Nature @ Tree Top Walk

It was an early Sunday morning. Mummy and Daddy brought both of us to experience nature @ the Tree Top Walk. Boh-Boh, Gu-Gu and the rest actually met at 7am to start the walk. But as it's kinda difficult to get both of us organized before we can leave house, Daddy and Mummy decided to join them only after 8am.

It was quite a long walk but we never did make it to the Tree Top. Boh-Boh, Gu-Gu and the rest have already ventured to the bridge and decided to come back. So we decided not to venture there and decided to wait for them to come back. Unfortunately, they took a wrong route and told us to go off first as it will take them another hour to meet up with us!

So, we all decided to venture back to the car after about 45mins to an hour's walk. On the way back, Bella wanted to be carried while Bevis needed her morning nap (especially when she woke up so early this morning!). Mummy and Daddy had to each carry one of us all the way back to the car! Luckily, it wasn't too difficult. Well, to round off the trip, we went to the Shun Fu Hawker Center and Bella had a hearty meal of wanton noodles while Bevis had some pieces of noodles as well!

Although we never made it to the tree top, but Mummy and Daddy might bring us back there again when we are older and strong enough to walk on our own!


Look at our backs, we have the sticker that keeps away mozzies!

Mummy's friends from NZ

Mummy met up with friends from NZ on New Year's Day. All of us met at aunty Amanda's house. Altogether, there were 5 kids, aunty Amanda's Lex (14 mths) and Vince (2 yr 8 mths), uncle Boon's Max (9 mths), Bella jie-jie (3 yr 5 mths) and myself (13 mths). With so many friends around, you can imagine the din we made! Bella jie-jie and Vince gor-gor were busy with fighting over the toy car/aeroplane (that never got it's ride when there are no guests in aunty Amanda's house). Lex gor-gor and me somehow played by ourselves on our own. Somehow at our age, we never really play together, more of parallel play. The most obedient was Max. He was so good, sitting with uncle Boon and aunty Yenna, just watching us play and will play with the toys around him! All the adults were commenting what a good boy he is!

It was really hard to get all the 5 children in a picture, so here's some random shots taken while all of us were playing.

Bella jie-jie and that is me in the background

Vince gor-gor

Lex gor-gor

That's me again with my favorite balloons in both hands

Lovely Max di-di

Happy New Year!

Happy 2009 to all! Another year has passed, so quickly...

Before 2008 ended, i attempted to wean Bevis off her pacifier. Although not a 'heavy user' of the pacifier (she uses it only when sleeping), it's definitely no mean feat to wean her off it! i spent 45mins past her usual bedtime trying to coax her to sleep without the pacifier. Oh boy, she was tossing and turning and at the same time her mouth was doing a sucking motion, eventually when i 'told her off' gently, she started crying. I decided that i will eventually wean her off, but gradually. Before giving her back the pacifier, i told her that I will remove it after she falls asleep and she should not cry. After i put the pacifier in her mouth and put her down in her cot, she quickly fell asleep. Hope i'll be more successful in the coming weeks!

Now, guess what i was doing when the world enters into 2009? Baking cake! Hehe, this time round, it's an orange chiffon cake (recipe from a friend's friend). Had this recipe for a few weeks and had been waiting for a chance to try baking it.
Well, it was really not what i had expected, the batter was so much that both my 15cm tube pan did not fit all the batter. I had to distribute the rest of the batter into cupcakes. 15 mins after the tube pans went into the oven, the top looks like it has just exploded and the content rose beyond the pan and tube! It was quite a disappointment but i knew it would happen (putting all the blame into the works of the microwave oven with convection function). Now, finally, all the pans and cupcakes of orange chiffon cakes are baked and i'm watching "Maid in Manhattan" on Channel 5, waiting for one of the cupcakes to cool down so that i can taste it! :P
Well, if it's successful (although a little ugly), i might be able to bring some to friend's house tomorrow :P
(Will post pics of the cakes later on)

Gotta go check on the cupcakes now and get some sleep as i'll be going to a friend's house to meet up another friend and his family who came from NZ for a visit! Ta-Ta...

Christmas Pressies!

Merry Christmas! On the day of Christmas, Bella was so eager to open her present that we did just that right after both she and Bevis had their shower in the morning.
Bella received a Leapfrog Tag reading system which she loves so much and is playing/using it every day since she received it.



Bevis received a set of 3 Crayola stamp/chops for her to practice her 1st scribbling skills on paper.

Evening at Changi Airport T3

The girls had a fun time at Changi Airport T3 on Christmas eve. It was not Bella’s 1st trip there (she had been there couple of times to pick me up from my various overseas business trips) but it was definitely Bevis’ 1st (or maybe 2nd) trip there. Nevertheless, both had a lot of fun walking, running and chasing each other around.

Bevis is EXACTLY 1!

