First Beach trip

Sunday, we made our first trip to east coast park . Our first trip since missy was born. Been waning to expose sand to misys, well.. here's my chance.

Im a bit worried initially of how missy will react when i

let her touch the sand, as my friend said her boy somehow frighten of the sand on his feet. deep down, im rather confident missy will enjoy as after our JBCG's trip, she seems more daring than i thought ! *grinning* i prefer daring girl myself..

and, without much surprise, she blend in well with the environment, she play happily with sand, but, she refuse we bury her feet into the sand, keep pulling her feet out.. heee.. she is not happy with the sea water .. keep running away.. but after few times touchin gher feet with the waves, she is sooo eager to let the sea water flush her feet again.. the waves came so big and wet her pants all.. haaa..

We had great day watching missy enjoying herself with sand, sea water and also her walk on the sand.. she walks so much.. we tired already and she is not.. beh tahan..

Shall plan for our next trip soon..

Weekend activities -Oct #4

October is over soon.. last weekend of October.

Well, we have long weekends this week due to deepavali. for the 3 days, we simply have not much rest. go here, go there. missy have a very fun weekend too as she gets to see/explore/discover new places in new environment..Charlotte Mason's approach is to expose children to nature and different environment..



This weekend, while waiting for PIL to pick us up, missy is busy walking about.. she walks onto the grass humps.. cross over the drain.. touch the leaves..touch the floor.. nothing seems to escape from her super sharp observation.. her daddy is busy chasing her.. picture says it all.. she gets to play with real pine cone in her granny's place, these are real one picked from SF. Montessori mentioned abt pine cone as a child play, as its spikey texture is good to stimulate children's senses..well, missy has the chance at least to play with it..

Thenm of course, she gets to flip and admire her Birthday lapbook, created by her mummy *ahem*

she started to show more passion over her stuff toys like bear and her piglet, she will hug them, kiss them. when we ask her to kiss us, she will too.

As usual, i put a few big bags in my study room, for missy to dig and discover, she loves the two colourful pen where she will take and scribble.. i did not open the cap as i do not want her to mess up my room, which in montessori is not right, im suppose to let her explore and scribble as she likes in a confine area.. i shall get the big white mahjong papers ( tips from other mummies 0 and let missy play with it ..

Shall try to include more activities to missy including maing flash card for colours.. it's about time to introduce missy with various colours..

Lapbooks making

Completed my missy's two lapbooks recently. One in Sept, one in Nov.. seems like her outings is getting more frequent now.. so more to go..

I've finally mounted up my personalised notice board pickup up from "My creative family" .. i have more ideas to come.. with photos to be combine and frame it up on soft board, which is cost savings and most impotant, it's light and easier to hang.. this have to wait till i finish consolidate all the photos..




The image taken is not so good..but the actual effect is not bad. im rather satisfied.

Creative mummy ! Happy family !

Weekend activities -Oct #3

This weekend, we went to orchard for my shopping.. heee.. wanted to get a new handbag, but simply cant get the right one that i like instantly, either cant get the right colour or cant get the right design or darn too high price.. those i think i like usually is 200 onwards.. which i think not worth le.. ,my budget is within 100..so never get my handbag.. ended up buy one more shoes.. i bought 5 shoes altogether this week. mad mad mad..



Before we go down town, we drop by at boat quay to settle some stuff.we brought missy for a walk at boat quay. she relaly enjoy her walk.. she now insist we hold one of her hand to walk with her.. she refuse both hands.. cutey! she attracts so many ang mo tourist attentions, they keep smiling and talking to her.. haaa.. when we try to take photo, one ang mo even walk up and try to attract missy's attention so that we can take her photo.. so nice of her..

After so much things to see and walking exercise, missy refuse to be in her pram.. maybe over-stmulated, keep wanting to come down to walk or we carry her..

This weekend, we spend most of our evening at PIL's home.. missy get to play cooking and this morning, she get to drag her toys around.. her favourite now..



I've been trying to start my home montessori with missy.. reading up " how to raise an amazing child" the montessori way.. very good book with simple steps on how to get things started. Will tr to purchase montessori toys online. still waiting for my "extra" paycheque to come in this week. lalallala

Weekend activities -Oct #2

Time fliess.. second weekend of October already. Geess.. what have i done so far ? i still have many unfinished projects.. darn.. i just wish i can be motivated more to carry out than to procrastinate !

This weekend plan to get my Guess Hand bag but ended up speding most time either at PIL's or sis's home..

