Crying baby ?!?

she is always a cheerful baby.. she does not smile to anyone.. not as generous but she dun cry as much.. i think it's bcos she has a happy family who never stop showring her with loves.. haaaa..*thick skin*

but, she will trhow temper if we dun grab the things the is enjoying playing..either a camera cover/book/hair pin anything she already put in mouth, she usually refuse to let go easily.. so i tot maybe i should tease her and take her crying picture.. she din actually cry just making noise.. haaa..

i then showed her her photos in the camera, she cant help but laugh and squeek so loud.. maybe she feel her crying photo is not as pretty as her smiling photo.. muahhaha who says baby does not know anything ? they are so inteligent !!

Weekend with Missy

Jenny finally gave birth to a healthy and ahem.. heavy weight girl-girl on friday morning, 3.9kg.. she herself cannot believe she actually can give birth to such a big baby, natural birth some more..poo.. aren't we woman a just amazing ? and we can still survive after that..

visited her at gleneagles but din get to see her little darling as she just done with feeding and was send back to nursing room..sob..so next time i guess..when she is slightly bigger.

anyway, besides from visiting Jenny.. we went to do bb's 9th month development assessment.. she is not 90 percentile of weight baby her age, 75 percentile of height baby her age .. woahh.. overweight liao missy missy.. but it's ok to be chubby when still baby..cuter..

then, i've been trying to follow some SAHM's advise to let missy explore freely at home. let her crawl/touch/open/close as she likes but with close supervision, this is montessori approach..

so, sat morning, i gave her one big apple & 1 big orange to play with, she is familiar with these 2 fruits as we often give her apples and sometiems orange, she sees them in the poster i pasted in her playground.. well, expected, she looks interested for awhile, taste it, then throw it.. sob..



Then, i let her explore in the kitchen.. she is so excited as we seldom let her crawl in there for safety reason.. but, as i was doing her porridge, she actually, peel the garlic skin and stuff into her mouth.. i think the skin is a bit paper like.. and the taste,.. she vomited.. OMG ! bad playground..

anyway, i guess, she should have a eventful weekends with her mummy.. haaa

My Cocoa Loaf -Success

Muahhaha.. so far i've tried the healthy (no bread version) wholemeal, milk loaf and today i've tried cocoa bread !! yipeee.. yumyum.. i followed mamabliss's recipe , add in egg & bread improver , it turned out fluffy, shall see if tomorrow it is still fluffy and soft. i kept in fridge this afternoon.

I guess maybe next weekedn i shall breda one more loaf for BK's son since children usually loves chocolate flavour ? shall see if i can make it in time.. cos weekends i have to handle missy alone.. a bit messy sometimes, this morning already having hard time getting her sit quietly in her sitter in kitchen with me while i add in the bread ingredients to my breadmakers.. *shakehead*

Happy happy.. one more loaf in bread recipess collection !

Lunch with hubby

heee..today LGG is around the vicinity.. so we lunch together. I brought him to eat the "ayam penyet" near my work place which i think is good. glad that he enjoy too eventhough the spiciness is really BAGUS!! muahhaa.. sweating all over !

we then, have a cup of tea/coffee at hanns.. just like the old days.. heee.. sometimes miss our courtship days.. but now is not bad too.. we have our lovely girl in our life.. The BEST thing ever happen in my life beside my LGG..

what else can i ask for ?!?

Sunday activity

One of the activities in my list is this tunnel game..it's simple and good training for her crawling development.. a variation..

i just dig out one of the big boxes from store room and fold up the flaps inward.. she does not seem to be interested in the beginning.. but i keep luring her with her toys and calling her at the other end.. so, finaly, she made her very first tunnel-through... ha.. but many of times, she just stop half way and sit inside biting her toys.. occassionally, she will shake the bos.. and i guess she feel a bit insecure with the box shaking so much when she use strength..

It seems like a simple game to have fun !.. we shall keep the box for more exicitng crawling .. like hanging some toys at the other end of the box..

Happy sunday !

