Some Updates On Celest....

Nice pics..Hehe

Her look really very different now...


I am getting lazy to update on Celest's progress. Can't imagine when baby #2 is out! Double info to input! In the morning, we visited the famous "Jacob Ballas Garden". Maybe I was sol hyped up over the visit that it turned out to be a disappointment for me due to the way it was. There's nothing much to do over there except blazing sun.. Haiz...


Childcare

Celest is doing quite well and has settled nicely in the centre except for the 'often' bout of running nose and cough. Guess it's beyond me except to pray hard and boost her immune system. Now she will leave home after bidding 'goodbye' to me at the door before leaving obediently with daddy (somtimes will still need a sweet to keep her happy).

In the beginning, I was the one who fetched her back during evening time. When daddy took over the evening shift, she wasn't quite used to it and threw a few tantrums. There was one day when I had to go there as undercover and followed hubby throughout the whole process. This is to allow me to help if Celest threw her tamper again. Now, its better hopefully(Keeping my fingers cross).

Since she started attending cc, you can see a difference in her social skills. She became more sociable and would hum tunes in chinese/english etc, although her pronounciation ain't that clear yet. These few days, she would insist on wearing her shorts/pants/ shoes on her own although she wasn't that good in wearing her bottoms yet.

I can see that her teachers were quite good to her and Celest get along very well with them. Hopefully, they won't be leaving so soon.

Carseat

Most of the time, she would complied and sat inside the carseat. If she doesn't sit in, we won't start the car and remained at the carpark till she complied. But during the journey, sometimes she would wriggle her hands out of the strap and I had to 'remind' her again.

In the beginning, she would pulled and tugged at the straps till her neck were red with abrasion. Hopefully by the time we move her to the front passenger seat, she will be able to take instructions & rules better.

Actually, the material for the cover is very thin with almost no cushioning. Abit regret in buying as hubby just wanted to get the cheapest available to abide the law. Can't imagine sitting in a hard seat for a very long journey. Haiz. Think her back/buttock are numbed after a long ride.

Singing

I placed some CDs, containing Celest's favourite songs, in the car to keep her occupied. So, whenever she get onboard, she will request for music persistently till daddy accede to her request. She would then sing along with the music loudly. Oh my, she really really has a loud thunderous voice. not to mention high pitch.

I have to remind her to lower her volume each time as I am scared that she will frighten her meimei. Some songs, she will like to sing and drag at the end of the words. Some of her favourite are "the incy winsy spider", "old macdonald", "home on the range", "twinkle twinkle little star", "head shoulder knees & toes", "row row your boat" etc & many more. Think I will change to her chinese cd soon. Hehe.

Potty Training

The cc just started to put her on toilet training last week. Her teacher feedbacked that she is quite ok with it. Mostly if she said 'yes', she will have urine. I tried a few days at home but haha not the same result. Think it could be due to the peer pressure as the whole class will usually go toilet together. I was pretty tired then each time rushing her to the toilet and yet she did not pee or pee later in her shorts.

Today, I tried to give her incentives- stickers. For every successful pee, i will give her one sticker. She managed to collect two before it was time for her nap and i put on her diapers again. The 2nd time was actually very little, hmm maybe she just wanted to get one sticker from me. The 1st time she pee into the toilet bowl, I was very happy. After the 2x, the rest were abit of false alarm. :( Really, i think we need to stay home for a few days in a row so as to successfully train her. I asked her if she wanted to use the potty but she said no and say toilet. Now hubby complained that we have wasted money on the potty. Hmph!


Self- feeding


Nowadays, she will feed herself. So far so good. There will still be some rice dropping on the floor, clothes etc but still acceptable to me. I have yet to let her try eating noodles on her own though. :) Can see her satisfied face whenever she managed to put each spoonful of rice correctly inside her mouth.


Breakfast @ Swenson...

Sat Night....

Haiz.. Most of the time I will be missing as I am the photographer!

See her impish look!


Hubby suggested to go to Anchorpoint to dine at the new Disney restaurant. We reached around 6pm and it was already full house. Well, the place isn't that big to begin with anyway. We left our name on the waiting list while we took some pictures and looked at the menu which doesn't suit to my liking. That wasn't much variety and the food portion doesn't justify the price quoted.

We decided to jump ship to the HK 'Xin Wang' cafe. I ordered fried rice for Celest and spaghetti for myself. Celest was greedily wolfing down the carrot cake when it arrived. It's one of her favourite food man.

After dinner, we went to Kent Ridge Park for a walk which is highly recommended by hubby's superior. The view at night was nice but not really suitable to bring kids along. To me, it is more suitable for couples. The place is not really well-lit. We continued with our car cruise till we reached home. So funny, there isn't any place for us to go at night. Haiz.