12-Nov is Bevis’ actual birthday. Mummy and Daddy are celebrating it 2nd time round for me! Mummy actually baked a cake and it’s her 1st attempt to frost it! She spent the night before my birthday doing it… And I’ve got a lovely heart-shaped chocolate cake with blueberry toppings. If you notice, the 2 little cup cakes beside it actually belong to Jie-Jie.
Mummy actually forgot that she ran out of containers to store the cake and had to use a plastic container instead! She also forgot about candles! Luckily we managed to find some in Ah-Ma’s house…

Daddy, Mummy, Ah Ma, Ah Gong and Jie-Jie sang birthday song to me… You can see me smiling away while they sang the song :)

Bevis is 1!

Time passes so quickly… I’m almost 1!
My 1st birthday party was held over the weekend (yes, it’s a little early but as Mummy had to go for work trip to the US this coming week, she decided to let me have my party earlier). Mainly relatives and some close friends of Mummy were invited. There was a room for the children to play and goodies and piñata for the kids to have fun with!Here are the photos:

Where are Daddy's spectacles???

What are the things covering daddy’s eyes? He looks like a bee? Housefly? He looks so weird… I can’t seem to take my eyes off him!

My 1st Swim!

I had my first swim at the Anchorvale Swimming Pool last Sunday! It was great fun… I enjoyed ‘swimming’ and kicking in the water… Mummy had me clad in Jie-Jie’s swim suit which she used when she was a year old and it fitted me well! Hehe… *Hmm, when I grow up, I want to have a bikini like Jie-Jie!*

Actually, before I started swimming, I spent the journey (just 5 mins drive) as well as another good 30 minute after we reached the swimming pool, sleeping! Mummy had already changed me into the swimming suit but I slept with it throughout… it was a nice nap… Keke… After I woke up from my nap, Jie-Jie, Vince and Lex Gor-Gor were already playing in the pool, Mummy decided to feed me my porridge first before she take me for the dip in the pool. I only spent like 15-20 mins in the pool, playing with water, taking pictures and after which, it was off to shower! Mummy was scared that the sun is too strong which could burn my skin, so she had actually applied sunscreen for me.

Today, Daddy and Mummy brought us to the Safra Yishun Swimming Pool for a swim again! Today I had my own float to sit on… Hehe, it was so enjoyable!

In my swim suit before the swim!

In Lex gor-gor's float!

It's a Sunday morning :)

Good morning... oops... Mummy caught me sticking my finger into my mouth again... hehe... and look at all the pillows and bolsters in my cot... My cot is always in a big mess when I wake up in the morning... So you can imagine how much I flip and turn and toss all night! Mummy is always having to wake up in the middle of the night putting my pacifier in my mouth when I cry... Sometimes I cry when I realised that I lost my pacifier because I turn too much! Keke...

Look here, Mummy is prying open my mouth to take a peek at my two tiny teeth that are popping up through my gums...

She has been trying to catch a sight of these two tiny teeth for the past few days but I have been refusing to open my mouth... My gum feels sore with these teeth popping up, so hey, beware that I'll bite your fingers if they come close ok??!!

Sit Straight!

See, I'm sitting very straight, posing for Mummy... I can finally sit by myself without any support for at least 5 mins...

Just few days ago, Mummy had to be very careful when she made me sit, by sitting right behind me...

Besides sitting by myself on the bed, Daddy also witnessed me sitting also on the floor (without support) earlier... Yeah! I'm gonna practise more!

Purees Galore!

Take a look at the purees that mummy has prepared for me!

From clockwise, the orange color puree is pumpkin (boy, I do love these sweet thingy!), next in the ice cube trays are zucchini (fresh from blender!), it's the first time Mummy is making it for me and I can't wait to try it! Can you guess what those green things in the little containers are? They are peas puree... and I think they do taste a bit weird on its own... and lastly, my dessert, APPLES! yummy!

Mummy made an effort to puree my food in the weekdays so that she can feed me those in the weekends. She will also make sure that she brings half of it to Grandma's house so that Grandma can feed me on weekdays.

So far, the purees I have tried are all of the above (except for zucchini), broccoli, potato, banana, hmm, what else... That's it??? Mummy obviously haven't given me enough variety! Hope she gets the time to make more for me... Thanks Mummy!

My First Puree ~ Carrots

It was Mummy's 1st attempt (19 May 08) to feed me purees (apart from the watery cereal that i started on days ago) and you see that I'm NOT quite enjoying it!

It's carrots and although it's sweet, I still dun quite like the feeling of it in my mouth... Am I supposed to swallow it like I do with milk or what?? Yucks!

Mummy's Notes: Doesn't she look funny with that look on her face? I was laughing away when she gave me that face! There's always a 1st time and dear Bevis, there'll be more purees to come ;)

Hieeeee

This is me, Bevis Tan!

I'm 6 months 7 days old when this picture was taken. If you look close enough, you'll see a little tear drop on my cheek... I was crying but mummy managed to pacify me by taking my picture and I was happily smiling away for my picture to be taken ;)