A happy evening @ park

Papa, i wana play the slide...

I also want to make play basketball...

And this "kok kok bei" also...

Papa, you come down la, you cannot play this!

Happy baby & mummy! :)

Bye bye...

Finally i tendered my resignation letter today.

After almost a year of no pay leave, it's time for me to say goodbye. Had been working there for 8 years, so it was in fact rather hard for me to leave... But due to the fact that Dear is going to relocate oversea for work, and im now pregnant with my xiao baobei, and also i cant bear to part with Zq and going back to workforce. So, i decided to put a halt to my career and dedicated all my effort and time to my family, especially these first few years of my 2 baobei... I want to be by their sides, taking care of them, teaching them, instilling good manners, positive thinkings and behaviours on them. This is my greatest resolution for the coming years.

Many ups and downs within these 8 years but i never regretted working there. I had made some good frens who i will treasure our friendship forever... Thank you Avril, Angeline, Connie, Jolene, Shellin, Christine, Kim Thoe, Sam Yan, Janet, Liz, Janice and many more.. for making my life @ office such a colourful and memorable one... I miss you all, pls take care and we must always keep in touch ya... Love you all...

Amateur driver

Papa, i promise to be a good driver...

Seems like traffic jam ahead... hmm...

Worry not Bob, we will still be in time. See, i can drive with only one hand!

Being caught by traffic police for reckless driving! Oops :p

My handsome boy!

We brought Zq to take his Visa application photo for our Beijing relocation. He definately had a fun time! Coz i was kneeling down beside him to hold him so he can sit on the chair well, and Dear had to be a "monkey" making funny faces to make him focus on the camera and smile. In fact, there were a few "monkeys" at the scene, a few of the staff also joined in Dear to make this little boy smile! haa...

This is the chosen shot:

I'm a proud mummy coz he's such a handsome boy! (thick-skinned mummy :p)

Skin Prick Test

We were referred to consult a Children Allergy Specialist @ NUH for Zq's asthma management and egg allergy issue. Though his condition is much better now and we also read up lots on the prevention of it, but we wana make sure everything is well controlled and we has do our best to protect and taking care of him. So we visited Dr Lynette Shek @ NUH for a skin prick test and analysis to find out what are the allergens to trigger his asthma and whether did he really have egg allergy.

A total of 13 allergens were tested on Zq's left hand, he was struggling so hard that the nurse had difficulty conducting the test. She put 13 different solutions on his hands and scrapped bit of tissue for every allergens to send for testing. And meanwhile, we need to monitor his reactions on these. About 5 mins later, i noticed 2 small red bumps (just like mosquitoes bites) on his hand. The nurse then explained to me the 1st bump was expected as it proved that this test was positive, and the 2nd bump was his allergy to a certain dustmite, but the bump was considered very small at 0.5cm so which means his reaction towards it was still mild.

The test report was out pretty fast in just 20mins. Doc Lynette explained to us Zq did not have egg allergy at all! And he was not allergy to pollen, grass, peanut and many other high allergenic stuff as well! So glad to know this! And she urged me to try him on eggs again which im more than happy to do so :)

This is my best Xmas and New Year gift! :)

Sweet moment...

like this i will treasure forever...

As not easy for all us to gather around, with my sis & family stays at Perth, my family gonna relocate to Beijing soon and papa mama staying at JB...

I really love this photo... Especially the gentle smile on papa mama's faces... Each cuddling to one of their grandchild and enjoying the bubble blew by Dear...

I will sure miss my parents badly when we going off next Feb... And im already teary now...

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

Since Zq is no longer a baby and had turned into a toddler = children, so we decide to bring him to a place especially design for children... So here we come, Jacob Ballas Children's Garden @ Botanical Garden! Haa :)

Are the father & son looking at pretty girl? Nope nope.. it's a beautiful golden retriever! :p

Crossing the suspending bridge

He was a little frightened though...

Braver now!