Swimming Day- Saturday

Finally, we find one free saturday for our swimming lesson.. geesss.. today LGG & PIL went to get stuff in town to fix her PC, so bB & I spend our saturday home alone , of course with helper..

LGG helped to pump up the pool before he left home.. bb is so curious at what he is doing..vey cute expression.. and she , of course as being very inquisitive she is.. she just couldn;t stop herself from "helping" her daddy...



so, after her morning nap, we went right into the pool.. splash splash.. she wear the swimsuit which was brought back from SF, her ang mo cousin's..which we tot may not fit, but, hey it fits her perfectly.. and the two straps are rather too long still, so, some of the photos are so sexy.. muahahhaa..

I think this very first session is not so active yet.. as i feel she find this "game" too new and too apprehensive for now.. she is like dunno what to do.. i keep stimulating her with the float.. the stars.. and guide her to splash water.. then she slowly warm-up.. but as i dun want her to stay too long in the water.. before she really gets into her usual self.. we got to get up and change le... nvm, we shall have the pool fun some other week, the pool is already bloated uo, so we no need to re-pump..

Happy spending time with bb .. ! one fruitful weekend spent !

Milk loaf-Upsize

so i've doubled up all the portion to make 750g milk loaf.. it turned out ok.. with bigger pieces but same amount in slices..*scratch head*

however, i put it in fridge .. it turned out hard, not as fluffy as the smaller loaf.. so i guess by doubling the recipe does not work that well..

gees.. got to retry ..*determination*

BB's room

This photo is cute. cos she is like sayin "Welcome to my little room" .. see my wall sticker ? mummy makes for me

heeee.. muak.. more to come in near future.. busy mummy

Upcoming July

Seems like this month most of the weekends are booked.

The first weekend, we shall have a small gathering among Gis +MJ+Iris. MJ will be bringing her 4 year-old boy..so a playmate for my missy.. who now enjoys company so much.. she is can make so much noises now.. and fun to play with as she shows interest in games with us.. socialising

The second weekend, shall be our F4(Female 4) 10th anniversary..we shall have our BINTAN getaway.. Girls trip.. away from work/family/children.. anyway, only i have children..boo.. so for me.. this is the very first trip away from home without my hubby & missy..i guess it's healthy to have such trip for mummy.. to rejuvenate..come back a fresh new me.. jia said all must bring swimsuit and pose any style for her to take photo.. heee.. good idea..

the weekend after that, we may plan to bring missy back home with mum & maid.. see how she cope .. mum can be at her home.. she misses her home.. i can tell..

so looking forward to July ! and im gonna practise baking.. wanna make my very first birthday cake for my special someone whose birthday fall in August. we always dun get along but we still care for each other. that;s for sure !

Bitter gourd for lunch?!?

yeak..when i ws younger, i cant stand the word bittergourd.. i dun even like dish related to bitter gourd displayed in front of me.. cos i just feel bitter from within.. yeak.. just too bitter for me

but recently. after mum stayed with me, she suggested we cook some dish with bittergourd.. mm.. well, for a change, now i can take many vege, i even eat brinjal ! yeas brinjal.. my mum just too good .. she can cook it till LGG & i give a total thumb UP ! bravo ! yum yum..

Did you know bitter gourd is rich in Vitamins A and C and is an excellent source of carotenoids such as lutene and beta-carotene..

now i wonder, since im such a fussy eater when young.. will my bb takes after me ? OHH Nooo.. better not.. but seems like my mum think she is.. sob..

but, hey, what's so big deal.. now i eat everything .. i consume so much vege & fruits.. so it's ok to be fussy eater when young.. but being parents.. we gotta put in more effort to ensure she gets all the nutrients.. maybe i shall train her to eat bitter gourd from young age.. muahha

today just bough golden Kiwi for her snack.. so x.. about $1 for one golden kiwi. but it is very tasty and sweet so worth the money la..

