He Can Stand

Hubby managed to grab some shots of Jared standing independently in his playpen for the first time. It all happened this afternoon when I wanted to put him in his playpen, however he refused to bend his knees to be sitted, instead his two little hands grab on the side bar and ta daaa... he is standing all by himself.. Look at his smiles of satisfaction.

Two Decade Reunion

Believe it or not, it has been 20 years since I left form 5. Today we had a lunch reunion gathering among our Convent classmates at E&O hotel. Many wanted to attend but at the last minute a few of them “fly aeroplane”. However it was really great to meet up with old friends where I could hardly recognized one of the friends who have not met since we graduated. And she has a kid who is already 14 years old. WOW…..

BTW, I wouldn't have been able to join this reunion if not for hubby who helped to babysit both the children. Thank you :)

The Graduation Day

Last Saturday was Emily's kindy graduation day. This year it was held at the Tabung Haji function hall, pretty nice place. Emily participated in a dance performance and gave 2 speeches, 1 is her performance speech and the other one is the finale speech.

The school also organized an event where kids presented flowers to their dad/mum as a way for them to say thank you.

Goodbye kindergarten, Primary One Here I come

Last Friday marked the last day of Emily’s official kindergarten school days. I can’t believe my little girl will be entering primary 1 when the new school semester begins in January next year, time really flies so quickly. She will still go to her current daycare centre till end of November before switching to another daycare the following month which specializes in handling primary school children only. I guess life will be a little different there compared to the current daycare where she still gets to take afternoon naps. No surprise that she will need some time to adapt to this new environment.

Is she excited about all this ? I would say Yes and No.. occasionally she would tell me that she is going to miss her current friends and teachers and at times looking forward to entering school.

There are a couple of things which we need to prepare before she starts her primary 1, including getting her uniforms, school shoes, bag, stationeries and bla..bla..bla…

As for hubby and myself, life will be a little hectic for us too as her new daycare is quite a distance from where we stay. Imagine having to send Jared to the babysitter and sending her to the daycare which are both in different directions and yet be in office on time for early meetings.. Phew..

Happy Birthday Daddy

Last Monday was hubby's birthday. We had a simple celebration at home with a capuccino cheese cake for daddy to blow the "so many" candles :). A few days before, I told Emily that daddy will be celebrating his birthday soon. She was very excited and these were the conversations we had.

Emily : Mummy, how are we going to celebrate daddy's birthday ?
Mummy : We will buy a cake for daddy only, no time to go for dinner bcoz you have class on that night.
Emily : [Face turned sour].... Nevermind, we eat cake for dinner lor.

Phew... I thought she was going to be disappointed as she seemed to associate birthday with dinner which we used to do previously but I guess she has grown up and able to understand more now. Daddy also received a birthday card from his little girl.

Dragon Fruit Lover

Lately there are many dragon fruits (also known is red pitaya) sold in the Sg. Ara morning wet market at reasonable price, 3 average size fruit for RM10, and they are extremely sweet. It is a good source of vitamin C, antioxidants, helps lower cholestrol and blood pressure too. Some people told me not to give to Jared as he is still young and this fruit might be too cooling. However I read that if eaten regularly, will alleviate chronic respiratory tract ailments, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitaya .
Last weekend I introduced pureed dragon fruit to Jared in small portion and he simply loved it..probably due to its sweetness. Cutie little red lips..LOL

Emily's Fairy Tale

Lately Emily has been really interested in fairytales. Some of her favourites include the movies,Enchanted, Diamond Castle and Swan Lake. She will sometimes performed role plays of the princesses. Last night I asked her if she would like to write about anything she likes and this was what she came up with. I did help her with a few spellings. Err..no comments on the storyline. A passage without fullstops, LOL.. Good attempt though.

Wishee Washee Wee

Last weekend we gave Jared a bath toy duckling when he was bathing. The moment he saw the toy in the bath tub, he couldn't resist from grabbing it. By his looks, he is definately very curious with his new duckling.

Freshly-made Yoghurt

Yesterday I have put my yoghurt maker to use after buying it for more than a month. I took the shortcut way by using the Easiyo base and culture mix. Preparation was extremely easy, simply mixing the powder with cold drinking water in the yoghurt jar and place it into the yoghurt maker which is filled with boiling water. When I checked this morning, it was still very watery. However in the evening, it was already set.

Emily couldn't wait till it is chilled, so I gave her some. The texture was really creamy and smooth. Instead of adding fruits when serve, I added the St Dalfour jam which enhances the taste even more. Simply delicious.

Growing Up

Today marks the 1st time Jared is sitting unsupported, though he still topples after some time like "bu tau ong". He was happily playing with his stack blocks in the baby cot before hubby put him to bed and he fell asleep on his own while we were taking our dinner. Good little baby ...
Time to introduce more toys to him.