22 Nov 2009 - All ready to go

We will be flying off tonight and Melbourne will be where we are in the coming week. We are all very excited now, especially Jerlene and she kept telling me:"Tonight we go aeroplane, ok?"...... :-)

Stay tune on this blog for all the interesting photos and episode during this trip. Ciao!

18 Nov 2009 - New Netbook

As our Melbourne trip is just round the corner, there are lots of stuffs to prepare. One thing that I bought few days back to be brought to Melbourne is a netbook. I bought the below Acer netbook at $499. So far so good....... I will use it to store our photos taken during the trip as well as an entertainment station for everyone.



We are getting a bit stressed now as this is the first time we are going overseas with two kids. Sometimes back, quite a few people told me that I should probably just bring Jerlene and leave Javier behind. However, that never cross my mind and never will. I want to travel as a family and no one should be left behind, regardless how troublesome or tiring it will be for me. I will enjoy any trip as long as my family of four is together. :-)

15 Nov 2009 - Javier is getting greedy

We were out for breakfast this morning and Javier got so excited when he saw the toasted bread. He kept on trying to stretch himself out to reach for the bread. He made so much noise when he failed to grab the bread. Very cute....... Actually he's attracted to all kinds of food. Whenever I was eating, he will keep on staring at my food. No matter how I try to distract him, his sight is fixed on my food.



Btw, one of his top front teeth has grown out, which I find it quite odd because I always thought the top 2 front teeth always grow out together. As we were about to leave, Javier suddenly got excited. Not sure what actually triggers it.........
Seeing that, Jerlene quickly took out her camera and started taking pictures of Javier. Of course, I will not let the opportunity slipped and took a video for them. :-)

8 Nov 2009 - Tiring but enjoyable day!

This morning after breakfast, we decided to go around shopping for a netbook, in preparation for our coming trip to Melbourne. The first place that we went to is Courts MegaStore at Tampines. Before we moved out, I decided to setup Javier's car seat....yes.....finally. :-) My worry that he may not like it was proven to be a non issue. In fact, he seems so comfortable in it and fell asleep everytime when we travel from one place to another.

After noting down the prices of several netbooks that I was interested in, we moved on to our next destination, Suntec City. Again, Javier fell asleep during the journey. We went to Harvey Norman and Carrefour to look for their promotional netbooks. In Carrefour, there is a small new area in the children section where they set it up as a little playground. Jerlene and Javier had some funtimes there before we left the place for our final destination, VivoCity.


VivoCity is getting more and more crowded nowadays. We went straight to Challenger and Best Denki for netbooks and noted down the prices. Afterwhich, we just walked around the place and had some coffee at Coffee Beans while my angels had their milk. We had our much needed rest there before going up to the outdoor roof where we can look across to Sentosa.



There was a huge Christmas tree and other Christmas decoration, which is nice for some photo taking.



As we walked around, we saw some full-size cow models, then we realized that there is actually a Marche restaurant here. The location and the view from this restaurant somehow reminds me of the Marche in Hong Kong, at the Peak, which also had a fantastic view. Anyway, Jerlene loves the cows so much that she went on to hug and milk them...... :-)



We had a great view of Sentosa and the upcoming Integrated Resort (Resort World). We can see the castle in Universal Studio was more or less completed. I believe this is the castle in the movie Shrek. The few hotels beside it was still under construction but seems to be completed soon. From the news, Resort World Sentosa will be opened in early 2010.


Read here for more info on Resort World Sentosa.

Today was really a tiring day but enjoyable outing with my family. :-)

7 Nov 2009 - Am I pretty or crazy?

The pictures below say it all...... Is Jerlene pretty or do you think she's crazy? To me, she's always a pretty girl. :)

6 Nov 2009 - Touch Me Not

As I've mentioned previously, it's really nice to see my two little angels enjoying each other's company. So tonight before sleep, we setup a little play corner for them to have some playtime. Javier really loves to play with Jerlene. Whenever he sees 姐姐, he will smile and try to touch her. On the other hand, Jerlene is a "Touch Me Not". She will scream and complain to me that 弟弟 touch her. However, the more she complains, the more Javier wants to reach for her....... The way she behaves can be quite funny at times, haha......

2 Nov 2009 - Jerlene's Oct Artwork

This month's theme is Weather. Above are some of the artwork done by Jerlene, of course with the help of teachers. Jerlene has really learnt a lot of things from the school. And her speech has improved tremendously. She can now communicate with proper sentences and she continue to surprise me with her fast expanding vocabulary. Keep up the good work, Jerlene!

31 Oct 2009 - What time is it? It's prata time!

Jerlene can now recognize different places while I'm driving. For instance, while we are on our way home, she will say "Home" when she sees it. And when we drive into the carpark of a mall, she will say "Shopping". One more place that she will always recognize is the prata shop. When she sees it, she will shout "PRATA!". And today, we again had our lunch at prata shop. When I asked Jerlene what time is it and I expected her to say lunch time, instead she said "Prata time".......

For the first time, I ordered a chocolate prata for Jerlene. And she ended up a big mess........
While we were having our prata, Javier sat in his baby chair enjoying his baby biscuit. After he finished a small piece, we seemed to hear that he said "mum mum". After we gave him another piece, he stopped saying it.

In one of my previous posts, I mentioned that Javier's teeth has started to grow out and below is a photo showing his bottom two teeth.