Enjoying the splashes! :)

冬至

Today is 冬至, one of my favourite festive of the year. As it is a meaningful festive, a time for the family to get together, making and eating of 湯圓together.

Though this is the 2nd time we celebrated this festive as a family, but this time round is much more fun as Zq joins in the action of tangyuan making!

here are the glutinous paste i get from market in the morning

demonstrating to Zq how to make the paste round & round.. round & round...

instead of helping me, he's pinching my tangyuan!

eeek! why so sticky!

not fun at all.. i give up..

so boring just looking at mama doing tangyuan.. maybe i should help...

picking up the skill again

mama, it's really no fun.. the paste sticks on my hand & fingers

finally i made one! mama, take it!

this is the end product of all our effort, a total of 55 tangyuan! (45 big + 10 small)


10 tiny weeny tangyuan just for Zq! So cute right :p

Boiling tangyuan

Soak in cold water after boiling so they will be QQ

The end product! Big and round tangyuan in sweet & nice stock :)

We enjoyed ourself so much despate all the messing, throwing, pinching and dirtying the place :p

Next year, our xiao baobei will be joining us in this and im so looking forward to it! May all of us always "yuan yuan man man".... :)

At his study table...

he is not reading but messing around :p

trying to trick me by drinking his "milk bottle"

pulling his "school bus"

finally reading his book

wana climb up the table

then the chair...

acting cute

"where is papa?"

instead of reading a book, he's stepping on it!

14th month

Zq is 14th month old today!

He is getting more and more active and zapping up all my energy, but he never fails to give me little surprises everyday as well... I really love him so so much, though he makes me so tired everyday but he is my daily energy booster as well (contradicting mummy ya.. :p)

Some of the things he likes to do nowadays - - -

- understands & do the following actions: flying kiss, "scared scared", "shang nao jing", clap hands, wave bye bye, kiss me on lips (this sweet boy only kiss me on lips but not other ppl, they will only get a peck on cheeks! hee)
- pointed to his body parts when asked: eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, fingers
- he will "stick" to either of us when he see us dressed up (coz he knows it's "gai gai" time! :p)
- he likes to walk around the house non-stop, my mama is very impressed by his stamina!
- his dancing skills have been "upgraded" from his usual "zhao chai mao" and "windscreen wiper" to "shake head dance" haa!



Zq's "shake head" dance! from Carol Toh on Vimeo.

Shopping Day!

Xmas = holiday mood = shopping mood! :)

We went to the Lok Yang Toyfair in the morning and bought some toys for Zq. Damage this time was mnimal as nothing much fanciful and due to our relocation soon, i cant buy lots as we already have many stuff to bring over :p

Then we went to Toy R Us and got him a BIG Xmas present! It's all wrapped up and waiting for him to unwrap on the Xmas day! So looking forward to it! :)

*Jingle bell... Jingle bell.. Jingle all the way *

Evening stroll @ playground

Posing with his blue "mercedes"...

Can i join in?


Why kor kor run away?


No one play wi me...

While waiting my mama to prepare Zq's dinner, i decided to bring him down to playground downstair for a stroll since the weather was good :)

As usual, i let him sit in his blue "mercedes" with very loud music which he likes to press once he is in it. Once we were at the playground, this little boy was struggled to come out from his car and wana walk around. He had a great fun exploring and observing what the elder kids were playing, he patted the shoulder of a little boy and seems like he wanted to join in the fun, but sadly the gang moved away soon as i guessed Zq was too young to be "qualified" in their games... haa!

http://vimeo.com/2450512 from Carol Toh on Vimeo.

Walking!

He finally walks unassisted and quite steadily at his 13.5mth old. Fun to see him walk around the house and explore around but which means more work on me to keep everything dangerous away from him!

However, i forbid him to go into kitchen and toilets all the while even when he crawled. But this naughty boy will always walk to the kitchen doorstep, slow down his paces and look at me, then squats down and pushes his toys further and further into the kitchen. And then pretend to walk into the kitchen to retrieve his toy! Lucky i "caught" him all the time! Haa...