While getting ready to bathe Celest in the bathroom, she had slipped and fell. I was trying to get hubby to pass some thing to me when I took my eyes off her and it happened. She was trying to walk over to the shower head area. She fell and hit her head against the floor. It must be very painful for her but luckily she calmed down quite fast.

I was worried that she might injure her spine/back/head in the fall. Can only pray now and monitor her behaviour tomorrow. I was reminded of the incident when hubby fell and injured his tailbone the last time. I asked her where pain pain, she will touch her head and said "pain pain". :(

Pelin's Birthday Dinner

We decided to set the dinner at Indulge At Park, Grand Plaza Park Royal Hotel, again for the dinner. Actually, me & hubby dined at the same place recently on Monday. Anyway, I was glad to return back as the buffet spread was different and better than Mon's menu because of Father's Day celebration.

The spread was more sumptious, replacing the teppanyaki was 'mini buddha jump over the wall' as etc. I requested to be seated at the open lounge as the ambience is better, not to mention the free liveband music from the lounge. I bumped into my ex-colleague who I knew during my SIP. Celest had alot of food tonight, not to mention me. Haha.

Big Splash

Weather nowadays is so unpredictable. Each time when I mention about going to ECP, the sky will start pouring. Last week like this and this week also. Anyway, by the time we were about to leave, the rain stopped. The weather was pretty ok and cooling.

We went to KFC to have our brunch first. It was a quiet place when we were there. Maybe it's just after the rain and that could be the reason why there isn't much crowd. There was a Chiltern House there. It's been a long time since I last went to Big Splash and the place has changed so much. The environment was quiet and relaxing.

We went to the Frisk & Romp to enquire about the rates for Patsy. Celest was very much attracted to the playground inside. Hopefully can bring her there again on a weekday. We went to the lagoon to meet my in-laws for dinner. While waiting, we brought Celest to the beach side. Whenever she saw an aeroplane flying by, she will scream and pointed at the plane excitedly. Wonder what will be her reaction if she is inside a the plane itself. One thing for sure, she still can't walk in sand area. Haha.

Barney Show!

@ Republic Foodcourt

Today is a long day especially for me. In the morning, we went to White Sand BK for breakfast before heading down to the Expo for the Motherhood Fair. There were a couple of things that I wanted to buy there.

Celest was very naughty today by throwing tantrums and cried alot. She kept wandering off, refused to listen to us, etc. I lost my cool and hit her a few times today. Each time she saw the things that she like, she will be glued strongly to it. I needed to spend a long time before I could pull her away. Hopefully Patsy won't be shocked at the 'strength' that I used to hit her. Sometimes, I just can't stand it if i don't beat her as i am very very angry.

We went to Tampines Mall for lunch. Again, Celest threw her temper there. Well, I guess she must be very tired already. She slept on the way home and I got to call Daddy to come down to help me to carry my stuffs while I carried Celest. She managed to sleep through for about 2hrs 30mins till about 6pm when she woke up.


Cosy @ Stage Area....




Dinner was at the Republic Food Court and I ordered chicken rice for Celest. She loved the rice very much like a 'fan tong' and kept asking for more. After dinner, I bumped into MTDT who was waiting for Zavier to arrive.

While going up the escalator to level 6, Celest saw the Barney poster ad and ran towards it excitedly screaming 'Barney' along the way. I wonder what is so nice about a purple coloured dinosaur? There were stalls selling souvenir and I bought a $10 'torchlight' for her.

Our seats were at block 104, row B1/2/3. Celeste was just seated at the next block beside us while MTDT was seated at our row a few seats away. I even bumped into an ex-colleague at Conrad who was just seated next to Gillian. I think we have not met each for at least6/7 years already and she's now like me, a full-time housewife looking after her son.



The show started promptly after we were seated. I carried Celest for some times before letting her to go to the ground and join the other kids who were dancing there. Her eyes were pretty much on the Barney throughout the show. I asked where is Barney and she pointed it to me. Haha.

This is definitely much better than the Disney On Ice that we went earlier. It was more interactive and the kids were engaged. One thing I don't like is the 'set up' as alot of kids/adults etc came to the front and sat down. There were no blockage set up for each category and those in Cat 2/3/4 behind could come down to the front stage here. It's just don't feel good as we were not getting what we were paying for.

All were able to come down to the stage there with the kids and sat down on the floor. Don't feel that 'prestige'. The staff tried their best to get the adults out, letting the kids stay behind at the front but you know lah, some KS people will keep trying their luck. Haha. Maybe i am just being petty. Celest enjoyed herself very much. She was running/walking about and even dancing to the beat.

The show ended with the trademark tune 'I love you, you love me, we are 1 big family........' While we were walking out, the background music was 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and Celest was singing to the tunes.


