Raising Barbies & Transformers: January 2013

En Jun @ 20 months

By now, you should realise that the blog is heavy on your darling sister. Heck, even the blog link is your sister's name. In case you are wondering, No, you are not an accident. We always knew we will have a 2nd child. Its just that we are not too IT-savvy when we first created the blog. No, we love both of you as much. The reason why there is significantly less post since your arrival and is due to the different nap times you both have and we are just too burnt out at night to turn on our laptop.

Anyway, this post is about you and you only. You started pre-school in Jan 13 because we wanted Grandma to have an easier time, so that she can cook and serve us a hearty dinner. You probably didn't know, we have been eating take-aways or catered food 'ting kart' since you were 4 months old. That was when Mummy went back to work after we had you. Unfortunately, you didn't settle well in the school (Nurture Stars @ Safra Toa Payoh) and Mummy wasn't comfortable with the child caring standards either. To top it off, the place was also inconvenient for Grandma to pick you up after school. So, now we have enrolled you in a 2hr playgroup that is just next to our block. Hopefully things will turn out good.

Finally pointers from Mummy.

All set and ready to go!

This way ahead!

Oops, I think home is better.

Let me do some last minute reading first.

En Xi's 5th Birthday

Mummy proposed we do something different for your birthday this year. As highlighted in the earlier post, we bought you to "Hello Kitty Town" and "Little Big Club" theme parks on the weekend before your actual birthday itself. Thereafter, on the actual birthday, we celebrated it in your pre-school, MindChamps. It consist of 3 parts to it, (1) a birthday cutting session complete with the usual singing, wishing and photo-taking; (2) a magic show by myself with you as my assistant; and (3) a balloon twisting for all kids to wrap up the day. You had great fun and was indeed thrilled by our dedicated attention to you. However, you didn't like my magic show as you kind of felt that too much attention was given elsewhere to your friends instead of you. Nonetheless, it was still a hit, your friends were still talking about it on the following day.

Your teachers (N1C to K1B): Jermaine Wu Lao Shi. Organizing the kids to complete the experience for you.

Your class K1B. Your BFF, 1st girl on your left with the wide open mouth, Tricia. Also, girl in green long sleeves top, Cammie.

In case you are wondering, En Jun is back home sleeping.

You were my assistant, in charge of choosing volunteers for my magic show and giving out treats thereafter. Good job, En Xi! You did great!

There you are in action choosing volunteers.

Check out your reaction, despite me performing it countless times for you at home.

You even had a chance to perform your favourite trick! Flower from a magic wand!

Chilling out with your BFF, Cammie.

En Jun, we promise to uphold the standards for your birthday as well. Rest assured, you won't be shortchanged.

Hello Kitty Town!

Let's start 2013 with a photo blog. Celebrating En Xi's 5th Birthday differently. A trip to theme parks, "Hello Kitty Town" and "Little Big Club" in Iskandar, Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

Left home @ 0815hrs and surprising reached destination @ 0930hrs. Had to wait til 10am before the park opens, but En Xi is still all smiles and ready to go!