BFF (Best Friends Forever)

Up till now, Kimi still thinks that Enzo is only 'vacationing' at Brother Charlie's place.  And he still insists that Enzo is our dog. Kimi misses Enzo very much and everytime after visiting Enzo, he will want to bring him home.  Kimi will ask me persistently why we aren't bringing Enzo home.

I'm so sorry Darling, you will understand in a few years time.  It tears my heart too but this is the best for all of us.  After today's visit, I had a serious eye allergy which became an infection and I needed to see a doctor the next day.

But I am heartened to say that Enzo is doing so wonderful in their hands and he is so loved and fabulously taken care of.  All I can say is, "All Glory to Jesus!".  When we put our trust and life in His Mighty Hands, we can be sure He will make the path smooth and straight.  He made the way for us to find such a nice family for Enzo.  We are even more Blessed cos both families are close friends now and we can visit Enzo anytime.  Isn't that wonderful.  Thank you, Lord!

 BFF

 Kimi starting his antics again! :)

Sweet, tender moments - Precious!

Blessed With A Castle

Hb came home this morning with this HUGE present for Kimi.  Actually, Kimi has been eyeing this Playmobil castle for the longest time and hb decided to get it for him during this trip to the US.  So he ordered it to be delivered to our sil, Julie's place in the US.

We were stunned when they wanted to pay for it and bless Kimi with the castle! :)

Thank you so much Uncle Peter and Aunty Julie for the castle, Kimi loves it and plays with it EVERYDAY!  This is the largest castle in Playmobil and we are amazed by its detailings, etc. Awesome toy!

 Kimi who just woke and can't wait to show his thankfulness to Uncle Peter and Aunty Julie for the toy

 Unpacking the huge box

 Halfway through assembling

 Almost done! See how big that even Kimi can sit inside!

Awesome toy!

Racial Harmony Week

This week Kimi's kindy celebrated Racial Harmony Week and the kids had foods from the 4 major ethnic groups in Singapore on each day.  They started their 'food feast' on Tuesday with Vegetarian Bee Hoon for Chinese, bringing in their own chopsticks and utensils.  I was nicely surprised when Huang Laoshi told me that Kimi finished his portion including the fishballs.  Kimi do not like to eat fishballs at all!

Then on Wednesday, they tore at Roti Prata with their stubby fingers and Kimi relished in 3 servings of non-spicy Mee Goreng on Thursday.  I think the kids loved today most - it was nuggets, fries and baked beans!  They even had cake as 1 of their classmate had a birthday celebration today.

Eveyday this week, the kids would learn about the different ethnic groups.  It ended with the kids wearing their favourite ethnic costume today.  Kimi told me when I picked him up, that his teacher said he looked very nice today! Haha!!

Kimi posing with Harry before leaving for school

It would be really nice if we could get a Finnish or Norwegian costume when he is a little older. :)  Anyway, I think Kimi had lots of fun this week and although he struggled to go to school on Monday and Tuesday, it eased a little from Wednesday.  Kimi's separation anxiety is getting better! All Praises to Jesus!

Kimi wanted to display his kung-fu prowess just as we were leaving. I think he felt 'empowered' as he don the kung-fu suit! Lol!

Singapore Garden Festival

We went to the SGF to experience it since we missed the show since it started.  It's nice to see more Singaporeans getting interested in gardening.

It was a little boring for the boys till they got to Level 4 where there were more interesting hand-ons for them like getting a weaved bird, drawing on interactive screens and learning about the different trees and leaves.  I felt this was more real for them.  Level 6 was too 'mature' and 'arty farty' for them to appreciate. :)

Anyway, nice to see familliar faces again! :)

My personal favourite - garden balconies

Kimi observing the lady weaving a bird out of a leaf

Kimi showing his little leaf bird

The 2 boys bouncing the birds

All For the Fun of Water!