Missy gets to play in playground for the very first time, as i think now it's time. i try not to expose her to playground as it may not be clean. She is very 'daring' she climbs the steps.. crawl over the tunnels.. crawl up crawl down.. i go with her to thr slides, she is just smiles and no sign of fear.. OMG .. my girl is rather daring huh ! somehow i sense that after our JBCG's trip. she never even show any sign of fear at all the plays there.. 1 year old .. maybe don't know the danger of anything yet..shall see


Sunday, we revisit her swimming at home. once i put her in, shejust splash and kick and splah and kick.. full of energy. and one of the photo i find it so amusing. after changing her into her swim suit which she seems to fit it better now, she just walks about in the house while waiting for the pool to be filled up. She walks and stop at the mirror in the living room, and i happened to snap one of her photo. see.. not a bad pose huh ! but her hair really cannot make it ! ghaa.. like just wake up like that. we are keeping her hait long, so have to bear with the half length now..



Sunday went to sis's place. brought back some of the carpets left there last time. thought it'll be good now as missy can play in those carpetted area. Montessori mentioned that children should have a define area for play. so i shall start montessori at home.

As for the playgroup. dunno waht to say. those mummies who initially showed so much interested but when we said ok, can we start this weekend? no news at all. no email reply, no sms. well. i dont like to force people. and i don't think playgroup should start with mummies who is not serious. Thus, i never contact them again.

anyway, i will keep looking for interested mummies to start a playgroup on weekends. missy still have plenty of time till we form a playgroup. Playgroup is beneficial to toddler from age 3 onwards. Montessori prefer a mixture young and small.

Happy Parenting !

Home Injury #2

Missy injured her tongue 3 days back. She is chasing her colourful ball.. happily playing and when she is trying to kiss the ball ( her favourite action now ), she lean down to kiss the ball and her hands somehow slip open and the ball rolled away,so her lips knocked onto the floor.. her teeth pierce through her tongue.. somehow i think she stick her tongue out while trying to kiss the ball ( french kiss ??)

and hualahuala.. she cried so loud.. so much blood + saliva..+ tears.. o =nto her PJs. sob..

yesterday we finaly can see the wound clearly, the portion that was injured swell up. she can feel something like one lumo so she keep sticking her tongue out.

Luckily thing she still feeding /eating like normal. Thus, we never see doc. mum said saliva has healing power, it will heal by itself.

Sob.. pray for my girl's wellness.. she is really active girl.. like never stop moving about and.. injuring herself..

Flash me More - progress

After i added few more new words - body parts for my missy, she is picking up three more new words.

She now knows "mouth", "hand" & "ear"

my itsy-bitsy is getting back some result too.. now whenever i recite itsy-bitsy, she will start to move her fingers trying to imitate me..

Happy parenting !

My progress

Gees.. i still cant get rid of coffee.. still one cup per day.. fail to stop. i've go to stop by december. my aim.

and my exercise regime is progressing well. i hit the gym once a week and yoga once a week.

I'm left with 3.3 kg to lose.. muahaha.. i've lost that 0.x kg in 2 weeks.. well.. better than nothing huh

I've done my lady body checkup (every 2 years) , report will be sent to me in 2 weeks time. I feel good. so, i guess nothing will be wrong ? * touch wood*

k.. now, im still waiting for my "extra pay cheque" to come in.. mm.. one month already wor..

weekly Editor's pic winner

Missy was selected as this week's editor's pic winner. muahaha.. cutey
i uploaded her pic 2 weeks back, as some of the mummies in the forum asked me to vote for their child and i realise there is such weekly winner thing. never knew my missy is this week winner for editor's favourite. ghaaa.

No gift one la.. just for fun.

Weekend activities -Oct #1

Well, we haven been doing many new things as in planned activities as we are busy with birthday celebrations, outings for the past 2 weekends.



Met up with Jia/suh/ml last sat. And i daringly meet them in orchard all by myself. as i think bringing LGG will only bored him with our womanly chat. So jia they all wanted to see missy. oh..she still with her bruise that day from her bad fall last week. poor girl. meilin is so cute, she dare not carry missy cos she said baby bones very soft.. well.. cant blame her cos she never deal with children at home. I took cab to/fro for that meeting. effortless except the waiting time for cab in orchard was really no joke.. but hey, i can say, i can handle my girl by myself if there is another outing.. heee..From the photo, Suh is feeding missy.. she looks motherly huh. heee and jia& Ml went for knitting classes.. Oh mine, how i wish i have the time to join them.. sob

This weekends, we celebrated LGG's birthday at Jacks place. really a good meal with unexpected good deal price as LGG was member and he get free meal + 10% .. *Thumbs UP*




This weekend, i let missy do her scribbling, she is getting better with her pen holding, i gave her thinner crayons and colour pencils, she can handle well. i noticed she don't put them into mouth anymore.. rather, she enjoys taking in and out from box then scribble on paper..*elated mum*

She likes to carry basket and walk around the house.. our little aunty at home.. very cute. As you can see i took her photo when she stack the ring. shall show her these when she grows up. How smart my girl * ahem*

Planning for my weekend playgroup. after my misys taken her pneumococla this weekend.