Work-out

today finally went to gym for 25 minutes of jogging on trekmill.. been delaying since Monday.. the mind is willing but the body is too weak to move.. lazy lazy bugs kep bugging me.. haaa

Today, i didn't get subway sandwiches, as i tot if i keep eating those sandwiches i'll eb fat too due to the dressing and ham which is unhealthy. so decided to bring my won wholemeal sandwiches from home instead with egg+tomatoes.. which is much healthy. i run out of cheese so did not put in cheese for today's sandwich.

Goos.. really need lots of determination to keep fit ! i think swimming during lunch is not so suitable as the weather is biting into my skin.. so sunny andafter swimming i find my body start to feel itchy..

Happy exercising ! later will try ways and means to stay awake ? heeee

Story Book time

Littlw misys loves us to read her story with lots of expressions in our voices and faces expressions..

she will squeek and making sounds as if she is talking back to us..LGG hardly got time to read to her as he always come back later than me and when home, play with her awhile, it's dinner time for us.. and bed time for her..

so, only weekends (sunday) we have, usually, one whole day at home to have our story book reading for her.. and i wanted LGG to get involved in this too.. as i usualy will squueze in some time in weekday evening for some reading for her..

it's fun to see their interaction..i have their video too muhahha.. cutey daddy +little missy

Milk Loaf- Success

Hoo.. This weekend i bake milk loaf. Wann try different type of bread as im a bread eater !! armm.. i can live with bread alone..but when i went europe.. i just could not consume much bread as i find their bread is much harder than our bread, so called sour-dough bread. must have good teeth to bite..

I get the recipe from homemaking blog. she is just so nice to share all her recipe but she prefers to let the machine knead and do the shaping and all using hand. I dun have so much time especially with missy being so demanding these days... she just needs to be entertained at all time.. so i just throw everything into the machine and woala.. a nice aromatic loaf of milk loaf..

But, it's a small loaf, i can cut out only 12 pieces max. so i wanna tryt baking a bigger loaf like 1kg. got to try out this weekend !

Ingredient:
143g fresh milk (I used low-fat fresh milk)
35g egg
25g caster sugar
5g salt
250g bread flour
4g Instant yeast
38g butter (unsalted)

No steps for me, as i just throw a;; in according to breadmaker instruction and choose the white bread 500g option. 3:14 minutes i think.

Happy baking !

ohh.. as you can see in the photo.. little missy is just so interested with my milk loaf.. she will examine the bread left right up down..she is inspector gadget at home.. she will check on her walker.. check on the key hole.. check on any small little hole/scratch... eg her daddy shirt's hole.. our ear rings..hair band.. watch.. she will take very long to turn come turn go and feel with her tiny fingers and at the end she will need to taste it to ensure it's nice looking and tasty.. *shaking head*

HappY Father's day

LGG been promoted to daddy this year.. but bb too young to understand what is father's day.. so this year we celebrated father-in-law's day.. muahhaha..

we went down to tampines for lunch, initial plan was to have tepanyaki for lunch but MIL thinks not so convenient as bb ia tagging along.. so we decided to lunch at comfortable restaurant..

MIL feeding her dory fish.. this girl really can eat..

Anyway, Happy father's day to all father out there.. eventhough this day always go unnoticed, but we want to ensure special like this should not be forgotten. Father is the pillar of the family. However strong the mummy is, she still need daddy for support and a shoulder to lie on..

Muak.. Congratulations to LGG for being a good daddy to my little missy..Love ya

Childcare headache..

Now, sis is hinting to me that mum is tired. she has backache since looking after bb.. geess.. so i must find out alternative of bb's child-care..

of course, i just could not let my helper take over the task. she is blur sotong, what ifs.. u know.. some more now bb has UTI before, we have to be very careful when clean her.. make sure she is not dirty especially after she poo.. how can i trust her to do the work ??

But, in the first place i hire helper is to look after my bb , my very initial plan before i deliver. but after deliver, seeing the way they do work, i really lost trust in them. and mum agree to help to look after so, i never sort other means to look after bb lor.. my helper just do housework, i never even let her carry bb..

