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.

Our DAMAGE & loot from trip to States

Only have the chance to post up my loot now. These are really not everything that we’ve lugged back from States, just whatever could fit on the table or on the floor, minus those that have already been put into bags to be given to relatives/friends. Hehe, among those are the numerous Coach bags I’ve bought :P

It’s definitely a 4-digit damage to our pockets but glad that every of our close relative has a gift .

3 weeks away in SFO

It's been a long 3 whole weeks since i last 'saw' my kids in person... I'm so eager to return home (fearing that they will forget me, my face and smell!) and today is the day!

Luckily, for the last 2 wks of the business trip, my dear hubby is here to take a little vacation with me during the ThanksGiving and to wait for me to return back to the hotel while i work.

We spent some days away in Las Vegas, also visiting the Grand Canyon, it's definitely a different experience from San Francisco... Oh, and not forgetting Edy's most wished for place to visit, M&M's World... Here's some photos from the 3 weeks trip, see all back in Singapore ;)

Will post more of our buys (and DAMAGE!) once i get back! ;)

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: