These few days been busy with cooking soups for cough and nourish for all. Then again, got the recipe from Wokking mum but improvise on my own abit.
Lotus roots soup itself is actually good for teething babies. Anyway, lotus roots helps to release fatigue, improves imbalance of the nervous systems, menopause as well as insomnia.
This time round, I added in Solomonseal Rhizome known as Yu Zhu in Mandarin. It is said that it can heals cough, treats and relieves thirst, clears internal heat and dryness of mouth as well as sore throat.
This soup tastes good ! I used the soup to cook macaroni for Xavier and he gobbled down one big bowl with an additional bowl of soup and guess what ... he kept telling me "ni ni ni" (meaning nice when he takes his meals) through out his lunch.
Dear dear too, commented that the soup is nice when I used it to cook mee sua for his lunch. Poor him has been coughing till now after getting the bug from Xavier. By end of lunch, my soup was sold out !
(Pic to load later)
I changed the recipe slightly, here it goes:
Ingredients:
1. 5 pieces of pork ribs
2. 1 section of lotus roots, skinned & sliced
3. 1 carrot, skinned & sliced (Original recipe is 1/2 carrot)
4. 2 honey dates ( Originally is 1 piece dried octopus, cut into strips)
5. 4 red dated, seed removed
5. Wolfberries (optional)
6. Some Solomonseal Rhizome (Added by myself, you can omit if you do not want)
7. Salt for tasting
Method:
1. Blanch the pork ribs in boiling water.
2. In a new pot of water, add in the above ingredients except for salt.
3. Bring it to boil and turn down fire.
4. Continue to brew for 4-5 hours. ( I used pressure cooker, so I off fire after 30 mins and allow the pressure to drop)
5. Add salt for tasting.
6. Serve.
To have a clearer soup, always blanch the pork ribs before using it to make soup.It helps remove the blood scum from the pork/ chicken.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Steam Prawns with Chilli and Garlic
This is the second dish for the dinner. Garlic lovers will love this dish. This is tasty and light.
Ingredients:
1. 12 M-L prawns, devined and butterfly.
2. a pinch of salt
3. A dash of pepper
4. 1 tablespoon chinese cooking oil
5. 1 tablespoon Olive oil ( I used Canola Olive oil though)
6. 6 cloves of garlic, minced
7. 2 fresh chilli, chopped
8. A drizzle of sesame oil (Optional)
Method:
1. Mix all ingredients except for prawns and sesame oil.
2. Put the chilli and garlic mixture in the slit of the prawns.
3. Steam for 5 mins4. Scoop sauce from the steam prawns and pour over the prawns.
5. Drizzle sesame oil and chopped spring onion if you like.
Results of the dishes, we both emptied out the plates ! Simple and easy to cook too !
Steam tofu with minced meat
Dear was saying he wants a simple dinner as his appetite is not so good after being sick for two weeks.
I cooked porridge with two other simple and light dishes for our dinner.
I got the recipes from wokking mum's blog. Pretty simple to prepare, not very oily, healthy enough to eat as it's all steam food.
Here's the steam tofu with minced meat. I added Xiao Bai Cai to go with the tofu.
Ingredients:
1. Tofu
2. Minced meat
3. Xiao Bai Cai
Seasoning for meat:
1. 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2. 1/4 teaspoon salt
3. 1/4 teaspoon sugar
4. A few drops of sesame oil
5. 1/2 tablespoon cornflour
Sauce:
1. 1 tablespoon oyster sauce (I replaced with teriyaki sauce as I discovered there is no oyster sauce at home !! But still taste nice.)
2. 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
3. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
4. 1/2 teaspoon oil
5. 200ml water
6. Cornflour mixture as thickener
Method:
1. Steam tofu on high heat for about 10-25 mins or until meat is cooked.
2. Drain water from tofu.
3. Combine ingredients for sauce except for thickener.
4. Bring to boil.
5. Slowly add in thickener and stir well.
Xiao Bai Cai:
1. Bring a pan of water to boil.
2. Blanch the veg and serve together with the tofu.
I cooked porridge with two other simple and light dishes for our dinner.
