing his shit!

Finally belted up. Sky simply hate this infant seat belt. He cried whenever he see this belt.


Finally, we reach BKK. At BKK airport.


Enjoying steamboat dinner at MK restaurant.



Day 2, 3 & 4 were basically shopping, shopping & more shopping!.

Shannon in MBK. Taking the sky train to chatuchak.

This is how the children nap while in Bkk.




Bye Bangkok..we'll be back again...but perhaps without the baobeis..hehehehe

Watching the children day by day, I din realise how much they have grown.

However, after looking at shannon's class photo 2005 & 2006, i can really see the difference.

In 2005, she look like a 小不点 in a oversize school uniform with the leg hanging in the air.


In 2006, her uniform is getting a bit short with leg touching the floor soon

This mummy has been burning midnite oil to watch full house lately & neglect to update the baobeis blog. Whew..it has been sometime since i chase after korean show..I knew i can't stop when i start it!

Ok..back to the baobeis..

Sky can be such a shoe fetish :) He loves putting on shoes esp mummy's heels, daddy's shoe & even jie jie's slipper.

sky at his act again

Playful Shannon spoiled ah yi's alarm clock for the 2nd time. And, this is not the 1st time the baobeis damage her stuffs. To name a few, there are alarm clock, dream catcher from Australia, disney calendar and many more that i can't recall. :p Ah yi demanded me to give her $10 for the spoiled clock.

I decided to teach Shannon the value of $$ and reinforce to her that she cant' get away scott free for spoiling things. So, I found a piggy bank & told Shannon to earn $10 fm me to give ah yi. This is how she earn her $10 today:

$1 - Do drawing/colourings by herself and not disturb daddy who is busy at the PC.
$1 - Drink water
$5 - Eat dinner by herself
$2 - Eat ice-cream only in the kitchen
$1 - Not disturbing Sky when he's asleep

I was patting her to sleep & telling her she can give $10 to ah yi the next day when she say, "mummy, we have to buy sweets for ah yi also" I asked her why and she replied "so that ah yi will not be angry!" .

Hmmm, this gal sure know how to go the extra mile!

Tiger suit bought by Ah Yi in HK
Vietnam gal suit bought by daddy in Vietnam

Shannon is 3 today!! Happy Birthday my big baobei! This yr, she requested for a strawberry shortcake cake.

1st Celebration @ School
Her godma & I took leave to celebrate with her in school on Friday.

Shannon & her classmates

After that, we went to Bt Panjang Plaza to have a drink while she played bubbles. Later, we brought her to Bt Panjang Plaza library to borrow books. I must say that the books selection at BPP library is so much more interesting & extensive than CCK.

2nd Celebration @ home
At night, She had another cake cutting session with the family except her daddy.


3rd Celebration @ Globetrotters
For the benefit for daddy who jus came home y'day & thus has not sing b'day song, we bought a small cake fm polar cake to Globetrotters. Shannon had fun playing in the little trotters fun room while Sky was busy "mum mum". He has been eating alot recently!

Final Cake cutting!

Shannon & her signature pose!

Our gift to her - a kitchen set.

The 2 baobeis's daddy is in Vietnam for a wk & will be back just in time this Sun for Shannon's BD. Whole of last wk, he has been putting Shannon to sleep. He must be thinking of to make up for the 1 wk loss of seeing his baobeis. Naturally, yesterday, Shannon was asking for daddy to accompany her to sleep.

Dh emailed to inform that I would enjoy shopping there as there's lots of nice bags & shoes with embroidery. Green with envy!! Shall wait for surprises then! haha

These days, shannon seems to have imaginary friends. She will be on the phone & as if talking to someone. When i asked her who is she talking to, she will reply "my friend la" & quote a name. Conversation overheard, "wait for me at NTUC. Lot 1 there, hmm, ok, bye"

?!?!?!? LOL

With the coming of the National Day, Shannon's CC has been teaching her the National Anthem. So recently, she has been singing the anthem at home. It does bring me back to my old school days memories when I hear her singing.

Today, she amaze me by reciting the pledge to me. To think that she can really recite the full pledge & not missing out any verse. I was totally "wow" by her! I think i only learnt the pledge in primary school?!?

Zero Cost, Maximum Fun

Water Fun

The 2 baobeis are finally well & completely recovered from the dreadful HFMD. To celebrate, we decide to bring Ah Ma (she deserve the most credit for taking care of them singlehandly for a week) out for a good lunch. While the baobeis' Ah Yi is enjoying dim sum in HK, we are not missing out by eating dim sum in SG too.

At Tien Court in Copthorne King's Hotel

After lunch, we went to Botanical Gdns for a breathe of fresh air. But by then, shannon is fast asleep.

We hit home as soon as the sky turns dark & that ends the day of "celebration".

I bet ah ma is more happy & relief to see this than anyone else!