We decided to let Kimi skip school today cos hb had been travelling non-stop the past weeks and we had so little time together as a family, esp so for hb. I think he felt the need to spend more playtime with Kimi as after 1.5 days rest at home, he will be on another 12 days trip, yet again.

After hearing so much good things about Jurong East Swimming Complex, we decided to try it out although there is a similar one at the estate we lived.  Best of all, the charges are same as any other public pools despite the slides, rides and wave pool. :)

As we arrived in Jurong town, it started to rain rather heavily.  I urged Kimi to pray to God for the rain to halt so we can proceed to the other part of Jurong where the pool was.  As always, God was faithful and as we pulled into Jurong East, the sun was shining and the dark clouds did not chase us! 

In fact, it was cloudy with enough sun for a warm time yet not scorchingly hot.  God loves His little children and their simple faith!!  The rain continued the moment we pulled out of the driveway of the complex.  Amazing? Yes!  That is my God, He answers ALL Prayers, no matter how small or big as long as we call out to Him. Hallelujah!  All Glory to Jesus!

Here's some pix of a beautiful family time spent together!

A father and son shot

The slides!!!

Kimi can't wait to jump in the pool

Going with papa on the lazy river on a float

Moving towards the water jets!

How refreshing!

Then, the wave pool can on (once every hour) and both father and son went on it with the float

Then they decided to go without it during the next wave ....

Enjoying the waves

Kimi venturing on his own - he's never afraid of waves even at a young age ... he loves water!

Malacca Drive 4/6/2010 to 5/6/2010

Got woken by hubby at 6 in the morning on Saturday asking if I wanted to drive to Malaysia.  The first thing that came to my mind was it safe?  After hb assured that it should be alright, I jumped on it excitedly and agreed we will pray about it and trusted in God for a safe journey.

Started packing, not knowing it was just a day trip for food and back home in the evening or to stay a few days.  We didn't even know where we'd be going!  So exciting right?  Anyhow we packed for 2-3 days.  In about an hour, we left home.

Upon reaching JB, hb decided we would go to Malacca again.  We've not been there since 2005 or 2006 so it would be nice to re-visit our favourite food haunts.  We used to go very often just for the weekend when we were sans Kimi.

We arrived at around lunch time and headed to Donald & Lily, a family run eating house serving Peranakan food.  Their cendo was to die for.  After not eating for a few years, I'm sad to say that the once quaint and personal set-up has become a bit commercialised.  There were loads of people eating and the cendol, although many many times better than those found in Singapore, it has somehow lost its home-flavour.  Maybe it's just me.  But hb also agreed.

My favourite cendol.  The fragrance of the gula melaka is amazing!

Malacca has spruced up a lot.. it now has river rides which Kimi adores

Kimi is so fascinated by the many trishaws and their equally many lights and decor! I think it really adds a nice charm and buzz to this little town. :)

On the way back, we stopped by Kukup for seafood dinner and allowed Kimi to soak up some Kelong/Kampong spirit.  We saw a sea snake dangling gingerly on a seaplant and other interesting sights.  Kimi loves it!  I can say for sure, my little one is an outdoor boy. :)

I love the weathered wood and of cos Kimi's stubby cutesy toes!

A family pix

Can you spot Kimi amidst the toys?

As we made our way back, hb saw a Carnival at the side of the road and decided to check it out!  Kimi is so enthralled by the roller coaster and insisted to ride on it.

Getting ready to start the ride

Kimi giving a 2-thumbs up and V sign that he loves the ride.

Although it was a last minute trip with zero planning, we enjoyed it very much and we are sure we will be doing another drive really soon! :)  This time with a bit more planning. :)

Papa's Big 40

We didn't go to any fancy restaurants or had a big bash.  We wanted to spend a quiet time at home eating all the yummy hawker food we loved.

I remembered it was some 22 years ago when I first baked a birthday cake for hb (then my boyfriend).  This year, we decided to have durians instead of a cake since everyone in our household loves it.

