Hillview Trip - Nov 2018 #2

Owing to the success of the water pool, Meimei ordered another water play toy for OO. Again the kids were highly excited with it and had a great time splashing water around and getting all wet.

Disney Winter TsumTsum @Gardens By The Bay

We went out early today to Gardens By the Bay to catch the Disney Winter TsumTsum displays.

Nothing novel but Meimei has been a long time player of TsumTsum so I thought she would be excited to see the displays.

OO was particularly obedient and holding her hands together after we warned her not to touch any of the flowers. We had forgotten to bring her jacket so she was using YY's which is way too small for her haha.

YY's First Biscuit

Meimei has been careful to give only bland food to YY since he is still breastfeeding. I recall we started giving OO biscuits when she turned 7 months. So today marks the first time YY's getting biscuit treats.

It helps that he already knows how to hold food. He seems apprehensive about it at first since we have always been stopping him from putting things into his mouth. He was kinda looking for approval from everyone around the table before putting the biscuits into his mouth. But once he started he was lapping it up. Congrats YY! Hehehe more treats to come!

Carrying YY To Sleep

First time I managed to carry and sing YY till he slept. 9 months plus and this is the first time. Kudos to Meimei for enduring all the hardships of the constant waking up at night.

I got him on "Hush Little Baby". OO had silly self made one liners to bore her to sleep. Thankfully I didn't get to repeat the same and instead gave YY a proper lullaby song.

Interestingly though, I wasn't able to coax him to sleep sideways on my arms. He would only rest on my shoulders. Hmmm maybe he is repulsed by my armpit body odour. Oh well who knows. I'm just glad I was able to get him to sleep when everyone else was busy. I'll chalk this up as a win hehehe.

YY's First Taste Of Ice Cream

Meimei brought YY to collect his passport today and dropped by Bedok Mall McDonald's for lunch. The smart people at the fast food joint offered mini ice cream cones and YY got one to share with Siti. They really know how to hook them young haha.

I think there was this initial ... "Hmmm what is this?" sort of moment.

Not sure if he knows how to appreciate an ice cream yet. I suspect he is a little shocked of the cold feel of the ice cream.

Baby Garen

OO and YY have a new cousin, baby Garen! Arrive at a healthy 3.71kg and looks to be splitting image of Gareth.

I'm happy the family is growing. I'm sure YY and Garen will be playing together in no time since they are the same age. Much like how Gareth and OO loves playing together.

Ball Pool

The pool was such a success that we bought a round one for home. It looked much smaller in the picture .... We filled it with balls and was hoping we could keep YY in it. At least that was the plan when Siti suggest we bought one.

The plan was a good one ... for a couple of hours. YY started to lift up a leg and stepped on the tubes walls. Siti had to jump right after him before he fell over the edge. Hahahaha ... we were all outsmarted by a 9 month old.

YY @ 9 Months - Standing Steadily With Support

YY's pretty steady on his feet now with support. There are still the occasional backward tumbles but nothing serious. Everyone's hoping he continues to keep his joyful and smiley demeanour as he grows up.

Trying To Take A Passport Photo

Bath Time Is Happy Time

Cuddling With  姐姐

Beaming At Us During Dinner

Feeling The Hair Stumps On My Chin

Never Lose That Cheekiness YY!

"Get It Off My Head!!"

One of the rare occasions we brought both kids out for a meal. YY wore a hoody jacket and Siti couldn't resist pulling it up to his utter dismay.

He was frantically trying to pull it off and kinda made it worst when it tightens.

Thankfully it was all action and he does not go into a screaming mode. He is a different sort of baby. OO would have yelled at her loudest voice at the instant of discomfort.

We only had him struggle for less than a minute before pulling the hood down again. Don't want our sweet little sunshine having bad dreams from the hoody yah. *kiss

Hillview Trip - Nov 2018 #1

On my birthday, instead of having a 'me' day, Meimei and I were out buying 'presents' for OO and YY. Birthdays for ourselves no longer seems as important as creating and having fun with our children.

It's a good thing Hillview has a huge garden (by Singapore standard). We had bought a mini play pool for the kids. Although it was supposed to be a mini pool, it took awhile to fill it up with a third of water.

The kids couldn't wait to jump right in. We prepared the wet suit for YY too so he doesn't miss out on all the fun.

I like how the wall of the pool were thick and strong so the children will not fall out easily, especially when YY is only 9 months old.

It was a roaring success, everyone had loads of fun. We left the pool at Hillview so we can play in it next time.