So Funny

I can't remember what Cherelle did and made me a little angry. I stared at her with my eyes wide opened.
Cher: Mommy, don't eyes big big look at meimei.
Me: What do you want mommy to do?
(I was actually thinking she would ask me not to be angry and would say sorry).
Cher: I want mommy eyes small small
(I almost wanted to laugh but controlled myself and went on to 'disturb' her).
Me: But mommy eyes small small don't look nice.
Cher: I want mommy eyes normal.

Hahaha...

'Big' Sister

Ashrel woke up from nap and was crying. Cherelle walked towards him.
Cher: Why are you crying, you are not a baby, you are a big gorgor, meimei is a baby.
After a while, Ashrel stopped crying.
Cher again walked to him and gently touched his hair.
Cher: Are you happy now?

So funny! Cherelle was like a 'big' sister to Ashrel. Her tone of voice was not reprimanding but more like curious yet showing concern to her gorgor.

So Amusing..

I took a tissue to clean Cherelle's chin when I noticed some breadcumbs on her chin.
Cher: Hey mommy, why you touch my moustache?

I lightly pat Cherelle's bum during bedtime.
Cher: Mommy, don't pat pat my backside, smelly smelly, pat pat my hands better.

At ION foodcourt..
Cher: Mommy, the aunty wear blue briefs same as gorgor.
Cherelle spotted a lady whose pants was a little low cut behind and revealed a little of her navy blue p...... Oh oh, Cherelle must have associated dark blue colour with briefs as her gorgor has such colour briefs. All the panties I bought for Cherelle are sweet pastel colour, mostly pink, purple etc and no dark blue.

Cher: Daddy, what are you doing?
DH: Daddy is looking for a parking lot.
Cher: Why you looking for a parking lot?
DH: To park the car so that we can go for lunch.
Cher: Why you go round and round the carpark?
DH: Because there is no parking lot.
Cher: Why no parking lot?
DH: kept quiet
Cher: Why, why?
Good that DH finally managed to find a lot..

Cherelle heard me saying, 'Ouch'!
Cher: Mommy, what happened?
Me: Mommy has backache.
Cher: I help you put plaster and massage(She did).
Cher: Daddy! come put plaster for mommy and massage mommy.

3 of Us

It was a Sunday afternoon on 18 Oct, DH went for his haircut and left the three of us at Taka. To pass time, first we went to MacDonalds for saltless fries and drinks, and after that to the Taka toys department.

Who Has Bigger Eyes?

AshRel & CheRelle

Carnival at WCP

It was on 3rd October, Saturday that we brought the kids to WCP to fly kite. There was a carnival at WCP and the kids were elated. We had to rush to a party that evening so we went back again the next day to finish using the remaining tickets. On Sunday, Cherelle spotted a Barney soft toy at one of the game stall and she wanted it so much. We played the game but could not win the Barney as the water gun shooting game was tough. Cherelle cried in disappointment and the game master 'helped' us to win that Barney. Ashrel saw Cherelle's Barney and wanted the Carebear. So again, the game master 'helped' us to win the Carebear this time. We played some games, the kids jumped on the bouncy castle, Ashrel sat on the viking and Cherelle sat on the aeroplane ride. They had great fun but the daddy and mommy were exhausted and the weather was so hot on Sunday.

Blog Title

I have just changed the blog title to reflect the latest developmental stage of our two dearest children, AshRel and CheRelle. With God's blessings, they are growing up so fast and well. Ashrel draws a lot these days and his drawing pieces had won him an award and some were chosen for exhibition during his school's special events. He is very active, a little too mischievious these days but is always a sweet and innocent little boy. Cherelle is quite an opposite from her gorgor, tiny in size but 'mature' in thoughts. When someone hit/bully her, she will give the person a big hug. When I tell her anything, she seems to understand me very well. She is very chatty, loves to talk non-stop and sing.
They are just so special and ever so precious in God's sight and in our heart and life. Thank you God for dearest Rel & Relle...