I got the recipes from wokking mum's blog. Pretty simple to prepare, not very oily, healthy enough to eat as it's all steam food.
Here's the steam tofu with minced meat. I added Xiao Bai Cai to go with the tofu.
Ingredients:1. Tofu
2. Minced meat
3. Xiao Bai Cai
Seasoning for meat:
1. 1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2. 1/4 teaspoon salt
3. 1/4 teaspoon sugar
4. A few drops of sesame oil
5. 1/2 tablespoon cornflour
Sauce:
1. 1 tablespoon oyster sauce (I replaced with teriyaki sauce as I discovered there is no oyster sauce at home !! But still taste nice.)
2. 1 teaspoon light soy sauce
3. 1/2 teaspoon sugar
4. 1/2 teaspoon oil
5. 200ml water
6. Cornflour mixture as thickener
Method:
1. Steam tofu on high heat for about 10-25 mins or until meat is cooked.
2. Drain water from tofu.
3. Combine ingredients for sauce except for thickener.
4. Bring to boil.
5. Slowly add in thickener and stir well.
Xiao Bai Cai:
1. Bring a pan of water to boil.
2. Blanch the veg and serve together with the tofu.
2 sick babies
Now taking care of two sick babies, one big baby and one small baby. Can guess it right, both father and son are sick ! I'm the last one standing though I don't feel well myself but thank god, my condition this time is not as serious as theirs. The big baby had went thrice to the doc within 2 weeks with the persistant cough that wouldn't go away.
The small baby, little Xavier had a prolonged cough and cold for about three weeks. Could have got it from his classmates who were spotted coughing quite badly when I brought Xavier to his class. Can't be prevented I guess, but how I wished that the parents can be more responsible in making sure that the kids are well enough to go back to school so as not to pass their bugs to other kids. Social responsibility seems to be lacking nowadays ... Shall not comment much on this.
Anyway, Xavier went to Dr Ong on last thursday for his cough and cold. I was told that by Sunday he should be well.
He was given Zyrtec Syrup, Polaramine syrup (To replace Actifed, since he is not getting any better despite the fact that he was given a full ) , Mucosolvan as well as Ventolin for his medication.
However, on tuesday, his phlegm remained as heavy and thick when he coughed. Feared that his bronchilotis might come back, to have a peace of mind, I brought him back to Dr Ong on Wednesday. And he told me xavier was wheezing slightly!
He had his neubaliser treatment at the clinic before going home. He also mentioned that Xavier should get well by sat latest sunday if not we would have to rent the neubaliser unit for his treatment at home should his condition worsen. He changed his medication back to the usual ones. Zyrtec drops this time round as it's more concentrated by 0.9% as compared to the syrup, Actifed Syrup, Ventolin, Flumucil Powder for his Phlegm and Singulair Sachet for his cough and wheezing.
Xavier is also to be grounded at home and stay away from school for two weeks to make sure he don't catch another bug again as this time round his airway could have got infected.
The small baby, little Xavier had a prolonged cough and cold for about three weeks. Could have got it from his classmates who were spotted coughing quite badly when I brought Xavier to his class. Can't be prevented I guess, but how I wished that the parents can be more responsible in making sure that the kids are well enough to go back to school so as not to pass their bugs to other kids. Social responsibility seems to be lacking nowadays ... Shall not comment much on this.
Anyway, Xavier went to Dr Ong on last thursday for his cough and cold. I was told that by Sunday he should be well.
He was given Zyrtec Syrup, Polaramine syrup (To replace Actifed, since he is not getting any better despite the fact that he was given a full ) , Mucosolvan as well as Ventolin for his medication.
However, on tuesday, his phlegm remained as heavy and thick when he coughed. Feared that his bronchilotis might come back, to have a peace of mind, I brought him back to Dr Ong on Wednesday. And he told me xavier was wheezing slightly!
He had his neubaliser treatment at the clinic before going home. He also mentioned that Xavier should get well by sat latest sunday if not we would have to rent the neubaliser unit for his treatment at home should his condition worsen. He changed his medication back to the usual ones. Zyrtec drops this time round as it's more concentrated by 0.9% as compared to the syrup, Actifed Syrup, Ventolin, Flumucil Powder for his Phlegm and Singulair Sachet for his cough and wheezing.
