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Top left photo: April 2005
Anya: 13 months old, Hans: 10 months old
Top right photo: December 2005
Anya: 21 months old, Hans: 1.5 years old
Hans and family are flying back to Sydney tomorrow and since we couldn’t really catch up with them these past two days, we joined their family dinner today so that we can at least chat for a while and let the kids play with each other again for one last time.
The next time they get to see each other will be in TWO years time or something!
*gasp*
And by then they’ll be six year old kids!
Not too sure if they’ll still comfortably play with each other the way they do now though.
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This year Anya’s taking part in kidscraftweekly’s Christmas card swap again!
And so while Vai napped, she made four cards!
We used only watercolour today (she said she’d like to use glitters tomorrow!)
Basically I let her draw whatever she felt like drawing at the time. And she used the brush as well as her fingers.
Anyway.
I think it’s good when our little ones are given the opportunity to learn and create something FOR someone else.
Especially when they’re at an age where everything tends to always be centred on ‘themselves’.
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I’ve mentioned how I’ll write a bit more about my recent trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia … and so here it is.
Frankly, it does look pretty nice from the outside, BUT once we’re inside, we’re surprised to see how ‘empty’ the place is. Hardly any crowd. Nothing much was happening and there were many unoccupied ’shop lots’ (we’re there on Thursday, 12pm)
The main attraction I guess, is Cosmo’s World, their indoor theme park. There are two sections - one for the adult teenagers, the other for the younger kids. Quite a lot of teenagers were there enjoying the rides!
You pay to enter and you can basically stay and play till it’s closed.
Entrance fee:
Adults: RM30
Children: RM20
My review:
I’d go to Times Square again the next time I visit KL. But only to bring the kids to Cosmo’s World. And oh, do expect a pretty bad traffic jam around this area too.
>> Suria KLCC (pictured at the top)
Now THIS is the place to go if you’re looking for a shopping centre to visit (we were there on Friday, 12pm).
Lots of great shops. Huge crowd and lots of exhibitions. The place is so much more alive!
My review:
Will definitely visit the place again. Their food court is quite big but is really PACKED during lunch hours! So be prepared to queue for quite a while and share your table with LOTS of other diners.
We wanted to visit the skybridge, BUT apparently they now have a QUOTA!
When we reached there (12.30pm), the staff said that they’ve given out all available (free) tickets for the morning session (and so lots of tourists went away feeling pretty unhappy).
Anyway, we went to see their exhibition area, just next to the ticket counter. Learned quite a bit about the towers and its history.
Saw a quick ‘lightning demo’ too (it automatically runs every 10 minutes and basically it shows how and why you won’t get ‘electrocuted’ if you happen to be on the tower during thunderstorms)
My review:
Though I personally find it a rather silly ticketing rule, do come ‘early’ if you’d like to visit the skybridge.
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Stacking Lego bricks. One of Vai’s most recent favourite playtime.
And each time he’s successfully stacked on the bricks, or created a ‘car’ - which he’d usually ‘vroom’ for a while - made of just a large lego brick and a smaller one on top of it, he’d smile and give himself a clap! (Of course Mom claps and cheers too! Hehe.)
A good way to motivate one’s self, I think.
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We all are born with God-given talents and potentials. And it can be anything, really.
Playing music. Singing. Leading. Teaching. Cooking. Writing. Drawing. Ability to understand technical stuff. Listening ears. Encouraging others through our positive words. The list is endless.
We all have the responsibility to continually ‘dig’, explore and develop our potentials AND most importantly, use them for the good of others.
Potentials and talents that are kept to self are meaningless.
What’s important is how much we can contribute to others, not our financial status nor how much possessions we HAVE during our lifetime.
Because history will remember those whose lives have CONTRIBUTED well to the world.
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Every year, as part of their Christmas programmes to draw crowds both young and old, Tanglin Mall holds this artificial foam-snow sessions in the evening.
Anya had her play there today. For the very first time.
And she LOVED it!
(Ah. Too bad Vai was napping in his pram at the time)
PS: The session we went to started at 8pm and ended at about 8.35pm. Be prepared to get REALLY wet and foamy.
