Happy 10month old Kayleen! (6th April 2010)

At 10mo, Kayleen finally managed to crawl on the floor with no complaints=)
Although she had learnt to crawl at 8mo+, she would make noises whenever we attempted to put her on the ground. She is, however, happy to do the crawling on our bed...hahaha...

The other changes we noticed was that she
1. knew how to 'fight for her rights'. She will reject strangers and demand mummy to carry her. She will also point to the direction she wants to go etc
2. said 'neh neh' when she wanted her milk. (070410)
3. could call 'ah ma' (paternal grandmother) loud and clear, just like her siblings. (110410)
4. could call mama (aka mummy) (140410)

Mood: Happy Milestone: 10 months old

Happy 8mo Kayleen! (6th Feb 2010)

The day Kayleen turns 8 months old happens to be my birthday! We had an early reunion dinner with my mother side at Pu Tien Restaurant (located at Kitchener Rd) partly also to celebrate my birthday.

Happy birthday to myself and happy 8 month old to my Kayleen dearie!

And my birthday present? A coach bag from hubby! =D

Mood:Joyful Milestone: 8 month old

Kayleen in her "Alfa Romeo"

This walker was previously used by Trenyce, then handed down to Kaden and now to Kayleen. Noticed Kayleen looked stunned? shocked? in these pictures...well, thats because its her first attempt on a walker. Now she zooms in her alfa romeo to everyw corner in the house. Experienced driver now eh hehe....


Mood: Ambitious

Kaden goes swimming! (10th Jan 2010)

Finally after a longlong time, we brought Kaden to swim...on Trenyce's swimming lesson day. He loves playing water with his father. Diving into the pool several times like he's a professional when he's just an amateur when it comes to swimming. He barely knows how to float....keke

Am glad that he has fun and enjoyed his swimming playtime with his daddy. Great activity for bonding!





Mood: Exciting Milestone:23 months old

Trenyce's new beginning 2010

Its been a long time since I penned anything in my blog. 心有余而力不足. There are so many things I wanted to note it down.....well, where shall I start now?

Many things have happened since the begining of Year 2010. Maybe I shall start from Trenyce since she's the eldest hehe.

First week of school was a fresh beginning for Trenyce with many new things in line for her.

Firstly, we withdrew Trenyce from TMCK and enrolled her into Kinderland @YCK. Im glad she likes the school 没妄费我们的一番心血 (meaning wasted our effort). She loves the variety in terms of learning opportunities in the school cos they have music class once a week, computer lessons twice a week and lastly, exercise/physical lessons twice a week. These syllabus are not available in TMCK, you need to pay extra as after school curriculum. Hubby was worried in the beginning that she couldnt get used to the new environment and will have 'rejections' to attending the new school. Trenyce commented boring in her first week of school as the teachers have not followed the real timetable in order to give time to the children to build up relationship i.e getting to know each other etc. Luckily all's well after the first week when the teachers resumed lessons according to the timetable.



Secondly, her long awaited art class at NAFA has finally commenced lessons. She waited till her neck as long as the giraffe hehe...oh well, she simply loves drawing and sketching. Give her a piece of paper and pencil and she can sit down quietly at one corner 'self-entertained'.

Thirdly, we finally found her a swimming coach through one of her classmates' mother. The swimming lessons were conducted at Sengkang Swimming Pool, which was something similar to the old 'Big Splash'...very nice swimming pool. Kaden and hubby also joined in the fun and went swimming every week with 姐姐, but at a different pool so as not to disrupt her lessons. 姐姐 is easily distracted by her surroundings like if she sees us around, she will wave her hand at us rather than concentrating at her lesson etc. 值得安慰的是她终于学会浮在水上 (finally floating on water) after 5lessons. Compared to the first day where she sat besides the pool and cried and now she can finally float and submerged her head into the water, even the coach has no confidence that she could overcome the fear.... It was a GREAT achievement for my dearie! Trenyce, mommy just want to tell you "We are very proud of you!" We lok forward to the day you can swim on your own...hopefully the day will come soon! :)

Trenyce 1st swimming lesson @Sengkang Swimming Complex (nice date to start new lesson - 10012010) Mood: Learning Milestone: 5 years old

Happy 7mo Kayleen!

My 7mo sitting proudly at the baby chair for the 1st time!

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 7 months old

Happy 6mo Kayleen!

My 6mo smiling sweetly at the camera!

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 6 months old

Miss Kayleen (18-19th Oct 2009)

Kayleen wearing dress!

This is also a dress, just that its a little short for her hehe...
Mood: Melancholy Milestone: 4 months old

Happy 5mo Kayleen!

My 5mo and her two baby teeth sprouting already....

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 5 months old

Happy 4months old to Kayleen!

Kayleen turns 4mo today! The day I officially return to work.
I gave her her 'drumstick meal' yesterday...according to the elderly bb can start eating solids from 4mo onwards hence giving them a drumstick is to signify that. Anyway, I dont intend to give her any solids till she turns 6mo! =p

Kayleen munching her drumstick

Happy 4mo, my sleeping beauty! mooch!

Mood: Celebration Milestone: 4 months old

Happy 3 months old to Kayleen!

Kayleen turns 3months old today! Happy 3mo my dearie! muacks!

Here's a funny pic I took on the same day. Kayleen doing some serious reading with papa! See how she frowns...hehe...


I am also happy to be the first to witness her turning herself! Yes at 3mo, she is a little over ambitious but its okay as long as there is someone watching over her hehe..I saw her trying very hard and gave her a helping hand and so.........


Baby, mommy is so proud of u! =D

Mood: Celebration Milestones: 3 months old

Happy 2 months old to Kayleen!