Toliet Training (II)

Cherelle had class at KidsLoft yesterday. I did not feel 'safe' letting her wear panties to class since we would be out for few hours (I should have trusted my girl). She was a little moody in class and I did not know it was due to the 'panties' issue. Suddenly she cried, she told me she wanted her Mickey Mouse panties. Teacher Lavinia came to know about it and told Cherelle it was alright and asked Cherelle to put on her Mickey Mouse next week. Cherelle was happy again. After class, she told me she wanted to pass urine in the toilet. I brought her, her pull-up was dry and she pee into the toilet bowl. She came out and proudly exclaimed to teacher Lavinia that she passed urine in the toliet bowl. Her teacher praised her and she was very happy.

This afternoon, I wanted to change Cherelle to her diaper for her nap. She refused and told me she wanted to pass urine in the toliet. She did. Then she said to me, 'Mommy, I passed urine in the toliet already so can wear panties to sleep'! Ok, I trusted her this time. When she woke up, she said to me, 'Mommy, see I didn't pass urine on the bed'. And she went to the toliet.

Same!

We met up with Cindy and Lil' Caitlyn for lunch at IMM today. So conicidental, Cherelle and Caitlyn wore the same top (a little different in design) and same shorts. And both of them brought along their pink 'doll doll' and little handbag. So they kept saying, 'same, same'! Thanks to Cindy for her photo taking speed and we got a nice picture of them swinging on the bar at the playground. My picture was, 'Caitlyn was already down the slide'. :P

Toliet Training

I have tried training Cherelle sometime back but she was quite inconsistent so I stopped the training. Today, 3 November 09, I decided to let her put on her pretty Mickey/Minnie Mouse panties and start toilet training her. To my greatest surprise, she was able to tell me when she wanted to pass urine. We even went to the library with her on panties. There was no incidents at all today. On day 2 (yesterday), when I left her with my mom and went out for a while, there was an incident but was the only one throughout the day. In the evening, when we went out for dinner, she insisted to put on her panties (I had wanted to change her to pull-up just in case). I gave in to her request and she was able to tell me when she wanted to pass urine. Today she woke up with a dry diaper. The first thing she said when she opened her eyes was, 'I don't wear pampers anymore, I wear Mickey Mouse panties'! Then she told me, 'Mommy, I want to pass urine'. Well done Cherelle! I hope you stay consistent since you would be starting school soon (without mommy) in few months time.

Yellow Batman

He called himself the 'Yellow Batman'!

Cherelle's Good 'Friends'

'Marbling'

I remembered we did 'marbling' on the first day of the September school holidays as it was raining heavily and we could not go outdoor.

Gorgor & Meimei

Took these pictures on a beautiful Saturday morning. Thank you God for blessing our two little ones each new day..

Family Pictures

We took these family pictures at Ritz sometime back (no special occasion though). I do not have much time to update blog these days, will try to post if I have a little time to spare. Like today, the meimei slept at 8pm, the gorgor at 9pm and their daddy at 9.30pm.

Astronaut

Whenever I tell Cherelle is shower time, she will take out her own blouse, diaper and walk into the bathroom. Today she transformed herself into an astronaut and proudly asked mommy to, 'look at astronaut meimei'.

First Milk Tooth

Ashrel had his very first milk tooth sprouted when he was about 7 months old. Today, 3 October 09 (at about 5 years 2 months old), that very first milk tooth of his fell off. I washed and kept the tooth for him, but daddy and him kept saying, yee...

Haircut

40 Pieces Puzzle

This evening, Cherelle completed her 40 pieces puzzle. Well-done Cherelle! Yes, we are very proud of her, especially her daddy. As Cherelle was already very good with the 12 pieces puzzles, I decided to buy something more challenging for her. I saw the 25 pieces one but did not really like the picture. In the end, I saw some 40 pieces puzzles which I knew Cherelle would like. Each puzzle piece is quite small at about 1.5 X 2cm. The shop assistant told me that these 40 pieces puzzles are generally for age 3-4 years old and above. I also thought that they might be too difficult for Cherelle's age. But nevertheless, I bought three 40 pieces puzzles on Saturday. For Cherelle's very first attempt, I was pleasantly surprised that she could complete about one quarter or slightly lesser of the puzzle without any picture to look at (the puzzle does not come with a box). For her second and third attempts, she could complete more and more pieces. Today is Wednesday and she completed her first 40 pieces puzzle! We felt very happy and proud of her. When daddy first saw the puzzles I bought, he said, 'These are too difficult for her, why didn't you buy those 25 pieces ones'? But Cherelle proved him wrong. Now her daddy was telling me that we should consider buying her 70-100 pieces puzzles. I shall see how, would let her 'perfect' her skills on the 4 (daddy went to buy another one on Sunday) 40 pieces puzzles first. Ashrel and myself also needed some time to 'work on' these 40 pieces puzzles. Daddy, himself did not even want to try. But our meimei, Cherelle did it!
(I did not take a videoclip as I did not expect her to complete the puzzle today).