Discussed with jenny.. she said shoudl try to train the maid up to at least lighten mum's load bt letting her carry bb.. play with her..i think i shall try to let go a bit by letting the helper to do the childcare tasks more now.. anyway, nothing particular that she MUST do for housework, nothing more important than my bb..

so, shall reschedule her work-roster.. look after bb as priority la..

shall see how it progress.. finger crosss, mum will be able to help me till bb is 2 years old. cos that's when she can tell more if helper bully her or etc

nowadays.. most people my age will have problem with who will look after their newborn.. we just cant let go.. by just putting our small little bb in those centre or nanny.. best if parents can help.. but how many parents can sacrifice ? some willing but body is weak.. some rather work or have too many grandchild to look after.. sigh.. problematic..

it's just too hard to ask mummy to quit work and stay home.. cos mummy will end up becoming VERY housewife.. and lost confidence in themselves and after their child grows up.. they just find it too hard to fit into the working life..

geesss.. this is how the society is changing now.. between our working life and child bearing..booo.....

Headcahes anyone ?!?

Argggg.. maybe i really need the panadol in the advertisement.. bang bang bang.. my head of exploding..

i always get migrain.. one sided. especially days before mensus.. but it is better now, but stil i get it on monthly basis.. yesterday (not even near mensus date), i have terribel headache again... feel like vomiting.. and eye ball also pain..

the onely 10 months of my life that i dun get migrain is during my pregnancy.. wonder why..

my mum, mum-in-law, gal friends esp who already have baby share the same problem as i am.. why why why ? is it the hormones ?

It is juts unbearable with the stupid migrain attack.. u just cannot concentrate. sleep sometimes help abnd coffee too..

i just hate my migrain day.. that's when i feel how important to stay healthy. Today gym cancelled. cos i still dun feel well.. migrain is better but still feel like it's coming kinda feeling..

Green Wednesday

Gees.. now NTUC will launch their green day on every wednesday, no more just first wednesday of the month..

Sian, so each time want to go ntuc must remember to bring carrier if it is wednesday, i always forgot.

Today, the cashier auntie told me she still can give carrier but must donate .. cheh.. so i donated 50 cents.. heee.. super kiam ku.. but i tot what for i pay for the plastic, i have carrier , it's just that i din know they are lauching this already wat..

neeway, go green go green.. european countried all no plastic for free, they bring their basket to shopping centre.. i guess soon, we will be like them..in a way good for the environemnt and for our next generation.. but inconvient la..

Boooo.

D&D photos

heee.. this is the 4th year i attended my company's D&D..now, more spouses in the group..

Monday @ home

mum in hometown will be back tonight, so i on leave today to look after my missy.. our playgroup at home..it's just fun to spend time with her..but i guess if i were to stay home daily .. i may go coo.coo..haaa..

we play for quite long today, our own playgorup @home
I read her cinderella story book, Mr sneeze and she play her stacking game.. alphabets..and throwing toys..i.. picking toys.. we listen to nursery rhymes.. see the hi-five vcd, a gift from huggies.. not bad actually but too soon for bb..i just watch it to see the contents..

cary her around when doing household chores.. explaining things i doto her, as many websites said it's godo to talk more to baby and tell her what we are doing.. it helps in her languages development..

Today's breakfast

so proud of my bread, today it still feel soft. i made sandwhiches one for lGG and one for myself..

Looks good ya.. heee

Photos again

These are taken in museum last last week.. muahhaa.. she really has many expressions

Little Missy & me

Our Sunday time together on bed.. LGG went temple with in-laws today, we decided to stay home so that i can do my baking ..

some bed wresling with my little missy.. she just so curious and like to grab everything new she sees.. like in the photo.. im trying to capture both of us in bed.. she just cant help but to grab my phone la.. grab my bra strap la.. grab my spectacle la.. so ended up the last photo, my spec fall off.. "eyes rolling*

one of the mummy recommended me with this phot editing software, which is free for download and so user-friendly.. cool huh.. shall create more such photos..