Xavier is also to be grounded at home and stay away from school for two weeks to make sure he don't catch another bug again as this time round his airway could have got infected.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Xavier @ 18 months
Xavier, now an official toddler, is growing, gaining independence and is always full of energy and curiosity ! Sometimes, he can really trigger my "button" but am really, seriously trying very hard to hold back my temper.
Guess what he did ... ... He opened up the bottle of Ventolin and pour everything out onto the floor ! One thing for sure, he has grown taller. Alot of things are within his reach on the table. Thank god, he did not drink any of it.
Once, I prepared a cup of strawberries in his snack catcher and placed it on the table. I did not know that he could reach as it was pretty far in as I supposed it to be.
I was like .. ehhh .. no sound of Xavier ... and I caught him sitting quietly on the kitchen floor and his hands full of strawberries, happily eating away !!
He has got fantastic memory too ! I knows where is "Junior League" at Suntec. Whenever, I brought him there, no matter how, he will make his way into the shop and starts to dig in the toy box! Best part was, he dug out all the toy cars and trucks or simply toys with wheels !
He can even climb onto some rides by himself !! And will noramally stayed in there till he's satisifed ! Will try to load the pics should I have a chance to invade caca's computer again.
He knows how to play peek-a-boo with me too !
He will go and hide in my wardrobe and goes "chiak" when I call out to look for him !
Simply filled with loads of expressions too !
Can even pose when gnawing on his bread !
Shall send this in for father and son look alike contest if there is .. heee
Back to Xavier's developments. These are his new physical developments:
1. He is now able to walk up 3 steps up the stairs unassisted when I bring him for walk around the neighbourhood.
2. He is able to stack about 4-5 blocks on his own when I ask him " Xavier, shall we play stack stack"
Feeding:
1. Full straw feeding for milk and other drinks.
2. He prefers to self feed himself when I tends to be "slower". His hands will come grabbing at at the spoon, if I'm fast enough to put the spoon into his mouth, he will let go of his hands and wanted me to feed him instead. But he sures enjoy feeding himself when I bring him for tea, especially when I ordered a slice of cake, specially just for him.
Language: I'm not sure why... he simply just wouldn't want to call "mummy".
1. He attempts to call his daddy and had pronounced it quite accurately and had actually said "papa" after watching on tv how a girl in the show keep calling "papa".
2. He knows how to address his grandmother "ma ma" when asked. (To be frank, I'm a bit sore when he knows how to address his grandmother "ma ma" but the way of addressing is supposed to be for me, who is his mummy and has been taking such good care of him since birth !)
Not that I'm petty, but why teach him this way of addressing ! Isn't the way of addressing grandmother known as "nai nai" or "ah -mah" ?
Anyway, I'm happy on the other hand, because I make sure he addresses his grandmother and he knows how to do it. At least I did not fail here. I'm sure one day, he will call "mummy" when he is ready.
Anyway, in a way I feel special is because Xavier will only come and kiss me voluntarily in the whole household, not even the daddy. As what Jo told me, probably, he feels being "forced" to call me mummy, but he had preferences to each individual. Maybe he prefers to kiss me ! =)
Objects he recognises/words he understands when I tell him (Those in brackets are words that he can say but accuracy is not there yet)
1. Train (Trr-rain), Car (Car), Lights (Nye) and he will point to the lights, Star - (tar), Circles - (ker-cle), Carry - (Bao Bao), Water - (Ber), Up - (Up) and he goes "up"'ing when he is in the lift, Sit - (Sit) , Eat - (Eat), Change - (chain chain), Nice - (ni ni), Bus - (ba)
Sometimes for the objects he sees, he will say it out loud for me.