It was a lovely evening of close family togetherness - this is what I love most! 

Happy Birthday Papa, May the good Lord Bless you, adore you and FAVOUR you!!

We stuffed ourselves silly!

Mini Day

After the play, we met up with Julie, my mum, sis and the girls and brought them to the Mini Exhibition at Marina. 

Lots of freebies here - free car wash for Mini owners by some skimpily-clad young things, go-karting, free cotton candy/popcorn/drinks and pix taking of the old Minis. 

Kimi wanting to try out the go-kart.  Well, he needs to wait another 9 years to qualify. :)

Claire posing with Kimi

Claire having a go

Kimi attacking the cotton candy and popcorn

Posing in a Mini

Playdates @ Changi Boardwalk with Ju

We decided to bring the boys for a walk after dinner and settled on Changi Boardwalk.  However, it started to drizzle as we arrived.  Thank God after dinner, it stopped and the evening was nice and cool.  We daren't venture too far for fear that it may rain again.

After a short 45mins there, it started to drizzle again so we quickly headed home.  We will go back soon so we can take a long walk on the boardwalk. :)

Nice view.  Look at how the sky is darkening?

Lovely boats to neighbouring islands.  We will take 1 to Ubin one of these days! Can't wait!

The boys chatting - I wonder what is so interesting there

Kimi doing a bit of cycling

Then the silly papa decided to cycle too! The kids laughed so loud and so hard!

Kimi wanted to try Ju's scoot

Kimi hugging Ju and refusing to let him go!  BFF!

Play Day!

Today was a day of PLAY and literally. We spent the day at 2 parks playing, playing and playing.In the morning, we went to Botanic Gardens for a morning walk where Kimi also scooted, chased pigeons and scare the swans.

After some warm-up, we proceeded to JB Children's Garden where Kimi thoroughly enjoyed the slides at the tree house. Previously, I didn't let him slide alone as I felt he was still too young. Today, he spend more than 30mins just playing there! :)I had to tear him away to look at some vegetables and plants before cooling off at the water-play area. This got to be Kimi's favourite place! Anything related to water, I guess. :)

After which we had Mac's for lunch (at his request) and I gave him a ice-cream treat for being such a lovely boy. It had to be none other than Island Creamery which I absolutely love.

After a nap at home, we headed to Pasir Ris beach with my nieces for more fun! It was soooo breezy today, Such a beautiful day to spend at the playground.

I hope Kimi had a wonderful, wonderful time today!

Ahhh! This is life! What cool breeze!

Exploring!

Whoosh! And down the slide Kimi went!

Oops... no more water ....

Yay!! Jumping with joy when the water returned!

Lunch @ Mac's - Kimi said he was an elephant with tusks!

Thumbs up for Kimi's favourite ride. It goes round and round. Simple pleasure, maximum satisfaction. :)

Kimi inside our favourite ice cream place - Island Creamery. Played some imaginary drums and held the guitar and he told me he was playing a cello! Haha! The guitar was very much bigger than what he has at home hence the relation he made as I explained to him that a cello is very large... :)

Kimi loves all animals and always wants to take pix with this SPCA doggie. I was exactly like that when I was small and always asked for loose change from my dad to pop it in. So did Kimi!

Our favourite!!! Kimi's favourite is Revers-O while my all-time favourite is Horlicks and Burnt Caramel and many others!! Today I tried the Coconut Swirl, not too bad. I'm drooling just thinking about it! :)

The finished shot - we devoured it! Happy and satiated!

Kimi, all excited to rush down to the playground! Haha! What a funny shot! I love it!

At the moment, Kimi likes spinning round and round and feeling all the dizziness. So he hogged this game at the playground.

Confident climber!

Happy boy ready to slide!

The tall and lanky Claire on the Flying Fox

Kimi absolutely loves the swing and the wind in his hair!

Such happiness! I love his smile and laugh here! This is so Kimi, how he is always cackling and laughing amongst all his mischiefs. :)