My Wholemeal bread

Today i tried using the bread making machine to do the kneading and baking.. Yipeee.. the bread turned out sososoos perfect !! im over the moon now.. *beaming* The crust is just perfect not hard as last time..

Word cannot explain how it feels when u've tried many times and finally it just turned out good.

So, never give up easily even your many attempts seem to fail each time.. if u keep on trying, of course with some improvement here and there, experiment here and there.. one day, you'll get the good result !! Same principle applies in life.. never give up easily.. stay tough and potitive !

Last time my bread become harder the next day as i leave it ouside, i asked the blogger who provide the recipe, she advise me to kepe in air-tight container, so, i did that this time round, hopefully, tomorrow it remains as soft as it is now..

it's so healthy without preservative and no egg, suitable for vegetarian day even..

So, the next baking, i shall add in pumkin seed and nuts.. muahhaha..smiling all the way...

Jia, i shall bake one on our trip to bintan in July ya.. maybe i prepare some sandwiches for our breakfast heee..

my method:

i use the same ingredients as before, after the first dough bloated (90minutes), i add in all the ingredients into the breadmaker, then i choose "white bread 500g" option, as there is no need pre-heating time, i already let the dough "pre-heat", the white bread timing is 3:14 minutes. if wholemeal bread option, needs 30 minutes more for pre-heating, my breadmaker is Kenwood brand, not sure if other brand has the similar timer.

so, next round, maybe i will try baking bigger loaf..

bb first class seat

now, we let her sit on the baby seat so that we can get our chores done and she can get used to sitting on high chair playing/eating..

but. she does not seem please each time we put her in her first class chair.. she rather on walker or being carried.. sigh..

will let her sit more to get used to it..

Blueberry muffin ?!?

darn.. i think i just don't have talent to make muffin.. i seldom successful in muffin making.. i have 1/2 a box of muffin from last week, so tot today i shall clear it up from my fridge.. got this recipe from the blog that i always visit.. hers seem so yummy.. why mine so hard.. like rock.. the inside so compact.. it rises but does not tast good.. sob.. another batch of food gone to waste.. maybe my helper will like it..

she has been sick (sore throat /running nose) after she eat my first batch of muffin last week.. oppss.s. so it's my muffin that caused her to fall sick..

now, im baking the wholemeal beard again, this time using solely the breadmaking machine, shall post the photo when ready.. busy sunday !

Bakery shop Incident

today, after lunch bob and i went for our after lunch shopping.. i went to buy soem bb food from ntuc then we went to 4leave for some bread

while im choosing some bread.. the carrier on my left arm accidentally bump on the plate of pastry and two danish pastry just drop out from the plate and roll on the floor..

i was still busy picking and choosing the bread and saw this.. then i quickly move to the cashier to make payment for the bread i've picked. no one sees the two pastry dropping on the floor.

one of the ldy in front of me happen to buy three danish pastry (exactly the same as the one dropped on floor), then i heard rthe shop lady making noises " who drop these on the floor ? aiyo.." then she picked it up and bring to the counter, wanting to throw it away.. then she saw the lady in front of me..

i really think i saw she shop lady give a stern look at that lady.. i believe she must have thought that lady is the one who drop the pastry.. but she did not accuse her or anything of course, cos she did not see who did it.. and she just throw the danish pastry away...oopsss.. i just pay my bread abd walk off..


oppss.. very bad huh.. but i dun think im that "honest" to go n pick up the pastry and pay for it ? or should i ? anyway.. i just did not la.. just feel bad that the lady in front of me get the blame..