2. Wheels, Fan, Phone, Pram, Toy bear, Shoes, Ball, Flowers
Animals he recognises when I tell him
1. Bird (Xavier knows how to pronouce Bird when he sees one)
2. Cat (Makes a "eow" sound when he sees the cat)
3. Dog (Tries to bark like a dog by going "ooh ooh")
4. Tiger (Tries to pronounce "ger ger")
5. Lion (He will give a cute roar by going MMMMMMMM .... )
Body parts which he can point to me correctly:
1. Tummy (Will apply shower gel on his tummy when I ask him to during shower)
2. Head (Tap on his head)
3. Hair (Feel his hair)
4. Nose (Point to his nose)
5. Mouth (Point to his mouth)
6. Toes (Point to his toes)
7. Fingers (Wriggle his fingers)
8. Leg (Tap his leg)
9. Tongue (Sticks out his tongue)
10. Belly button (Lifts his shirt or mine and point !)
For flash cards, he recognises No. 2, 3,4 & 9. When I flashed the cards to him and he will start pointing to the body parts)
Songs that he recognises and will try to sing or add in the appropriate actitons:
1. Old macdonalds
When I sing old macdonalds to him and reach E.I.E.I.O, he will repeat after me using his own version ya !
E.I.E.I.O (yee ya yee ya yee ya)
2. Twinkle Twinkle little Star
Xavier will go "tar tar" to name the song when he hears it.
3. Ten little indians - Xavier goes imitating the actions of the red indian by making the "oooohhhh", using his fist rubbing against his mouth for the sound effect
4. Row Row Row your boat - I change the lyrics of this song to (Row, Row, Row your boat. Gently down the stream. If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream ~ Arrrgh) After the song ended, Xavier will give a little scream ! Probably he understands what is scream. And surprising, he knows the difference wen I sang the song with the original lyrics (... ... Life is bout a dream), he doesn't scream at all.
5. If you're happy - Normally, he will do all the actions when the song is being played. So far he knew how to clap his hand, stamp his feet and swing his arms.
6. Shake your sillies - Will normally do all the actions up till the yawning part where he pretends to yawn by covering his mouth)
Best was, two days ago I tried to hum the tune of the songs above and he can name them with the actions or words he knew.
Actions/ reaction when I ask him simple questions or request him to do it:
1. When I finish singing a song to him, he will applaude for me !
2. When he is having his meal, I will ask "Xav, is the food nice ?", he will reply me ("ni ni" to indicate "nice nice".)
3. Give friend friend/ pooh bear a hug, Xavier will and hug them.
4. Did you wave "Hi" (He will then wave to the people he sees or whom he is being involved in a conversation)
5. Do you want to eat ? (He will reply me "Eat" and will run to the kitchen and say "sit"
6. Can you lie down, I need to change your diaper. ( He will auto lie down if we are out and changing in a changing room with the changing station)
7. TIME OUT RULE: I count to 1,2 ... He will end it with a 3 !
8. Dry your hands (Dun be surprised ! I taught him twice and he knew what to do and where to go after I washed his hands)
9. Take off your shirt (Normally I will assist him in taking out his arms from the arm hole, the rest he can do it himself)
10. Wear your shoes (He will walk over to the rack where his shoes are, sit down and tried to wear the shoes himself),
11. Stand up
12. Bend over (After he pooed in the potty, I be cleaning his butt, he will hold onto my thigh and bend over)
13. Sit down
14. Can you close your bottle and give it to me ? (He normally closes and pass it to me after finishing his sip)
15. Brush your teeth (When he sees the Darlie commercial, he will automatically try to brush his teeth with his fingers !!)
16. Comb your hair
17. Take off your shoes (After coming back from his walk, I will say sit down and take off your shoe, and he will sit down and pull open the velcro himself and take out his feet)
18. Roll the ball to me
19. Sit properly and stay (His legs will go postion back within the chair area and sit still)
20. Bubbles time (He will know it's Shower time)
21. No touch (He will not touch the things on the shelves when I bring him for shopping to prevent him from breaking anything.)
22. Clap your hands
23. Hold the chair (when I ask him to during shower)
24. Hold the bottle
25. Arms up
26. Turn around
Sign Language (Depending on mood):
Wave bye bye , Flying/blow kiss , Kiss/love mummy/bear bear, milk, Jump, Stamp your feet, Swing your arms. Now learning how to tell me "No more"
One funny thing was he is still yakking away on the phones and remote controls which he got hold off !
Wonder why there are not much pics ? Xavier has totally crushed and dismantle my one and only card reader !! Help !!! Wonder how m I going to load the pics until the Toshiba is back ... sob sob ...
