Late Night Dinner....

It was a busy day for XP cos he was involved in the cycle about activity, followed by helping out at the rally at night. Although, Mummy Me is very grateful that he is so devoted (all for the sake of Little Arielle), I still felt xianz cos that means we are gonna be stuck at home for the whole day. True enough, after breakfast and a short visitation to XP's friend's house, we stayed at home until almost 10pm.

Yah....that's the time that XP was back and we could go out for our dinner cum supper! I wanted to go to the airport but we ended up at Sin Ma restaurant instead. Ordered frogs' legs, porridge and their butter and salted egg crab. Food sounds sinful right? Hack care leh! Already bored at home for the whole afternoon and evening and just want to have a good dinner to end the night!

*Tada....frogs' legs + porridge = Yummilicious!* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*That's the best way to entertain Little Arielle!* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*Doing a pose for my sake :p* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011
*The heavenly smell crab but taste so-so niaz* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011
*Easily satisfied Little Arielle - happy with just plain rice :)* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*Din know she loves to eat crab and here's a big piece for you!* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*After effect smug look :p* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

The dinner cost us $101 cos the crab itself is already $65. Felt that the crab is not worth the price cos it doesn't really taste so nice, except for its heavenly smell. Was happy that Little Arielle love the food, enjoying the rice, porridge, frogs' legs and of course, crabs! We were all very full and I made myself sleep late to digest the food :p

She Has Grown....

It's one of Little Arielle's usual art class and I just accompanied her with the usual attitude (kinda of xianz cos it's nagging time again!). Today's theme is turtle and after the teacher started to draw on the board to show them how to start the stroke, Little Arielle was very excited and she kept saying that she knows how to draw!

I'm very surprised with her enthusiam and later, the teacher confirmed that it was indeed kind of easy to draw for today's theme. That being the case, I was more than happy cos it means that I would vomit less blood :p

I felt so consoled when Little Arielle presented the following drawing to me. This is by far, the only piece that she really had less than 1% of help from me! I'm really proud of her and I'm sure hope that this would be a good beginning to the rest of her lessons. There's just an undescriable feeling and I just felt happy for her that she has finally began depending on herself :) and she can be on her own! Best of all, I really felt that the patterns drawn on the turtle's back were created by herself and it's very nice!

*Presenting, a piece truly drawn by Little Arielle!* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*Coloured by Little Arielle with most of the colours chosen by her :)* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

And usually, when XP arrives, he would help to do the outline for her but this time round, she insisted to do it on her own. Surprisingly, she did a pretty good job on her first attempt, with touch up by XP :)

*XP feeling bored when Little Arielle is doing the outline instead of him :p* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*Not bad hor :)* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

*The completed works* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

This is the first time that I did not regret signing her up for the class and diligently following her throughout! She seemed to have grown overnight and she just knew how to do a lot of things on her own. That really caught me by surprise and it's a pleasant one :) Keep up the good works and Mummy is proud of you!!

photos v nice

phito shoot - 28 apr

Finally got a slot

The Wall Caused It!

My injury prone gal just showed me this ->

*Little Arielle's injury on her left leg* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

When asked her what happened and she said that my wall caused it! Hmm, actually it's possible cos my wall is of uneven surface. Opps :p

What's Wrong with This?

You know what's the problem with this piece of work? Yeah....that's right! Little Arielle wrote the number 4 and 5 in the wrong direction!

Faintz....is that a common problem with left handed?

*Opposite way....* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

Proud Little Gal :)

Little Arielle was super excited this evening when they saw us after work. She asked me to close my eyes and showed me her work in school.

After I was allowed to open my eyes, I knew why she was so excited :) She scored full marks in one of her piece of work and was given 2 stars by her teacher. She was so happy about it and we took the chance to encourage her further :p Hahaha, stickers these days still have the same effect like what we had in our younger days! Inventor of this item is brilliant!

*First time getting full marks* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

1, 2, 3 & 4

Yeah! Mama has done a good job and Luttle Arielle knows how to spell from 1 - 4 :) Yippee! What a great achievement!

iPhone Obession!

Wat seh! Nowadays, Little Arielle would ask to play iPhone games when her eyes are opened until they are closed! *pengz*

Keeping Her Busy!

It's another Sunday where XP needs to go for class. And Mummy Me is just lazy to bring Little Arielle out.

So in order to keep her busy so that I can have time on my own, I first let her watched Beauty & the Beast.

And now, I have asked her to do colouring!

Hmm....what shall I ask her to do next??

Btw, here's her completed coloured piece :)

*It's Pooh Bear!* - Uploaded on 02 May 2011

Learning Thai?