Botanic garden #1

Wanting to go to Jacob ballas children garden since..but always cant find the good day. Finally during the 1 day public holiday, we went down to botanic gardens with PIL.

I really think we should come more often as the greens and the natural scenary really good for children. We even saw 2 white swan, they are so huge size . We started from Tangling Core and walk and discover all the way to Bukit Timag core.

Bukit timah core is what im more interested as JBCG is there. this is really a children's paradise with so many games and science discoveries and exploration. We will definitelly make our second trip here pretty soon.

I finally saw the black swan in Eco lake.. Missy is happy to be push around in her tri cycles.. and her beautiful tricycles attracts many other kids's attention as they wanted to press the music and sit on it.. so cute.

missy even get to prastice her waling in eco lake..

Off day well-spent ! some more mum prepared her very delicious dish for lunch and dinenr.. what else can i ask for huh !

Busy weeks

Well..after my missy birthday.. basically things are back to normal. excitement seems over. heee.. maybe being first tiem mum, i feel so excited over this ONE year old thing. cos hey we only have one time ONE year old le.. first ever birthday.

Well.. my girl now is growing up well. she can do many things that sometiems surprises most of us. she can now walk on her own without support. YES, at 12th month old she is consider fast. mum said must be the ikan bilis and big bones soup she made often for missy.. haaa.. strengthen leg bones? heee..MIL said cos she is keen to learn walking, even with few fall and knock here and there, she insisted on walking, thus, she finally succeded she now can walk without support. *Brave girl*

She can now put things in basket and take them out as she wish. motor skill tip top ! she even surprised me two days back by stacking rings MINE it's like i've introduced this stacking rings for months, and now suddenly she just knew how to do it on her own.. so REPETITION is very important.

she is able to hold pen to scribble on paper, she can feed herself with spoon 9not her meal, casual food). she holds her own bottle during milk feeding.she said "mm mmm" when wanna poo..most of the time is "chun" one... sometimes she said "mm mm" actually is pee pee.. still need to improve.

She can say papa..mama.. baby.. bear bear..bai bai.. ba ba...she know how to wave bye bye but not all the time still.. she plays pee-a-boo.. she will search for her toys that was hidden under blanket.. she throws toys from high chair and waied for us to pick up.. she imitate us to say "no no" with swaying fingers.. she imitate us to say "sh sh.." as in quiet she dances with music by swaying her hands high up..

she knows what is "face".."cheeks".."feet" & " fingers" she will move or point when i show her the flash card, she knows where is her eyes, nose, ear and mouth and will point when mum ask her in mandarine..

What else..woah.. i guess it's really a milestone to be able to pick up all these motor skills and cognetive skill from an infant that seem so helpless..

Im gonna prepare more activities for my girl soon..happy parenting.

Home Injury

Missy is very busy ptactising her walking at home recently. and as a result of letting her walk on her own.. she has improved quite a lot *beaming mummy*

However, i noticed that ahse always not concentrating when walking.. as if she is very good already. She will watch tv while walking.. so few times she fall and knock herself b'cos her hand miss the table while she walk and try to stop..

Again Wednesday, her b'day BIGGEST present la.. she has a very big knock on her left cheek bone.. one super big patch. cos she walk walk walk eye glued on TV.. and then slip while trying to stop in front of the coffee table.. both mum & LGG just beside but cant catch her in time.. so Poop.. very loud some more.. knock herself on the coffee table.. so so heartache.

she cry like never before.. so so painful i guess.. so mum quickly use the oil to rub for her lucky thing nothing serious jst blueblack.. like people punch like that..

Sigh.. so we shall have to do more protection againts our furniture.. even with the Emon protection gear on our tables.. she still knock..

Hopefully, she is stable soon with her walking and PLEASE NO MORE KNOCKING HERE AND THERE.. heartache ar..

Missy is ONE today

Well, sat was an early celebration for missy. Her actualy birthday is TODAY ! so daddy & mumy took one day off just to be with our sweetie pie.

Well, i planned to go picnic, but it rained in the morning. sob. so we went to visit my mum's friend instead. her daughter is interested with my playgroup idea. and she bought many toys from Leap frog , amazon online. woah.. seems like my online purchase with increase in time to come..encouragement !