Guess what he did ... ... He opened up the bottle of Ventolin and pour everything out onto the floor ! One thing for sure, he has grown taller. Alot of things are within his reach on the table. Thank god, he did not drink any of it.
Once, I prepared a cup of strawberries in his snack catcher and placed it on the table. I did not know that he could reach as it was pretty far in as I supposed it to be.
I was like .. ehhh .. no sound of Xavier ... and I caught him sitting quietly on the kitchen floor and his hands full of strawberries, happily eating away !!
He has got fantastic memory too ! I knows where is "Junior League" at Suntec. Whenever, I brought him there, no matter how, he will make his way into the shop and starts to dig in the toy box! Best part was, he dug out all the toy cars and trucks or simply toys with wheels !
He can even climb onto some rides by himself !! And will noramally stayed in there till he's satisifed ! Will try to load the pics should I have a chance to invade caca's computer again.He knows how to play peek-a-boo with me too !
He will go and hide in my wardrobe and goes "chiak" when I call out to look for him ! 
Simply filled with loads of expressions too !
Can even pose when gnawing on his bread !
Shall send this in for father and son look alike contest if there is .. heee
Back to Xavier's developments. These are his new physical developments: 1. He is now able to walk up 3 steps up the stairs unassisted when I bring him for walk around the neighbourhood.
2. He is able to stack about 4-5 blocks on his own when I ask him " Xavier, shall we play stack stack"
Feeding:
1. Full straw feeding for milk and other drinks.
2. He prefers to self feed himself when I tends to be "slower". His hands will come grabbing at at the spoon, if I'm fast enough to put the spoon into his mouth, he will let go of his hands and wanted me to feed him instead. But he sures enjoy feeding himself when I bring him for tea, especially when I ordered a slice of cake, specially just for him.
Language: I'm not sure why... he simply just wouldn't want to call "mummy".
1. He attempts to call his daddy and had pronounced it quite accurately and had actually said "papa" after watching on tv how a girl in the show keep calling "papa".
2. He knows how to address his grandmother "ma ma" when asked. (To be frank, I'm a bit sore when he knows how to address his grandmother "ma ma" but the way of addressing is supposed to be for me, who is his mummy and has been taking such good care of him since birth !)
Not that I'm petty, but why teach him this way of addressing ! Isn't the way of addressing grandmother known as "nai nai" or "ah -mah" ?
Anyway, I'm happy on the other hand, because I make sure he addresses his grandmother and he knows how to do it. At least I did not fail here. I'm sure one day, he will call "mummy" when he is ready.
Anyway, in a way I feel special is because Xavier will only come and kiss me voluntarily in the whole household, not even the daddy. As what Jo told me, probably, he feels being "forced" to call me mummy, but he had preferences to each individual. Maybe he prefers to kiss me ! =)
Objects he recognises/words he understands when I tell him (Those in brackets are words that he can say but accuracy is not there yet)
1. Train (Trr-rain), Car (Car), Lights (Nye) and he will point to the lights, Star - (tar), Circles - (ker-cle), Carry - (Bao Bao), Water - (Ber), Up - (Up) and he goes "up"'ing when he is in the lift, Sit - (Sit) , Eat - (Eat), Change - (chain chain), Nice - (ni ni), Bus - (ba)
Sometimes for the objects he sees, he will say it out loud for me.
2. Wheels, Fan, Phone, Pram, Toy bear, Shoes, Ball, Flowers
Animals he recognises when I tell him
1. Bird (Xavier knows how to pronouce Bird when he sees one)
2. Cat (Makes a "eow" sound when he sees the cat)
3. Dog (Tries to bark like a dog by going "ooh ooh")
4. Tiger (Tries to pronounce "ger ger")
5. Lion (He will give a cute roar by going MMMMMMMM .... )
Body parts which he can point to me correctly:
1. Tummy (Will apply shower gel on his tummy when I ask him to during shower)
2. Head (Tap on his head)
3. Hair (Feel his hair)
4. Nose (Point to his nose)
5. Mouth (Point to his mouth)
6. Toes (Point to his toes)
7. Fingers (Wriggle his fingers)
8. Leg (Tap his leg)
9. Tongue (Sticks out his tongue)
10. Belly button (Lifts his shirt or mine and point !)
For flash cards, he recognises No. 2, 3,4 & 9. When I flashed the cards to him and he will start pointing to the body parts)
Songs that he recognises and will try to sing or add in the appropriate actitons:
1. Old macdonalds
When I sing old macdonalds to him and reach E.I.E.I.O, he will repeat after me using his own version ya !
