Ian on boxing day

This yr, Ian could hardly resist laying his hands on e presents. Last wk, he ripped open his 1st Christmas gift so we told him e gift ought to wait till boxing day to open.

On e eve he receive his presents n was tempted to open but we were out till late. So on Christmas he asked to open so we allowed him 1 n he chose dayi's gift coz dayi told him it was his fav n when guessing wat was it, he actually say snow! Hhaa guess snow is 1 of e things Ian has been asking to see, yes real snow coz last wk he went tanglin mall for e foam snow n he knew tat was not snow. Anw he was real delighted to get a cash register fm dayi n he has been having pretend play tat he is e cashier hee n making all sorts of announcements thru his mic! He was so happy w e gift he forgot to ask e rest hhaa

He is happy w e many gifts n even helped to open mei2's n it was truly a merry boxing day!

Ian on 1st visit on Logos Hope!

Ian has been on Doulos when he was conceived in mama's womb n he went on board on Doulos e last time when he was 3yo when Doulos was here for e last time.

So this time we wanted to get him on Logos as they r here for e 1st time. Ian mistook it for 'sheep' when we 1st told him hee it was quite funny when he asked where is e sheep. Hmm anw glad we board b4 e crowd came n Ian was busy 'reading' e bks as we browsed thru e shelves n was pestering mama to buy books. We did get some n glad he enjoyed every bit of e ship n was Gd to walk up n down e steps as they were steep n daddy was with mei2 at vivo so he was walking by himself most part of e walk. Hope e next time mei2 could go up w us so we could board e ship together as a family

Merry merry Christmas!

We were counting e no. of Christmas Ian had n this is his 5th Christmas while we celebrate mei's 1st n he was truly counting to e day w e countdown advent calendar jiu2 gave us b4 dec started n he was hoping Jesus' bday comes soon n he was hoping to give Jesus present n also to receive his.

On e eve of Christmas, we had a long day, we started w bf early as e kids woke up real early n then we headed north to celebrate at po2's pl n with all e Gd food we gathered ard e table n were enjoying e food! Ian was happily enjoying e food, knowing e end will hv e ice cream log cake (which he specially chose it while shopping for it w dayi) n then it was gift exchange n he was happy to receive so many presents!

The kids loved e cake n were playing w e dry ice as they enjoyed e 'smoke' n blowing it. Then aft e partying, we headed to Changi for TA's young adult ministry's Christmas party n he was overjoyed w e other kids at e chalet n they were busy building sandcastle b4 we started e BBQ n then happily playing at e chalet w all e Gd food, Garret popcorn n even durian logcake! Guess tat nite Ian must b tired but yet smiling thru his sleep as on e way home he kept saying he really enjoyed the nite. 1yr ago, he actually requested his daddy to hold a Christmas party this yr aft asking to attend 1 last yr. Guess we din quite fulfill his request but this day he must hv had as much fun as well. We r also v happy this Christmas as God has given our family a big gift as well which is His Son Jesus Christ!

Yippee daddy is on lve tdy!

Tdy we picked Ian fm north aft doing e errands n Ian was happy to go shopping n we headed to AMK hub since we r near there n shopped for chocs for daddy workplace then we headed for e carebear craft n play area. If u do spend $30 e kid can play n do craft work, it was nice on a quiet wkday n Ian was doing coloring while mei2 zzz there. Ian had bowling game then went on doing Xmas card. It was a wish fulfilled coz e last we din hv chance to do it!

Thereaft we headed to SBG since it wasn't raining in e central n we hv been wanting to go see 'trees of e world'. There are many Xmas decorated trees n we liked this tree w sunflower decor. It was fun just strolling in e garden as was cool weather n Ian started running ard n saw this 'curtain of roots' he was abit scared initially but was fine aft seeing it harmless hee. Just love this kind of time enjoying nature n Joann was Gd in e pram. Hmm think of it, it's 3rd time we came to e garden n she's Gd sitting or zz in e pram. Is it e nature? Hmm well just glad daddy is on lve n time just passed so fast on this day

On such rainy day....

Tdy daddy's on lve n ian's real happy when daddy is off work coz it means a day out (yes, these days he wakes up to see if daddy is home, tdy he woke up real early n crawled over our bed, knowing it's an exciting day ahead!)

We had to run errand like collect mei2's passport n to ikea to get a new study table for Ian as it's promo price tdy) n we made a date w ah mu n kids to discovery ctr n yes, to watch Alvin n chipmunks there. It was a nice show, teaching kids to say sorry when they r wrong n to know e intention of parents to lay rules to 'protect' them.

And also to visit e playground n craft work which we did 2 wks back but Ian enjoyed more tdy coz his 2 cousins were w him to join in e fun ESP e dragon slides where there were styrofoam as 'sand' n they treated it like snow n played a long time there.

It was a Gd day out since it rained whole day n there's this indoor playground for e kids while we adults n e baby tagged along e fun! Yes, its e 2nd time Joann has gone on movie but tdy she kindof slept thru e show, coz of busy wkend but she was Gd. Hmm it will b a while b4 any cartoon will b shown else we could b back for e fun!

Cheezel oh cheezel...

Usually on sun, Ian would receive 'surprise' treat fm sun Sch teacher n he would pester us to allow him to eat it aft his lunch. Yest he received a rare treat of cheezel, yes those cheese rings we used to eat when younger.

What surprised us was he held close e pack tho some ard him were eyeing on it. He later told us he was gonna bring to a gathering tat evening to share. Both mama n daddy laughed coz there's hardly enough to share. Anw he said he has to bring it. Anw we had some time out n Ian fell asleep in e car n by e time we reached our home he was too tired to walk so we just asked him to eat cheezel as we walk home n he did n offered to share w us.

