My Family's Memoir: January 2011

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Bento Fun

I have always adored those mothers who spent time to make bento sets for their kids. It is a good way to present food to the kids, especially the picky ones. Just by looking at the nice layout of the bento makes me feel hungry :).

This weekend, I managed to prepare very simple bentos for Emily, just for the fun of it. I do not have those fancy bento sets which I love so much but still hesitating to get them since they are kind of pricey. Instead I used a container which comes with 3 compartments. For Saturday's dinner, I prepared roast chicken, baked potatoes, omelette and stir fry spinach. Something simple that can be ready within an hour, but I must admit the deco is horrible :)

For Sunday's lunch, it was the same left-over roast chicken, sweet and sour fish fillet and steamed okra. Though it's not those nice bentos that I have seen, it has definately boosted Emily's appetite and she gave her thumbs up for the sweet and sour fish :).

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Jared At 20Months & 2 Weeks

Weight : 12.7kg
Height : 36 inches

Developments
- Able to recognise and say numbers 1 to 10. Can say 1 till 3 in mandarin.
- Recognise around 20 out of 26 Capital alphabets.
- Recognize and say the shapes circle and square.
- When he wants us to stand up, he will say "qi lai".
- Already saying many words and loves to imitate what we say (Mixture of hokkien, mandarin and english).
- At home, he will refuse to sit in his high chair during meals, instead wanting to seat on our dining chair.
- Loves to feed himself but will be a little messy.
- Likes to use pen to scribble on papers or use the marker pen on our white board.
- Throws tantrums and screams at the peak of his voice if he doesn't get what he wants. Lately it is more difficult to bring him out for meals as he tends to fuss if we have to wait too long for our food to arrive.
- Most of the time he doesn't like to be read any stories, instead loves to play with his puzzles and other toys.
- Refuses to sit in the stroller unless we hide his shoes from him :).
- Always snatching things from jie jie and sometimes hit her too.. Need to start disciplining him.
- Favourite appliance is the vacuum cleaner.
- Doesn't know how to poop or pee in the potty yet :(

Food
- Taking Gain Plus Milk
- Cereal and Quaker Oats for breakfast
- Occasionally he will refuse to eat his porridge, instead he prefers cereal or milk.
- Also taking some rice when we take our meals.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Vacation in Singapore, 2010

2 weeks ago, hubby brought Emily to Singapore for a 1 week vacation. Thanks to hubby's ex-USM housemate, JenMei, for allowing them to "squat" in her nice condo located at Harbour Front. As this is Emily's 1st visit to Singapore, she was really excited about it. Hubby did a terrific job planning out all the places of interests to visit each day.

It was really convenient to travel to all the tourist spots using MRT. However Emily did complained of muscles-ache after walking so much throughout the 7 days, never had she walked so much in her life :). She kept telling me how excited and brave she was to go on the roller coaster in Universal Studio. Looks like she has become braver, when she went to Disneyland 2 years ago, she dared not go on it. Hubby teased me that I am more "chicken" than her now as I will never have the guts to do so :)

Day 1

- Science Centre