Add-on

I've been adding more things into my blog recently.. like counter..hugs.. the website traffic.. all i picked up from some of the mummy website i frequented daily.. heee..

i really love their blog cos from their activities and sharings i get to learn many things as a first time mum.. like how to let bb enjoy her game.. how to overcome the ups and downs of handling an infant..

and of course. most importantly how to enjoy our bundle of joy with open heart and open mind..

muak muak.. more things to come when i have more free time.. one thing i cant beat with these mummies.. they are all stay at home mum (SAHM) while im working full time.. tt's explain why they can have so many blog entry.. heee

Chat @ work

ever since jia changed job, we've been chatting actively via email during office hour.. well.. nothing specific most of the time.. just some bored la.. sian la.. gossipping.. plans.. activities.. blahh..

today jia send me a url.. that 3 8 vee created for us.. muahah.. not bad rto have friend who can code. i call him 3 8 cos.. aiya long story.. we dun keep in touch anymore anyway..

jia went to watch sex & the city.. she said nice and funny.. tempt me tempt me.. but LGG surely dun think this is nice.. he rather watch indian Jones ? anyway, weekends is always packed with my activities.. baking la.. cooking la..

This weekend i want to bring bb to her swimming pool for the very first time of course with her swim suit.. kekekekek shall post her photo here..

oh.. she already has her third teeth now.. i posted her teething chart in my worn n play blog..

Simple Wholemeal bread -dough method

this is after the i mixed all the ingredients (A) and let it rise in the mixing bowl

after 90minutes, it rises so much.. a big bloated dough, happy dough

after i mixed with ingredient (b) in the bread making machines and knead for 30 minutes, i roll the three dough up and let it rise, this is how it looks likes, the above is already been in finaly pre-bake stage, rolled in swiss roll form.

post-baked, a bit too dark and hard crust.. i follow the instruction 30 minutes, maybe next time reduce it to 25mins

The end product was so satisfactory.. fluffy and aromatic.. real wholemeal. no eggs version le..

Finally i've made it ! the first bread-liked bread and no more kuih lapis..*eye rolling*

this bread is so fluffy.. and it is using the dough method i picked up from a food blog. she is really good in cooking/baking im gonna post the recipes (abstracted from her website) and the pictures(my own baking) here..

Ingredient: (A)

120g wholemeal flour

85g bread flour

4g (1 tsp) instant yeast

130g water

(B)

85g bread flour

15g caster sugar

1 teaspoon salt

10g milk powder

50g water

(C) 15g unsalted butter

Method:

Mix the dry ingredients in (A) in a mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add in the water. Mix by hand to form a soft dough. Place dough in a mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it rise for 90mins.

Place the ingredients in (B) in the pan of the bread machine (according to the sequence as stated in the instruction manual of your bread machine).

Add in the soft dough in Step 1. Select the Dough function of the bread machine and press start. After about 8mins of kneading, add in the 15g of butter (Ingredient C).

Let the machine continue to knead the dough. After the kneading cycle has stopped (20mins), Stop and Restart the machine. Continue to let the machine knead for another 10mins.

--> my machines actually knead for 10 minutes, rest then knead for another 20 minutes so altogether 30 minutes, i no need to stop/restart.

Stop the machine and place dough in mixing bowl, cover with cling wrap and let it rise till double in volume for about 60mins.

Remove dough and give a few light kneading on a lightly floured work surface. Press out the trapped air as your knead.

Divide into 3 equal portions and shape into balls. Cover with cling wrap, let the doughs rest for 15mins. Flatten and roll out each dough into an oval shape (20cm by 10cm).

Roll up swiss roll style and pinch the seams in place. Place in a pullman tin (size, 7.5"x4"x4", well greased), seams side down. Cover the lid and let dough proof for 60mins or until the dough rise up to 90% of the height of the tin.

Bake at preheated oven at 190 degC for about 30mins. Remove from oven and unmold immediately. Let cool completely before slicing.

Happy.. next week, i shall try to let the machine do the work..

Pizza again...Sniff

Today i baked 6 small pizzas for our lunch.. a bit of hiccup cos i tot prepare on the table top so that after the first batch is out from oven i can immediately put in second n third batch..

never knew i forgotten that the base of the pizza stuck on the table top.. and the whole pizza just "out of shape" when i have to force it out from the table top onto the oven non stick plate...

anyway, it's just for our lunch.. so nice to eat can liao.. i've cleared all the pizza ingredients from fridge.. heee..

so no more pizza for the next few weeks.. lGG & i now just gian to eat jap food