Girl meets boy

Awwww.. so sweet !

Kieran is 3yrs old

Few weeks ago, we threw a birthday party for Kieran & we failed to capture the important moments (the cake, cake-cutting/blowing & our friends) because we were so busy entertaining our friends, looking after our kids at play & ensuring there was enough to eat & drink.

My poor man had to endure days of grumbling from me.

Yesterday, we had a simple birthday celebration in the comfort of our home & Kieran was very happy his friends, Owen & Melanie, joined us.

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My darlings

Dinosaurs

Lately, my kids are fascinated about dinosaurs because their friend, Owen, is a big fan of them. To me, they are simply giantic lizards - ugly, scary & uninteresting at all !! But still, yesterday we brought the kids to the Dinosuars exhibition at the Australian Museum.



Daddy loved playmobil when he was a kid. I only know its a beautiful quality toy with a high price tag ! When we saw this dinosaur set at the museum shop, we knew it would be a perfect gift for Kieran's birthday:

Hello Mr Spinosaurus !

Happy Family

Kieran: Thats papa.. the small one is jie jie.

Ha ha !

Presents from nai nai

Next Monday is Kieran's 3rd birthday. Nai nai's parcel arrived just in time - 2 story books, a birthday card & a big ang pow.



Kieran is able to colour within the lines now - colouring his birthday card:


A gift for Kayla too - Dora porcelain tea set !

When the weather gets too hot

Our mini indoor pool - never leave the kids out of sight !

Toilet training

Some time in March, I tried to toilet train Kieran but he was very uncooperative - refused to do his small & big business in the toilet so I reckon he needed more time.

Now that hes more receptive to instructions, I let him go diaper-free during day since last Friday. It has been 4 days and so far, 1 "small" accident & 1 "big" one !

To encourage him, I have a reward chart on my bathroom door and also bought wiggles & thomas underwears too.

Slow progression but we will get there.

Baby Tristan

My cousin's, Sheila, cutie baby boy.. and the new look was his naughty uncle's doing !!




My mom & baby Tristan

A trip to Manly Beach

Another impromptu trip - Mei called me in the morning and thought it was a "lovely" day to go to the beach. I was quite hesistant because 1) its a long drive to Manly Beach and 2) weather is so unpredictable !

So glad we went.

There was no Sun, only Sand & Sea.. Ha ha. No cold wind too and not crowded at all. I think the best time to go to the beach is in between seasons - unless you want to get roasted during summer or frozen during winter !

Kieran - trying to skate with his shoes ( Faint !)

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Auntie Mei enjoying her spicy chicken lunch !

Wiggly Party 2

Please click here to see Kieran's Wiggly Part 1.

Birthday Venue - The Wiggles Play Centre:

Good fun & company !

Yesterday we went to The Train Shed (1hr roadtrip) with Aunty Mei's & Eve's family - our Singaporean friends who are staying in Sydney. It was a gloomy & cold day (with occasional drizzles) but we still enjoyed ourselves - its the great company that matters.

At the entrance - Train Shed is a small place surrounded by beautiful rural views. It has a shop with great selection of Thomas toys and has a small eating corner.

Waiting for our first ride !

With the not-so fat Controller:

On board James train - our first ride so all the 5 adults (excluding pregnant Eve) & 5 kids took the ride together. Each ride is about 7 mins - down a small slope and through a tunnel.


On board Thomas train - subsequent rides the adults took turns to company the 5 kids.

On board Percy train:

On board Toby train:

And a strong wind blew Kieran's Thomas hat away ...

The not-so-fat controller went to pick up the hat !!

This is the only hat Kieran likes:

Nice family photos taken by Uncle Ben & Aunty Eve

We didnt plan to go anywhere after the train shed but being such easy & spontaneous people, we decided to go to the International Regatta Centre which is very nearby. None of us was affected by the dark clouds & drizzles ! Especially the children. Look at them:

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Boat rowing competition:

Guess who ?

Purple - Jeff
Red - Murray (Kieran's favourite)
Yellow - Sam
Blue - Anthony

Wiggly Party 1

Today, Kieran celebrated his 3rd birthday (way in advance) at The Wiggles Play Centre. We would like to thank all our friends for braving the rain, the chilling weather and the long drive to make this party a very special & memorable one for Kieran.

I will upload the party photos once daddy transfer the photos fr his camera.

These are some photos taken from my camera - at home unwrapping the presents !




Kieran's favourites:

1. Wiggles microphone

2. Wiggles backpack (fr daddy & mummy)

3. Talking robot

4. 60pcs wiggles puzzle (completed by Kieran)

And these are my favourites:

1. Thomas & friends swim wear

2. Toys R us gift card

3. 3D Noah's Ark story book

Yeah, I am a very boring & practical mummy!! Ha ha.

Last Gymbaroo lesson

The kids attended their last Gymbaroo lesson with the theme - Helicopter. They enjoyed all the 9 lessons; the teachers were great and the different themes provided many opportunities for learning.

After class, I brought the kids Yum Cha. Kieran loves char siew pau & soya bean curd.. Kayla loves their fried dumplings, sticky rice & fried noodles. Mummy me will eat whatever they cant finish !!

Later, we met up with a Singaporean friend & her daughter. We took the kids to the soft play area and we watched them from a bench with the other moms. About 20mins into play, I heard a thud & immediately I had a bad feeling it was from Kieran. I saw him covering his mouth with his hands and 2 secs later, blood was oozing out from his lower lip ! Quickly carried him out & frantically looking for tissues. Fortunately, a waitress from the opposite cafe saw what happened and brought me some ices & paper napkins to stop the bleeding.

I learnt from another mom that Kieran was trying to walk up a slide, then slipped and fell on his face.


Red pouty lip.