Cherelle and Her 'Friends'

Pooh Bear, Doraemon, Bear Bear, Pig, Gorgor's Bear (she named them) are Cherelle's good 'friends'. She plays pretend with them very often at home. They are her best playmates when gorgor is not at home.

She woke up from nap and I was busy at the kitchen. She took her friends from the bedroom and line them in a row. She took the can of goats milk from the table and asked, 'Who want to drink goats milk'?

'Mommy, take picture please'?

It was 8.30pm (before bedtime) and her friends kept her busy while I was watching TV. Soon she called out for me and asked me to take picture of 'them' again.

See what she did next..

She said, 'sit properly ok'..

And she started singing, 'row row, row your boat'..

The next morning when she woke up from her sleep and after I changed her pyjamas, the first thing she did was to, 'row row, row your boat' again..

Different seating arrangement this time. :p

(I took 2 videoclips of her singing, 'row row, row your boat', the night and day version, shall upload shortly.)

2 Little Ponytails

2 years old & 6 months old

KFC / Swimming

We had a breakfast date with Cindy and Lil' Caitlyn at KFC, Westmall today. Thank you Lil' Caitlyn for sharing your waffle with Cherelle. After breakfast, we went for a swim. Cherelle was so daring to go down the slide with me few times. She simply loves water. We heard thunder shortly and decided to head home. The two kids continued their waterplay in the bathroom. My mom was here and she prepared lunch for the kids.

KidsLoft / IMM

After lesson at KidsLoft today, we (and Cindy & Lil' Caitlyn) went to IMM to meet up with Jeanelle and Lil' Faith. The kids had a fun time at Daiso trying and playing with the toys. I did not have my camera with me so no photos of Lil' Faith. Thank you Cindy for the above photos.

West Coast Park

It was a beautiful morning and Lil' Cherelle and Lil' Caitlyn had a date at West Coast Park. But when we reached there, the scroching mister sun came out. The kids played at the playground for a while and Cherelle decided to do dried leaves collecting and dropping (into the drain) under the shade. Soon after, we left WCP and went for lunch at Sushi Tei at West Coast Plaza.

KidsLoft

I can't remember this is the number ? lesson. Today's art and craft was working with marbles and paints. Cherelle was elated when teacher Lavina brought out the parachute during music time. It's her favourite at all time. She was one of the most 'participative' student, happily sitting on and running to and fro under the parachute.

Puzzles Collection

These are some of Cherelle's favourite puzzles collection. I love them too, so colourful and nice. Cherelle can complete all of them without any help. We have quite a few more of other range/type. I bought many puzzles for Cherelle. She enjoys doing them so much that it has become part of her daily routine. Actually, I (and her daddy) do admire her patience and skills in completing such 'tasks'. Cherelle is progressing quite well with the more difficult puzzles we bought for her recently. Well done, Cherelle!
(Cherelle wants to thank Aunty Cindy for shopping with mommy and helping her in choosing all these beautiful puzzles).

Cat Lovers

Our two kids love animals, both the real living ones and the soft huggable ones.

Sharing

Cherelle insisted that we must drink the orange juice this way.

Nursing

I left my nursing wrap on the bed (I think was yesterday as Cherelle was nursing and fell asleep in the car so I came home with the wrap on). Cherelle was playing on my bed this morning and I went to the kitchen. When I was back, I saw her with the wrap over her head and she told me, 'Mommy, I feeding bear bear milk milk'. I quickly grabbed my camera to snap some pictures. And she happily smiled for the camera. So cute..