Both Sky & Shannon are sick again! Shannon was having fever over the weekend out of the blue. We were quite worried as her CC reported 2 cases of HFMD. Today, our fears are confirmed when teacher Neela called to inform that they found ulcers in her lips and tongue. DH rushed to bring Shannon to GP for check. The GP on the other hand advised that it doesn't seems like a full blown HFMD case but suggested Shannon to rest at home for a week.

Sky is not any better. He's having the running nose, phlegm and fever again. He's sprouting more teeth at the same time & this seem to worsen the situation.

This happen at a bad timing with the maid not around and poor Ah ma has to juggle with the two grouchy baobeis.

God, pls heal them fast!

As dh's army unit is in charge in this yr's NDP, we had the privilege to get tixs to the NDP full dress rehearsal this year. Along with ah ma & ah yi, all of us went for the show yesterday. Boy, the crowd is exactly like National Day itself! Majority are clad in red too! It's always heartwarming to watch NDP live in National stadium. Year after year, NDP gets better and better!

Sky's favourite part is watching planes & parachutes coming in & keep shouting "bird"! This year, Fireworks are the highlight as it practically lasted throughout the show. As we are sitting on the last 2nd rows, we are given umbrellas to prevent fireworks raining down to us. This create some excitement. The kids esp Shannon were fascinated though at some point quite scared since it's jus above us!

Happy Birthday, Singapore!

The kids are usually in tees & pants when they sleep as I don't have a habit of putting them in pyjamas. Today, Ah ma bought a set of Hello Kitty Pyjamas for Shannon. Looking at how cute Shannon is in her pyjamas, i think i will be getting more pyjamas for kids to wear in future.

This mummy got a call by nbyn for a FOC makeover cum photoshoot. In return, we will get 2 images in a CD-ROM. Afraid that it may ended with pushy salestalk, I have been postponing the appt for few weeks since the two kids were sick. However, they are persistent and called me couple of times. Since there's nothing on after church yesterday & being curious and "cheapo" to get the free shot, we went for it y'day. Only being there, we realise that the whole thing will last for 2 hours! They provide a makeup (for me only) & offered two different looks. The kids were shag out at the end of the session as they missed their naps!

Da-duh...the end result..



Luckily they were not pushy & we "got away" with the foc shots.

Sign..my dear Sky is so stoned after the sleep in the car. The nurse is trying to excite him with ball, food & games but nothing interest him at all!! He stand there looking stress & wonder why he was suddenly being put thru series of "test". After a while, he let out a a distress wail..Oh well.. there goes this mummy's chance to winning some "milk $$" :p

I bet we will frequent the Zoo for the coming year. Dh jus signed up for the Friends of the Zoo membership last sat. At this age now, Shannon understand & know the animals better.

Boy's hair can really get long v. fast.
Just within 2 mth, Sky's hair is long again.. He's sweating so much tat Aunty Siti can't help but to tie his hair up!

Aunty Alice held Jacob's 10th birthday at Toa Payoh Safra Kids Adventure Club. Both Shannon & Sky had alot of fun. Sky enjoyed himself at the ball pool while Shannon busy going thru the obstacles course.

Last sat, together with little Fredrick & family, daddy brought Shannon to see movie "Cars". After the show, I ask Shannon how's the movie. The only thing she could tell me is there's pink car, purple car & alot of cars. Dh was saying she could only sit still for an hr & even ask for mummy at one point.

Last Wed, DH & I celebrate our anniversary with a lunch at Sebastien. It's a cozy place but the food is not really that fantastic in my opinon. After the lunch, we shopped in conjunction with GSS :p In the evening, we had our western dinner at Queenstown kopitiam.. The steak is superb! Hawker price but restaurant style!! The famous char kwey tiao is also there! U won't miss it by spotting the loooong queue.

The kids' beloved Ah Yi brought their pics to Portrait Workshop for a caricatures sketch when they were 1yr old. Ah Yi was saying 2yrs ago when she brought Shannon's pic to him, it took the artist 3hrs to complete the sketch. The business has since grew and when recently she went to him for Sky's sketch, it took him 2wks to complete.

Shannon likes to hug & kiss her bro. While doing that on the way home, i asked her how much she luv her di di. She replied "$10"

Ok..of coz i din expect her to say as deep as the ocean but well..$10???

This is how Shannon pray at night:

"Father lord, i pray that mummy sleep well, daddy sleep well, didi sleep well. Amen. Thank you"

Sky is at this stage of throwing things on the floor, putting things in his mouth and throwing things in the bin. Y'day evening, he gave us a great fright.

While Dh was changing his diaper, we noticed that he was playing with a 20 cent coin and almost putting it in his mouth. Guess our reaction is too big when we saw it and caused Sky to open his mouth wide enough for the coin to go in. He choked on it and immediately, his face and eyes turned red and you could see his blood rushing up. We turned him around and I was banging his back real hard. It's a relief when the coin finally dropped out of his mouth after a few secs. It took a while to calm him down too.

What a close shave! Thank God, I really can't imagine the worst.