E.I.E.I.O (yee ya yee ya yee ya)
2. Twinkle Twinkle little Star
Xavier will go "tar tar" to name the song when he hears it.
3. Ten little indians - Xavier goes imitating the actions of the red indian by making the "oooohhhh", using his fist rubbing against his mouth for the sound effect
4. Row Row Row your boat - I change the lyrics of this song to (Row, Row, Row your boat. Gently down the stream. If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream ~ Arrrgh) After the song ended, Xavier will give a little scream ! Probably he understands what is scream. And surprising, he knows the difference wen I sang the song with the original lyrics (... ... Life is bout a dream), he doesn't scream at all.
5. If you're happy - Normally, he will do all the actions when the song is being played. So far he knew how to clap his hand, stamp his feet and swing his arms.
6. Shake your sillies - Will normally do all the actions up till the yawning part where he pretends to yawn by covering his mouth)
Best was, two days ago I tried to hum the tune of the songs above and he can name them with the actions or words he knew.
Actions/ reaction when I ask him simple questions or request him to do it:
1. When I finish singing a song to him, he will applaude for me !
2. When he is having his meal, I will ask "Xav, is the food nice ?", he will reply me ("ni ni" to indicate "nice nice".)
3. Give friend friend/ pooh bear a hug, Xavier will and hug them.
4. Did you wave "Hi" (He will then wave to the people he sees or whom he is being involved in a conversation)
5. Do you want to eat ? (He will reply me "Eat" and will run to the kitchen and say "sit"
6. Can you lie down, I need to change your diaper. ( He will auto lie down if we are out and changing in a changing room with the changing station)
7. TIME OUT RULE: I count to 1,2 ... He will end it with a 3 !
8. Dry your hands (Dun be surprised ! I taught him twice and he knew what to do and where to go after I washed his hands)
9. Take off your shirt (Normally I will assist him in taking out his arms from the arm hole, the rest he can do it himself)
10. Wear your shoes (He will walk over to the rack where his shoes are, sit down and tried to wear the shoes himself),
11. Stand up
12. Bend over (After he pooed in the potty, I be cleaning his butt, he will hold onto my thigh and bend over)
13. Sit down
14. Can you close your bottle and give it to me ? (He normally closes and pass it to me after finishing his sip)
15. Brush your teeth (When he sees the Darlie commercial, he will automatically try to brush his teeth with his fingers !!)
16. Comb your hair
17. Take off your shoes (After coming back from his walk, I will say sit down and take off your shoe, and he will sit down and pull open the velcro himself and take out his feet)
18. Roll the ball to me
19. Sit properly and stay (His legs will go postion back within the chair area and sit still)
20. Bubbles time (He will know it's Shower time)
21. No touch (He will not touch the things on the shelves when I bring him for shopping to prevent him from breaking anything.)
22. Clap your hands
23. Hold the chair (when I ask him to during shower)
24. Hold the bottle
25. Arms up
26. Turn around
Sign Language (Depending on mood):
Wave bye bye , Flying/blow kiss , Kiss/love mummy/bear bear, milk, Jump, Stamp your feet, Swing your arms. Now learning how to tell me "No more"
One funny thing was he is still yakking away on the phones and remote controls which he got hold off !
Wonder why there are not much pics ? Xavier has totally crushed and dismantle my one and only card reader !! Help !!! Wonder how m I going to load the pics until the Toshiba is back ... sob sob ...
Monday, September 28, 2009
Children's Day Celebration @ Rainbow Cove
On 27th Sept 2009, Rainbow cove had held a mini carnival to celebrate Children's Day ! The school and teachers' team really put in effort to make this celebration a memorable one.