Today we brought missy down for a walk in her tricycle again, i bought the bubbles from kiddy palace and we have great fun playing with bubbles. she is so excited over the floating bubbles whenever i blow it..

She is so cute in her yelow shirt and two small pony tails..she now knows how to say "shh" as in quiet..

My Weekly Gym

Today Jen tag along to Gym. Heee.. we had our workout then McD lunch set at SGD4.50 well.. sometimes, you just have to pamper yourself after a series of hard work ?

I've yet to reach my target weight (Pre-pregnancy) sigh..4.3kg more to shed.

Ganbate !

Flash -d- Card

after getting positive result from Dr. Robert Titzer's flash card. i decided to make some of my own flash card using the lift-the-flap method.It's easy to make acually and cost savinsg to make my own.

Oh yeah, im gonna make one more lap book on missy's First birthday, she now has two lap book, one is Family album and the other her own birthday. *busy mummmy*

My Leap Frog Dvds arrived in just 7 days after ordered. SUPER efficient. It's simply convenient and pleasant experience to shop in Amazon *Thumbs up* But, the two DVDs are for bigger tots.. she missy still catch no ball..she only exposed to letter "A".. heee.



Today, LGG's turn to read to missy, see how messy her hair is.. *shake head* she now refuse us to clip her hair..We bring her for a walk round pur neighbourhood this evening in her new tricycle, she seems enjoying the walk.. hee.. and now she is so happy to be on trolley instead of in her pram..

My missy is growing fast ! i hope i can cope with her progress..i'm however a first time parent.. still have lots to learn. I guess im doing fine till now huh ! hee

First scribbles

I've started letting missy play with crayons 2 months back, she actually prcatise holding with her right hand using spoons/forks..

recently, when i let her play with pen/highlighter, she manage to hold it the right way. Today, i again revisit the scribble activity. Woah.. she manage to hold the pen right and scribble on the paper.. well.. she actually scribble beyond the paper.. it's on the floor and also on hr own hand.. muahahhaa

But, hey, she can draw now. so, my art & craft may start pretty soon, i guess.i already bought sponge & mickey mouse non-toxic water colour..*kiasu mum*

I'm a creative mummy to be.. muahh.. after reading the soulemama's creative family, i get so inspired, i even done up my personalised notice board, yet to hang up la.

My Missy FIRST Birthday *O*

Yipee.. we have a very happy celebration on Saturday for my missy's very FIRST Birthday ! I really think it was one of the best home celebration i'be ever had. All the food, except the 2kg cake are home-cooked. and we have people we are close with, all at home just to celebrate and share the joy of our missy's birthday. She is such a princess that day and so pretty in her princess dress. *proud mummy*



The Night before, LGG & I are preparing thre home decoration, how can birthday without balloons right ? missy is so excited and busy together with us..



I've made the birthday slogan with recycled paper (credit card brochures/tissue boxes..) not bad huh ! environmentally friendly !*green mummy*I bakde one loaf of milk loaf. but the stupid yeast act-up again. i gues i should always use new yeast instead of old ones.. sugh, nvm la.. the bread is not the main dish anyway.



everyone sleeps well till the next morning.. i woke up as usual at 6am.. start baking my egg tarts as i feel baking and eating on the same day is the freshest. so i started preparing the dough and filling and baking for 4 rounds. Mum cooking her "gong bak" and 'red egg" and fried some chicken wings & drumsticks, i then ad one more my specialty .. salad.. hee
MIl cooking chicken curry, fried bee hoon & one vegetarian dish. and we collected the cake from Jack's place .. all just perfect. The cake is so huge, the biggest cake i ever bought ! *wink wink*



Then, my missy changed into her princess dress, she is so cute..mum let her wear her present from mum & MIL.. she is so sparkling shinny.. *muakk* Then, it all followed by never ending phot takings.. and of course, birthday songs and cake cutting.. and guess what while we are eating, door bell rang, it was a parcel for missy. from her uncle all the way from Oz.. Sooo good timing ! he bought her 2 dresses & one disney piglet. so sweet of him and even made her cranes..



So, missy gets many presents ..she now loves to be in her tricycle, which i bought for her i bought minnie pendant for her too.

I wish my little girl stay healthy and happy forever. Muak ! Happy Birthday my sweetie pie !

Coffee today

Sob. I just simply cant resist it. I drink coffee again today.

Lack of determination ! shall try again next week.

Stop Coffee Begins

Today i stop my one cup per day.. i substitute with chocolate chips..im doing fine till now..

Will record my progress.. heee