National Day Celebration

I felt so happy and proud of my dearest son, Ashrel, today. He won the 'Most Creative' award in his school 'National Day Poster Design Competition'. There were about 45 entries for K1 level and there were two special awards given. One is, 'Most Creative' and the other is, 'Most Colourful'. For these two categories, the judge was from NAFA. The parents who came for the event were also given a chance to vote for the 'Nicest' poster category. I (each family) was given four stars of different colours to vote for the PN, N, K1 and K2 entries. Of course for K1 level, I gave the vote to my boy. So on average, each of the entry should have at least one vote but some had none.. For the voting category, Ashrel had 4 stars/votes. The K1 winner had 6 votes. By the way, the 'Most Colourful' award was won by Ashrel's best girl-friend, Yixuan.
(Left: Ashrel's poster. Right: Some of the entries. I couldn't capture all, too many people walking around).

Today, I attended the National Day celebration held in Ashrel's school. I was all excited as Ashrel was performing in a speech and drama item, 'Creepy Crawlies' on stage. He dressed up as a spider and beside singing and dancing, he stood out to recite (said) a short verse. I felt so 'gan dong' during that moment. Ashrel, mommy is really proud of you. Together with his class, Ashrel also sang two National Day songs on stage, one in English, the other in Chinese. He has been singing the two songs at home everyday before the event, but I have forgotten to video it.

Ashrel likes this poster and asked me to take a picture of him with the poster. 

Happy 44th Birthday, Singapore!

(The above two posters were the joint effort of the PN/N students and their teachers. So nice right?)

KidsLoft

Thank you Cindy for picking us up early today. Cherelle went up the big trampoline, rode on the tricycle and car at the outdoor area before lesson time. After class today, we met up with Gene & Lil' Gladys and friends for lunch at IMM. 

Puzzle

I bought some 12 pieces puzzles for Cherelle recently. She loves puzzles and after a few attempts, she could complete the puzzles. On good days, she can sit down and do three or more puzzles at one go. Today, I tried to video her doing her puzzle. A little help from mommy (just for 1 piece) and she completed the puzzle. Well done, Cherelle!

Caitlyn's Huggies Contest

We went to the United Square mall after the church service to support Lil' Caitlyn in the Huggies contest. Sorry Caitlyn, we were late and missed you on stage. The kids were so happy to see each other again. They played a while together, rode on the kiddy ride before bidding each other farewell.

Mommy, take pictures

I took these two shots upon Ashrel's request. Sometimes when he is in the mood, he would choose a spot, pose and ask me to take picture of him.

The Happy Cherelle

I can't remember what Ashrel did or say that made Cherelle burst into laughter. I managed to snap these pictures and I love them.

Driving the 'bears' to town

One beautiful morning, Cherelle decided to drive Pooh to town. She gave Pooh a kiss followed with a hug and asked him to sit tight. After a short drive, she stopped to offer Pooh a drink and she took a sip of water too. Cherelle put the bottle at the rear and continued her journey. She went to pick up another of her friend, 'Bear Bear' and off they went to Orchard Road. :)

Meet Up

We were feeling bored at home so we met up with Cindy and Lil' Caitlyn for lunch and shopping at IMM. The two girls enjoyed each other's company. See what they did.. trying on hairband and admiring themselves in the mirror at Fox, driving on the kiddy rides, and sharing snacks at Daiso.

Playdate with Lil' Caitlyn

Aunty Cindy invited Lil' Cherelle and mommy to Lil' Caitlyn's gonggong house for a playdate. Cherelle enjoyed playing with Caitlyn and her toys, especially the counters. Cherelle said a Big 'Thank you Aunty Cindy' for cooking a nutritious and yummy lunch for her. She ate a big bowl of rice and soup and asked for second helping. Cherelle was happily playing there and she totally forgot about her nap. It was teabreak time and Cindy blended delicious smoothie for all of us, perfect drink for a hot afternoon. It was already 4pm and we decided to say goodbye. The moment I placed Cherelle on her bed back home, she dozed off to dreamland.