Finale...

Today is also our ROM anniversary and we went out for a short coffee session since we couldn't have dinner together. We went home to bathe and change Celest into her sleeping outfit before going out again.

It was abit tough to think of a place which is opened till wee hours on impromptu. We went to the Kovan HK cafe but there was a long queue. Daddy suggested going to Serangoon Garden to see if there is any 24-hrs cafe. We went to the Coffee Bean and it was only after we placed our orders then we realised that they would be closing in 3omins at 12midnight. Arrghhh...

My mouth was itching for some supper and we "da-bao" carrot cake from Chomp Chomp Hawker Centre. Last time, I always wanted to go Chomp Chomp for food but now I feel that there isn't much variety there. Most stalls were similar in the food they are selling and the place is rather crampy. I still feel ECP Lagoon is a better choice.

Celest was asleep in the car while on our way back and she was roused a little when we carried her up to her bed. What a long day!

Barney

Celest 'Chinese' Birthday

The Cake

She Love To 'Cut' Cake.

Scare Of The Naked Flame

Last year, Celest's grandparent bought a cake to celebrate her 'lunar' birthday. This year is no different. Ah Gong bought a blackforest cake from Angie Choice. I wonder why but Celest seems to be afraid of going near the lighted candle to blow it off. But still, she loves to cut the cake very much and kept holding onto the plastic knife. Hopefully next year will be better.

Daddy remarked that we seems to be eating alot of cake these few days. Hehe. I think it will be more fun when her 'meimei' is of age to celebrate also. It did seems abit lonely for Celest. :)

Self-feeding/ See Her 'Cat' Face

New Sandal Trouble...

This morning, daddy came back after bring Celest to childcare and told me that Celest was very attached to her new pair of sandals that we bought the day before. Celest refused to remove her shoes and the teacher had no choice but to allow her to walk into the centre with the shoes on, hoping to remove it later.

Celest had outgrown her old sandal and the tight front caused her to trip whenever she walk or run. We then decided to get one pair of new shoes for her during the GSS. We spent a long time at the Bata shoe shop trying. One pair of "Hello Kitty" shoes caught my eye but Celest didn't really like it and kept taking it off.

Celest preferred another pair of shoe that is slip-in type but it doesn't come in smaller size. So, she was there walking around the whole shop in that pair of shoe, refusing to take it off. The sandal that we got for her has those 'beep beep' sound type. The noise was deafening and I removed the 'horn' immediately after reaching home.

A few days later,we went into another Bata shoe shop again. Guess what did Celest do? Hehe.. She went into the shop to search for that same pair of shoes. Luckily the shop did not have that model. Phew!

Kelly's 2 Yr Old Party

All Eyes Were On The Magician......


Want A Fight?

Little Kelly invited us to her birthday party today which was held at Warren Country Club. In order not to miss the entertainment organised by Pauline, I got Celest to have her nap a little earlier. I hope Kelly will like the watch that I bought for her even though it is not a "Elmo" design. It was a challenge to choose the present as I knew Kelly had lots of toys and her mummy bought lots of clothes for her as well.


Mummy & Daddy!


Hubby Like These 2 'Artistic' Shots.


Trademark Smile

We met MTDT at the entrance and Aunty Celest who was making her way in. The sight of the big bunch of balloon bouquet drew me to the function room. It was very hard not to miss it. Haha.

I quickly fed Celest her lunch from the buffet spread before letting her to wander around the place. Yan Palace's food was yummy especially the Ee fu noodles which I love very much. I certainly had a few helpings to it. :P The entertainment started and most guests gathered to enjoy the show. Celest also obediently went in and sat on the floor without me as I was busy eating! Hahaha

I could see Celest was relating well to the jokes, story telling etc by the magician. She was laughing with the others and enjoying herself very much. Hope she wasn't too loud among all children. Towards the end of the show, the magician took out a live rabbit for the children to feel. All the kids like the rabbit very much and was crowding around to stroke it. Celest heard someone utterd the word "kiss it" which she eventually kissed it. Haha.

Next was the cake cutting ceremony and the cake from Pine Garden was very pretty and nice. I love the chocolate cake especially. Maybe can try theirs next year. The May/June mummies had a little cake cutting ceremony with the barney agar agar that Naomi ordered.


Rabbit! Celest & A Few Other Even Tried To Poke The Eyes!

Cutie and Peng prepared little gifts for all the little tots. Haha. I was paiseh as I came empty-handed. The party ended and most guests started to make their way out. I met Pauline at the foyer and she told me Kelly had high fever. Kelly was going to go home to take her medicine. Speedy recovery to Kelly soon!


Isn't It A Beautiful Cake?