Xavier started off at the bouncing castle ! Initially, he held back a while, not wanting to go into the castle.
But shortly after, he got warmed up and started to bounce in there until he was so reluctant to come out !
There were other game stalls such as Shooting Game, Dino land
, Drive Home
, and Long Kang Fishing
for the kids to try their hands on.
Under daddy's guidance, Xav tried his hands at Long Kang Fishing !
Tah-dah ! He caught two fishes !
And guess what he did, he was so fascinated that he shook the cup where the fishes were put in ! Poor fishes ! Must be giddy from Xavier's shake !!
But I returned the fishes back to the pool as Xavier still doesn't know how to take care of pets.
After an hour of fun, time for some snacks ! He had some mini muffins and watching Teacher Carol as she was mending the food stall, preparing hotdog buns for the parents and kids! (Pics in daddy's handphone)
Before going back, we brought Xavier to sit on the swing ! He loves it ! Shall load the video up when I can !
Gonna be a long weekend for Xavier this week ! No school on Children's Day and Teachers' Training the next day ! Happy Children's Day kids ! And poor Xavier gotta visit Dr Ong to "pay tax" again yet on a holiday !! He caught another bug in the childcare I supposed as I noticed a few kids were coughing away ... Despite having to give him his usual medication for a week or two, the runny nose still persists and follow by his cough .. Better bring him for a check before his bronchitis act up again ...
Before that, had lunch with dad, mum, Jo and Edna. Here's Edna posing with Xiao P ...
I was asking Xavier if he could give Xiao P a hug and there he goes trying to embrace Xiao P in his tiny arms ...
Xav: Xiao P, why is your nose so big ?
Xav: Let's see who is taller alright ?
Xav: I may be small but I'm strong enough to carry you !!
Here's Edna with mummy.
Afterwich, then I brought Xav to Dr Ong and waited for dear dear to come while I had a meet up with Penny.
Hope Xav's cough is better soon !
Xavier started off at the bouncing castle ! Initially, he held back a while, not wanting to go into the castle.
But shortly after, he got warmed up and started to bounce in there until he was so reluctant to come out !
There were other game stalls such as Shooting Game, Dino land
, Drive Home
, and Long Kang Fishing 
for the kids to try their hands on. Under daddy's guidance, Xav tried his hands at Long Kang Fishing !
Tah-dah ! He caught two fishes ! 
And guess what he did, he was so fascinated that he shook the cup where the fishes were put in ! Poor fishes ! Must be giddy from Xavier's shake !! But I returned the fishes back to the pool as Xavier still doesn't know how to take care of pets.
After an hour of fun, time for some snacks ! He had some mini muffins and watching Teacher Carol as she was mending the food stall, preparing hotdog buns for the parents and kids! (Pics in daddy's handphone)
Before going back, we brought Xavier to sit on the swing ! He loves it ! Shall load the video up when I can !
Gonna be a long weekend for Xavier this week ! No school on Children's Day and Teachers' Training the next day ! Happy Children's Day kids ! And poor Xavier gotta visit Dr Ong to "pay tax" again yet on a holiday !! He caught another bug in the childcare I supposed as I noticed a few kids were coughing away ... Despite having to give him his usual medication for a week or two, the runny nose still persists and follow by his cough .. Better bring him for a check before his bronchitis act up again ...
Before that, had lunch with dad, mum, Jo and Edna. Here's Edna posing with Xiao P ...
I was asking Xavier if he could give Xiao P a hug and there he goes trying to embrace Xiao P in his tiny arms ...
Xav: Xiao P, why is your nose so big ?
Xav: Let's see who is taller alright ? 
Xav: I may be small but I'm strong enough to carry you !!
Here's Edna with mummy. 
Afterwich, then I brought Xav to Dr Ong and waited for dear dear to come while I had a meet up with Penny. Hope Xav's cough is better soon !
Mid Autumn Festival 2009
This year's Mid Autumn Festival celebration, we had it @ The Nexus. Thanks Sharon and James for their warm hospitality and of course not forgetting little Julian who shared his toys with the kiddos.
