Bento Fun 2

I managed to get some bento accessories from Daiso during CNY holidays. Here's what I have prepared; garlic fried rice, baby tomatoes and dragon fruit, baked chicken fillet and corn.

Love for Soft Toys

Since young, Jared has shown alot of interests in soft toys, be it a teddy bear or animal stuffed toys. Last weekend when we visited a show unit, he found a big teddy bear in the kid's showroom. Look at how much he enjoyed playing with it, the only time when he wasn't walking around everywhere.
These are some pictures of him feeding the bear with his mineral water cup. Doesn't he look adorable ? :)

Happy Rabbit Year...

CNY celebrations are all about family gatherings, meeting with friends, giving angpows, playing fireworks and most importantly eating, could it be cookies, oranges or sui bak :)

Our celebration kicked off with a steamboat dinner at my brother's place on the Sunday before CNY. It was a great family gathering as we got to chit chat, joke and the kids mingled among themselves while waiting for the ingredients to boil in the steamboat pot, indeed a precious time.

This year we also managed to visit a few old friends, 2 of them are my ex-Convent classmates and some friends from hubby's hometown. It was really great to meet up with them after such a long time, in fact I have not seen one of the classmates for more than 20 years.

At my inlaw's place, it was also very happening as hubby has 7 siblings, so just imagine the situation when all the adults, grandchildren and great grandchildren are back home. As usual my MIL will be busy cooking in the kitchen, from morning till afternoon. Can see that she is tired but yet happy that all her children are around to savour her delicious cookings. One of my favourite dishes is her black sauce meat, the best that I have ever tasted but only if you like FAT meat!! :)

I guess kids also enjoy the most during this time of the year, receiving so many angpows, getting to play fireworks and also meeting up with cousins. Emily surely enjoyed the company of her cousin sisters and missed them a lot when she came home.

GONG XI FA CAI

MAY THE YEAR OF RABBIT BRINGS LOTS OF HAPPINESS & PROSPERITY TO ALL OUR

FRIENDS...

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 :).

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.