J Pot

We had our lunch at 'J Pot' at Vivo City. This is a newly opened hotpot restaurant by Jumbo. We ordered the seafood set and few ala carte dishes. We had two different soup base, the herbal and the Jpot broth. I like hotpot and personally find the food quite good. Perhaps the ingredients used by Jpot are of good quality and the meat/seafood/fish slices are all very fresh. I also like the generous servings of green vegetables especially the 'dang ou'. DH find the food quite nice too but he is not a 'soup' person. Our Ashrel who is generally not fussy, enjoyed his lunch. Cherelle basically ate the rice and soup only as she is not a meat (be it any type) person. I fed Cherelle her lunch and after that DH brought the kids out for a walk. I then could finally and slowly enjoy my hot soup and food. A week later, we came back to Jpot again for dinner but I did not take any photos then.

Jumbo

After a good rest back home, is time for a yummy dinner to replenish our energy and fill our hungry stomach. Our dinner today is at Jumbo Seafood Restaurant at Dempsey Hill. The cereal prawns at Jumbo is one of our favourite dish. The cereals are of the right crispy texture, not oily, not spicy and not overcooked. The prawns are fresh, big, tasty and best of all de-shelled. But DH finds the cereals a little too salty. Ashrel and Cherelle love the food. They each had a big bowl of rice with the dishes. I enjoyed my dinner too.
Sweet and sour fish slices (Ashrel's favourite) and claypot seafood beancurd.
DH has a voucher for 300g of live steamed prawns. Yummy!

Zoo

We brought the kids to the zoo this morning since DH managed to get the corporate zoo passes. The zoo was so crowded today and the animal shows were packed with people. We had a quick lunch at Kentucky before the kids went for water play. Cherelle did not enjoy herself so much today (as compared to previous times) as there were too many kids running around the water play area and she felt a little overwhelmed. Ashrel continued his water play while Cherelle asked to 'go back'. I bought Ben and Jerry ice-cream for her. After the water play, the kids played at the playground for a short while. We took a boat cruise back as we were all so tired to walk. Cherelle fell asleep during the cruise.



The 2 brave ones!

KidsLoft Last Lesson

Today is the last lesson for the term at KidsLoft. Yes, we will continue. Cherelle enjoyed every sessions at KidsLoft. She is usually very attentive and participative in class. Everyday, she would tell me, 'Mommy, I want to got to school, so fun'. She can sing the 'There are 7 days in a week' and 'Zoo phonics' songs well. She can also sing out the story, 'Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see'. One of Cherelle's favourite phrase is, 'May I have some biscuits can? (supposed to be 'please' instead of 'can' but Cherelle always end the sentence with 'can')' :P Today, the kids had a snack party and Cherelle loves it of course. Teacher Lavinia presented a certificate and returned back the kids' artworks after the session.

We Love You!

I simply love our meimei, Cherelle, though I am guilty of losing my patience at her some time. She is really a good girl. Sorry, Cherelle. Mommy love you! Daddy and Gorgor love you a lot too!

Ashrel's Artwork

Last term, Ashrel attended art classes conducted by Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA). Few days ago, the school returned his art pieces that were chosen and put up for exhibition some time back. I (in the eyes of mommy) personally find them quite nice. :)

So Sweet

Ashrel came back from school with two little birds craftwork. The first thing he did even before removing his school shoes was to look for Cherelle and happily exclaimed, 'meimei, one is for you'! Of course, Cherelle was so happy. The pink bird was done by Ashrel as I saw his name written on it. Ashrel told me that his classmate, Leron (who is in the same school bus as him) did not want the red bird and he asked Leron to give it to him so that he could give it to his meimei. So sweet of this gorgor right? :)

Little Gym

We attended a trial class at Little Gym, Marina Square early in the morning with Cindy and Lil' Caitlyn. There were only three students for this class, Cherelle, Caitlyn and Kaidon. Cherelle tried the different gym apparatus and her favourite was the parallel and uneven bars. She walked on the balance beam too. Overall, the class was not bad. But I won't sign her up for a gym class, since she is already 'jumping around' with her gorgor at home everyday.

Cycling

Cherelle was not in the mood for cycling today. I supposed the weather was a bit too hot, she woke up very early this morning and was a little tired. Ashrel went cycling with his daddy while Cherelle and myself sat in Kentucky to enjoy the air-con and fries.
Was ok in the car but moody when we were trying out the child seat on the bike.
Gorgor is all ready to go..

Following the Brother

Ponytails

Cherelle was as usual hot and sweaty (even with the fan blowing directly at her). I managed to tie two little ponytails for her, a quick attempt so the hairdo was quite messy.