Xav had a chance this time to meet up with some other new friends whom he had never seen before. But this did not hold him back to mix around with them ! He's still as sociable as before ! He ran onto the playmat the minute he stepped into the function room upon seeing all the toys !
Thank you to David too for taking nice pics of us !
Here's some which David took for Xav ... Xav's simply in love with wheels !!! One funny encounter through out the whole day was Xavier was constantly "fighting" over toys with Earnest !
Boys are boys ... they loves cars and wheels !! Here's Xav bugging Julian ... "Julian, when will it be my turn ?"
Heh heh heh.. My turn !!
Xav: Shall wait for my turn again .....
Even when it comes to the slide, you should see how funny they were ! Ernest wanted to just remain on the steps leading to the top of the slide while Xavier just wanted to climb up from the bottom of the slide to the top. Just nice heh, each occupy half of the slide.
Posing @ the ball pool ...
I did not know how to load the remaining photos here as I'm no good with Mac notebook.... still struggling .. Pics that I missed out, can be seen in my facebook which are tagged to me.
Alright, mummies and babies, FALL IN !
Meet some of Xavier's new friends here ...
Had quite a late night that day.
As for me, this year, with the help of Jo's recipe. I made two boxes of snowskin mini mooncakes for the teachers team.
Also making a box for Caca as well as dear dear, who was constantly aiming at the ready made ones in the fridge.
Tried making a mickey mouse design, here it goes ... lots of work as compared to those made using traditional mooncake mould ..
Let's welcome Mickey coupled with a mini star ! First attempt though, hence, not so well done ...
Made two boxes, one for Caca and the other one for Justin's mummy ...
Close up of Moonie Mickey ...
For Xavier, mum bought him a piggy !!
Here's xavier giving his kiss to the adorable piggy .. Xav: "Piggy ... here I come ... " and off goes the nose ...
Anyway, poor Xav gotta stay indoor again this festive season !! He caught another bug ... Now coughing and having runny nose as well ... Hugs to Xavier ... Hope you recover soon !
Meanwhile, wishing all Zhong Qiu Jie Kuai Le ! Have fun over the weekend !
Xav had a chance this time to meet up with some other new friends whom he had never seen before. But this did not hold him back to mix around with them ! He's still as sociable as before ! He ran onto the playmat the minute he stepped into the function room upon seeing all the toys !
Thank you to David too for taking nice pics of us ! Here's some which David took for Xav ... Xav's simply in love with wheels !!! One funny encounter through out the whole day was Xavier was constantly "fighting" over toys with Earnest !
Boys are boys ... they loves cars and wheels !! Here's Xav bugging Julian ... "Julian, when will it be my turn ?"
Heh heh heh.. My turn !!
Xav: Shall wait for my turn again .....
Even when it comes to the slide, you should see how funny they were ! Ernest wanted to just remain on the steps leading to the top of the slide while Xavier just wanted to climb up from the bottom of the slide to the top. Just nice heh, each occupy half of the slide. 
Posing @ the ball pool ... 
I did not know how to load the remaining photos here as I'm no good with Mac notebook.... still struggling .. Pics that I missed out, can be seen in my facebook which are tagged to me. Alright, mummies and babies, FALL IN !
Meet some of Xavier's new friends here ... 
Had quite a late night that day. As for me, this year, with the help of Jo's recipe. I made two boxes of snowskin mini mooncakes for the teachers team.
Also making a box for Caca as well as dear dear, who was constantly aiming at the ready made ones in the fridge.Tried making a mickey mouse design, here it goes ... lots of work as compared to those made using traditional mooncake mould ..
Let's welcome Mickey coupled with a mini star ! First attempt though, hence, not so well done ...
Made two boxes, one for Caca and the other one for Justin's mummy ...
Close up of Moonie Mickey ...For Xavier, mum bought him a piggy !!
Here's xavier giving his kiss to the adorable piggy .. Xav: "Piggy ... here I come ... " and off goes the nose ... 
Anyway, poor Xav gotta stay indoor again this festive season !! He caught another bug ... Now coughing and having runny nose as well ... Hugs to Xavier ... Hope you recover soon ! Meanwhile, wishing all Zhong Qiu Jie Kuai Le ! Have fun over the weekend !
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