29 Oct 2009 - Jerlene no longer has goldfish memory

In the past, things that I've said before her sleep, she will seldom remember when she woke up the next morning. However, that no longer happens now. She will remember exactly what I've said and promised her before her sleep. To paint a scenario.....today after work, I went out with my colleagues till very late at night. Tracy went to pick up the kids herself from my parent's place. When they reached home, Jerlene called me and we chatted for quite a while. Below is an extract of what we have said over the phone....

Daddy: Jerlene, what are you doing?
Jerlene: Watching Dora
Daddy: Are you a good girl?
Jerlene: Yes
Daddy: Jerlene go and sleep early, ok? Papa later come back and pat you.
Jerlene: Ok Papa
Daddy: Bye bye Jerlene
Jerlene: Bye bye Papa

By the time I reached home, she was already asleep. Tracy told me that Jerlene kept asking for me just before her sleep though. Anyway, the next morning when she woke up and saw me by her side, she became very excited and said "Papa come back already!". The way she smiled at me shows how much she missed me the night before. And finally she remembered what I've promised her and said:"Papa pat pat". :-)

28 Oct 2009 - Supermodel in the making

Everytime Jerlene learnt something new from childcare centre, she will show off to us when we get home. Today, she suddenly walked back and forth in front of me, so I asked her what is she doing. Unexpectedly, she said "Catwalk". Initially she just walked to and fro from one point to the other. Since I now know what she is doing, I decided to "enhance" her catwalk Firstly, I told her to walk to one point, stop and make a round turn. Afterwhich, give the audience her signature smile and walk back. And very quickly, she picked it up and started doing that. I can see a future supermodel in the making....... :-)

25 Oct 2009 - Javier's new cool cut

After Jerlene was done with her haircut, it's now Javier's turn. I carried him in front of me while I sat on the chair. Initially, it was quite smooth as Javier was curious when seeing himself in the mirror. However, that did not last long and slowly it became more difficult because Javier kept moving his head around. The hairdresser gotta be very careful so as not to hurt him. Both of us "struggled" for a while before the haircut was done. Though it's difficult, at least he did not cry, which usually is the case for other babies. So Javier, you did a great job as well, just like your 姐姐.

Javier looks more cool in his new haircut. Below is a series of photos showing his new cool cut. What do you think? :-)

25 Oct 2009 - Angels going for haircut

Many friends of mine always comment that Javier has got so much hair. Those who have kids are especially envious of us. Jerlene, just like Javier, also got lots of hair since birth. However, one negative thing about having so much hair is that we need to bring them for haircut very frequently. At least once every 2 months or less. I tried very hard to delay it but after all those nagging from my parents, I decided to bring them for haircut today.

Instead of going to the usual salon at Bishan, I decided to bring them to the $10 haircut shop at NorthPoint. This shop actually provides kiddy rides free for children who come here for haircut. We waited for about 20mins and it's our turn. Jerlene went first and she's very obedient. Whenever I asked her to look at the mirror and dun move, she will follow. However, because she got distracted very easily by the surrounding, I gotta kept reminding her to look in front. I think Jerlene is considered very good already because I used to see kids of her age cry throughout the haircut. Below is how she looks after the cut.......



To be continued...

23 Oct 2009 - Bonding time for my little angels

At times, Jerlene is quite unwilling to play with Javier. She does not like to share her toys with 弟弟 as well. It's not that she does not like Javier. Just that she is very clear which are her "properties" and which belongs to 弟弟. When her mood is good, she will really care for her 弟弟. Sometimes when Javier was lying down, she will go over and try to pat him to sleep. Also, she wouldn't allow anyone to carry Javier away. Every weekday night when we are about to go home from my parent's place, if I tell her "弟弟 is not coming home with us", she will make a lot of noise and say "NO!!!! 弟弟 come with us!!!". She always want the whole family to be together. :-)

Anyway, today we managed to put them together and play in a ball pool that we setup at home. Both seemed to enjoy the moment together. Hopefully this can strengthen the bonding between my two little angels. Will try to do it more often.

21 Oct 2009 - Jerlene's first uniform for photo taking

There was a photo taking session today at Jerlene's childcare centre. As all the children will have to wear the school uniform for the photo taking, we have bought a set of the uniform for this session. Jerlene's hair was quite long and she looks prettier tying it up. She seemed to know about the photo taking and kept wanting to comb her hair to look better..... :-)

I'm not sure how she looked like in the photo as parents were not allowed to be in the session. Will have to wait a while for the photo to be given back to us. However, we were told by the teachers that Jerlene was very smart as she was the only kid in the playgroup to follow instruction during the photo taking. All the children were told to raise up their hands after the count of 3, and Jerlene was the only one in her playgroup that did exactly that. Great job, Jerlene!

18 Oct 2009 - Javier's first swim

We bought swim suit from City Square Mall for both Jerlene and Javier last weekend. As the weather was good today, we decided to bring them down to the pool for a swim. Before that, let;s see how they look in their new swimsuit. :-)

It has been quite a while since I last brought Jerlene down for a swim. That's why she got very excited when I said "go for a swim". And today is Javier's first time going to the pool. The moment Jerlene stepped into the pool, I immediately noticed that she has grown taller as the water level is now around her chest. As for Javier, he did not show any fear in the water. We put him in a float and Jerlene started pushing him around. Javier sat in the float like a big boss.......






Initially, Javier simply sat in the float enjoying the scenery around him. After about 20mins in the pool, he began to become quite playful and kept kicking in the water. I carried him out of the float and he just kicked non-stop. To show his excitement, he made lots of noise while kicking. Is he another potential great swimmer? We shall see...........


After we went back home and showered Javier, he still continued to kick water in his bath tub and made everyone wet. He simply did not have enough.........