My suggestion: bring along extra clothes for the kids, a towel and even some bath soap to wash up our little ones afterwards if you want. They’ve apparently set up a ’shower area’ nearby (similar to those you find near any swimming pools!).
And oh, much younger kids may find the foams (and falling ’snow’) a bit ‘too weird’ to play with. Heh.
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Back in Singapore today from our 3-day-2-night quick getaway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
And well, the main purpose of the trip was so that Wilson (and his dad, and a few other friends) could catch the Federer vs. Sampras Tennis Match there. It was an opportunity that’s simply too-hard-too-miss for those who REALLY LOVE tennis! Hehe.
Anyway, we did have a nice break from our usual busy days here in Singapore.
No work, phone or internet access! Both kids played and spent so much time with BOTH of us and their grandpa too. Anya and Wilson even went to Cosmo’s World - an indoor ‘theme park’ with rides and stuff for little kids - at Berjaya Times Square!
And oh, we even got ourselves a haircut! Hehe.
[Though a bit hard to believe, it's been really hard for both Wilson and I to actually find the time to get our hair cut in Singapore. Our days and weekends have just been very full these past few weeks!]
Anyway. Will write a bit more about the trip and traveling with the kids.
In the mean time, here are some of our photos!
Enjoy!
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Meals
Vai now can help himself with food like corn cobs and peeled apples. I guess now that he has fourteen teeth altogether helps quite a bit.
Usually at dinnertime, I’d give him a little bit of his food on a plastic bowl. I’d then place his fork or spoon on his baby chair’s table, depending on the food he’s having (he now uses his fork quite well, and is still learning how to use the spoon).
After saying grace together, he’d then start self-feeding himself (and at times, he ends up using his hands anyway!). When he’s about 80% done with his food (which by then usually is quite ‘everywhere’!), I’d then sit next to him to spoonfeed him the rest of his meals from my bowl.
When he’s engaged in self-feeding (or using a spoon to stir his bowl, etc), spoonfeeding him does get a little less challenging.
Milk
He’s still breastfed. As for his formula milk, it’s either spoonfed or mixed with his rice cereals, oatmeal, steamed eggs, etc.
Just before bedtime, bottlefeeding him is slightly better these past few days.
He’d really struggle, scream and complain at first, but in the end he’s willing to drink 125ml of formula while laying down on my lap (I need to continually sing and make silly faces though, otherwise he’d want to get up and go!)
I hope to slowly increase the amount. Not too sure if he’s okay with it.
Tooth-brushing
He’s now okay with brushing his teeth (he used to close his mouth real tight!). After his shower, I’d carry him and using my other hand, I’d brush his teeth with a kiddy toothbrush (no toothpaste yet).
He opens his mouth and lets me brush his teeth, and sticks out his tongue when I ask him too. It’s great!
Language
By now, some of the words he likes to say are: ‘Go’, ‘Ta’ (for ’stop’), ‘Ja…to’ (Indo for ‘fall down’), ‘uh-oh’, ‘Tee’ (for ‘tree’), ‘Daaa’ (for ‘dog’), as well as ‘Mommy’ and ‘Daaa-ddy’.
He understands our instructions or requests quite well.
If he holds a piece of paper and we ask him to throw it into the bin, he’d go to the kitchen, step on the pedal bin and throw it away. If we say, “Come, it’s mealtime, please sit on your chair’, he’d then go towards his baby chair and gesture to me that he’d like to sit on it.
Emotional
At times he can get very clingy. He’d be in a room full of people and he’d be okay IF he knows we are also somewhere inside the same room. If he can’t spot us, he’d start going around, looking for us with a worried look in his eyes. If he still can’t spot us, his lips will look like an upside-down ‘U’. AND within a few seconds, he’d start crying real loud.
If he’s made a mistake and I firmly tell him how he shouldn’t do it again, he can at times avoid making eye-contact with me (I can tell from his eyes though that he knows what he’s done wrong and is being told about it)
When Anya cries, he sometimes approaches her and gives her hair a gentle stroke.
Weight
He’s now 12.4kg
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