Kayleen turns 2 month old today! I hope there will be some nice changes coming with her growing 'older' i.e. sleeping thru, no more vomiting after feed (reflex) =p

Anyways, Happy 2 month old my little princess!

Mood: Celebration Milestones: 2 months old

Kayleen full month celebration

We dont intend have a grand one this time for Kayleen's full month celebration as we just had one last year for Kaden. We wanted to have a simple meal with our family and decided to have it at Peach Garden Restaurant located at Thomson Plaza. Hassle free, dont have to clear up like a maddie after food. It was also the first time we took 3 kids out! Quite action-packed but glad that everything went smoothly.

Some of the pictures taken at the restaurant.

Kayleen with popo

Group pic 1

Group pic 2

Trenyce with her cousin Michelle. They are only one year apart.

Mood: Celebration Milestone: one month old

Chatty Kaden

Little Kaden has been 'talking' alot recently. He expanded his vocabulary by another two words just 2 days ago. It was "No" and "Kaka" (meaning sister in malay). He will even shake his head when he says "No"..haha. He is also able to call Ester, our domestic helper, "Kaka" these few days and when he hears me mentioning Ester's name, he will shout 'ka ka' after me. Sometimes he will even walk to the kitchen and call her......the whole family is so amused by his reaction...haha...

His 'talking' milestones

His initial first words was 'mum mum' meaning food and 'ah ma' meaning grandmother and for the first few months when he started to babble, he would refer everything as "ah ma" but strangely, not 'mum mum'. Hmmm...interestingly, he is able to associate 'mum mum' as food and nothing else.

Occasionally, he would call me "mom mom" meaning mother, but it wasnt very often =( Then he learnt to call Trenyce as 'jiejie'.

The next word he learnt was 'there'. If you asked him where is ah ma? He will say "there" and point his finger at ah ma. Likewise, if you asked him, for example, "where is the fan?", he will point at the fan and says "there!"

Just two weeks ago, he started calling 'papa' or 'da da' and his pronunciation is getting better everyday and now he can call 'papa' very loud and clear!

And finally, about a week ago, the grandfather finally had his turn to be called. Kaden finally calls the grandfather 'gonggong' hehe!

No wonder people says the 2nd kid usually learns things faster because they get to imitate their siblings. And they really imitate very well! ;)

Mood: Exciting Milestone: 14 months old

Yet another milestones for Trenyce!

I am happy that Trenyce is finally joining us at the dinning table. It started about a month ago and somehow got 'cut off' in between when she was down with fever but we resumed the 'schedule' again about 1 week after she recovered when we noticed MIL was cooking porridge for her lunch & dinner again. Besides that, I am also training her to eat by herself as MIL has been feeding her all along in order to "speed things up". I am also trying to expose her to more fruits variety. She has apples, orange juice (with pulp) and honey dew just this week. Out of the three, I would say the third mission is the toughest as she doesnt like fruits so sometimes it really get on my nerves just to get her to 'swallow' the fruits. Nevertheless, I will keep trying.

Added on 12 April 09: Bought some strawberries for girl today, another exciting venture awaiting me....

Dear Lord, pls grant me the patience to bear with all the obstacles faced in getting Trenyce to eat fruits. Amen.

Mood: Grateful Milestone: 4 years old

Conversation with Trenyce姐姐

Trenyce姐姐 posed a question to me this morning before I left for work.

姐姐: Mummy, why we haven’t visited Uncle Goh (referring to my gynae)for such a long time?

妈妈: That’s because when mummy went to see Uncle Goh, you are usually in school so you didn’t get to see. You missed seeing 妹妹 isit?

姐姐 nodded her head.

妈妈: Hmm… next visit mummy put it in the afternoon so you will be able to come along ok?

姐姐: OK!
I am glad that Trenyce姐姐 is showing concern for her little 妹妹. Mood:Grateful Milestone:4 years old

Wearing hats/caps

Kaden弟弟 demonstrating the various ways to wear hats/caps....

Taken 1st Mar 09

Taken 15th Feb 09

Taken 15th Feb 09

Taken 23rd Nov 08

Mood: Playful Milestone: 9 months old

Kaden is walking!

Victory (more like cheeky;)) smile! Glad that he finally make it to the hall from the study room on his own hehehehe ;p

Yay Kaden is finally walking! We noticed he waddles alot recently from table/chair to table/chair. Though he is only making small little steps now but its a significant milestone of his life. Just 2 days before his birthday, he actually walks on his own for quite a distance, that is without any support....he can practically walk from the daybed (our so-called sofa) to our study room, at times he could even manage to walk to the grandparents' bedroom! Wow! Boy, mummy is very proud of you leh! Well, managed to capture a few videos of these significant milestones of his!

This video shows that he is able to stand up by himself without any help or support.

These videos show him walking on his own....and manage to conquer longer distance as each day passes!

Mood: Exciting Milestone: one year old

Kaden & His 1st Birthday Present

Yes its not Kaden's birthday yet and his ah ma is already very anxious in getting his birthday present for him. His ah ma got his 'harley davidson' last Saturday from Kiddy Palace keke...

In any case, since the present had already purchased...we decided to unwrap and let him play around at home. So currently its still out of bounds for outdoor kaikai. Today he already know how to negotiate with the grandparents...babbling away and kept pointing at the tricycle when the grandparents are taking him downstairs for their usual evening stroll. Boy, you learnt fast eh!

Mood: Playful Milestone: one year old

Kaden first CNY (26 Jan 09)

Kaden holding his first angbaos from daddy & mummy.

Kaden checking out the red packets from daddy & mummy, and gonggong & ah ma.

Kaden attracted by the designs on the red packets and started to murmur to himself.

Mood: Curious Milestone: 11 months old