Tat evening, we went for e gathering n then e jie2 tat Ian adores then asked him if he brought e pack of cheezel n then it dawned upon us tat Ian was asked to bring e pack to share. No wonder he had e idea of needing to bring there. Anw thereaft asking Ian, he then blamed himself for forgetting abt it n ate it. Anw just thot this boy is so innocent wanting to share tho it was with much a selfish intention fm e person who asked. Am glad we hv a giving boy n he's always more than happy to share w others wat he has except mama has e thot of 'poisoning' his mind w other thots hee. Hmm just stay innocent n giving, our boy!

Ian is 4 yrs and 9 mths old!

This mth has been slowly passing by as Ian's off from sch and guess more time at home makes him alittle bored since it's mostly mama looking aft mei2 and not much time for him but he will find ways to entertain himself like pretending to be a teacher and 'talking' to his students....well he wanna be yang lao shi so it's his way of pretend play...else he's so looking fwd to go out of home be it just going playground with ah mu and kids or even going stay po2's pl and also daddy's off day!

He's getting used to having mei2 at home slowly tho he still ask why mei2 needs to be feed so long....anw he loves mei2 on his lap and is always asking for it when mei2's awake and this mei2 sure loves the gor2 ard as she will keep looking ard for him and smiles when he plays with her...this is one of his cheeky smile coz we took a few and he wanted to have different look in each pic...well guess with Ian at home it's noisy but he sure entertains mama since mei2 is mostly sleepy or need to feed but we sure hope mei2 can sleep longer so we can have more play time every day!

Someone asked him the other day if he wanna a di2 (which is what he wanted b4 mei2 was born) and his answer was NO....guess he knows its endless cries and feeds and most impt they cant play with him yet and mama has lesser time for him sigh....and almost everyone is disturbing him abt bringing mei2 home if he's not taking care of her, even the other day we were at discovery ctr, the staff also teased him abt bringing mei2 home a week....if I were him, I would be thinking why is the whole world wanting my mei2??? ahhahaa

His new 'toy' for the mth is the piano and he knows he can't play when mei2 is sleeping and the other day ah maa came by to ask him to play a tune and he was so spontaneous in his ans that mei2 is sleeping...well guess the thing abt keeping quiet is slowly getting into him and the other day he was asking to go po2's pl and he said so that the house can be quiet....sigh wonder if it's getting too much into him or he's getting too matured....mama do kindof miss his 'noise' when he's away....what an irony!

The other gd thing abt mei2 addition to family is he gets more daddy time coz he knows mama needs to be with mei2 so last Sun he was bugging daddy to go jogging and he goes cycling and he was happily saying BYE2 to mama as he was going cycling and he loves cycling fun (yea he prefers to be on the bike than sitting with daddy...wonder how true is that!) anw guess he needs more outdoor and he is surely getting closer to daddy coz every evening he spends quite abit of time while mama settles mei2 to sleep early, just love this daddy and son bonding time!

We realised this mth he has this classic smile whenever we take pic which is quite funny coz it looks kindof pasted smile hahhaaa but well it looks nice but every pic looks the same until he decides to have another look......anw he's counting down to his bday coz it's another 3 mths away and yea this hols we scouted for his party loot bag and it was sure fun for him as he was thinking wat to put in the bag and there was once he said Egg Tart haahaa coz he loves egg tart...what strange idea but he sure looks fwd to turning 5yo.....it's another mth to go before he enters K1 and he's missing all his friends and teacher....by then hopefully he's more busy with sch and time passes faster for him and hopefully soon mei2 doesnt need so much sleep and can play with him...which is wat he cannot wait for mei2 to pretend play as his student hahhaa that's what he's preparing his white board for!

I want to watch movie

This has been ian's request for sometime n tdy daddy is on lve n he got e discovery centre pass to watch e movie - Arthur Christmas n as e pl was having 'Playfully yours' exhibition which has games of e past so it was a nice trip there.

We started w e games stations so we played racing car, dancing station n there was even slides there. What we spent e most time was at craft section which we made chantek, paper helicopter, paper kite, maracas etc. It was interesting even for us adults to learn to make e stuff n so we had so much to bring home coz hardly anyone was there so we could make every item keke.

Then we went for movie n there was an enclosed pl w balloons to play n Ian went n had a Gd time of workout n we then went for e show. We weren't too sure if joann will b Gd during e show so we sat quite front row of theatre but there was a small crowd in theatre n Joann was Gd n in fact watching e movie on mama's lap.

With e Gd time there we shld b back soon coz they r screening Alvin & chipmunk soon n exhibition is till 8 Jan so if u got kid n dunno where to go this Sch hols, check out e exhibition n go for a show. It's highly recommended! We even had tikam tikam at e end (aft filling up feedback form) n we won '5 stones' game. So much memories of e past games! It was a fun fun day at e discovery centre! N collect 5 stamps we got some souvenirs from e centre!

Yeah its daddy time again!

It's e time of e yr tat daddy clears last yr's lve (yes, daddy has accumulated every yr's lve to bring fwd so he has to clear last yr this yr, if u get us)

Anw last wk we were busy w shifting of piano on daddy off day n tdy we were out ikea in morning w joy n Seth as it was pouring. They played in playground for an hr then we had lunch n an ice cream treat, we were all thrilled w e ice cream machine at ikea as it was self svc but wat was interesting was when u put e cone n insert e token, the machine automatically makes e ice cream on top of e cone. E kids were all thrilled by it, guess we would b back again for e ice cream fun.

Glad e rain cleared by noon as we headed to ECP for some cycling as Ian has asked for it for sometime but weather hasn't permitted n he was glad to b ferried by daddy tho he asked to do cycling on his own e next trip while daddy goes jogging. We shld b doing tat soon, we guess!