Little Arielle just happily took XP's iPhone and played with the learning Thai programme in it. Hahaha I thought it sounded very comical and kept laughing at her :p

Check it out ->

*Uploaded on 24 Apr 2011*

Satay Lover

Was supposed to go Suntec but Little Arielle made XP angry that he decided not to go! What happened was she was all dressed up and kept complaining that her socks were tight. Told her that it's not and she got angry and kicked XP when he tried to help her wear her shoes. Wow....that really made him mad. So she got a beating, as usual and poor me, cannot go out shopping :(

But still we gotta eat. So in the end, ended up at Lavender Food Square. One of the items that XP ordered was satay and I saw that Little Arielle was so pitiful from the beating, she got to eat the satay and she was super happy about it!

*Little Arielle enjoying her satay!* - Uploaded on 24 Apr 2011

Scared of Teacher!

I woke up this morning and realised that XP forgot to bring out Little Arielle's homework. Mama called shortly and questioned me why I did not remind XP to do so :( She went along to say that Little Arielle was crying badly over this matter.

So I asked her to come to the phone and asked her why she was crying. Then she said the homework folder was forgotten and she was afraid that her teacher will scold her. Wahhh....are they really so scared of the teacher?

In any case, I just told her to tell teacher that Daddy forgot to bring and we will submit next week. If she scolds her, ask her to tell me.

But after thinking for a while, I decided to call and just let her teacher know in advance. Hmm, she just said let her come to school and let her explain herself. I kinda expected this answer. So, okie then....I will not let mama know that I have already informed the school.

Seems like Little Arielle is more afraid of the teacher than me! Why ah? Must do self-reflection liaoz hahaha!

Teaching in Action

Wat seh! I really admire my mama's patience in teaching Little Arielle. This evening, I just need to teach her a few numbers and I can feel my blood boiling.

Jiat lard lah....where did my patience go? Please come back!

A Roller Coaster Day :(

It the day of Little Arielle's outdoor shoot. An activity that Mummy Me has been looking forward too and specially took half day leave for it!

Morning did not turn out well because XP thought that I was on leave for the whole day and only came by at 7am telling me that he is leaving for work. I immediately sprang out of my bed and told him that I was on PM leave! He looked very annoyed and sat at one corner waiting for me to get ready.

And of course by the time we reached office, we gotta pay the hefy ERP charge of $3. Oh well, I din do it on purpose and apparently he was the one who din get it right in the first place.

In any case, I wasn't really that bothered by his attitude cos I was looking forward to the shoot. Few hours passed and I happened to pass by the window and realised that the sky was super dark. From that moment, my mood became super bad :( Thereafter, it really rained!

The studio staff updated in their FB page that they are monitoring the situation and will let us know if we are going to proceed. So at about 2pm+, they mentioned that the rain is lighter and we can proceed. I was so happy! But this was short-lived! They called me just when I was about to leave office and said that the rain got heavier and they are going to postpone. Arrgghh I got so upset because if it is postponed to 29th Apr, I can't go! Then they said that they would wait until 4+ and update me again. So I asked boss if I can cancel my leave cos I have been staying in office until almost 3pm and I foresee that the weather is not gonna turn out any better.

Apparently, I can't cancel my leave and I decided to go home immediately. While waiting for my bus, the studio staff called again and told us to go down for the shoot. Boy, was I happy! But then again, looking at the weather, I was hesistant. Just when I was about to reach, the staff called again and said that it would be postponed. I requested to come down cos I don't want to take leave le! So I die die also wanna have it taken!

*Little Arielle sleeping away on our way to the destination* - Uploaded on 24 Apr 11

Luckily the rain really became lighter when I reached. There was another family in front of me who is about to finish their shot.

When it was Little Arielle's turn, she was somehow very happy about it. And best of all, her smile was so natural :) I was really hoping that the pic would turn out well, even though the full props were not in use due to the rain. Even I myself forgot to bring out the props that I brought! There was no shelter and place to put my things at all. But I must agree that the trees and grass made it a good place for photoshoot! Probably I should go there and take pic myself in future for Little Arielle. I'm sure the effect would be super nice :)

And also, praying hard that the mud stains on her dress can be removed! Cos she fell on her bum while playing in the field!

Hmm should I consider taking it again leh? If they can have some good dates, probably hor!

So Sad...

It's so sad to know that your little one fell asleep while waiting for you to accompany her!

Shin Min Fun Drive 2011 is Here!

Yippee! Was happy in the morning when XP showed me his leave application and it has indicated drive to Msia. Immediately I knew that it was for the annual Shin Min Fun Drive! This is the 3rd year that we are participating :) Was already upset when we couldn't go for the SUVival Challenge in Apr and luckily, we can make it for the Shin Min Drive!

This year's drive is made more special because it's not the usual 1 night stay but 3 :) And the place that we are gonna stay will be AWANA KIJAL BEACH, GOLF & SPA RESORT (2 nights) / Genting Highland (1 night).

Wee....am so looking forward to it! May and June's gonna be a happy month for us so there's so many overseas line up!

Swimming Time!

I just causally told Little Arielle yesterday that if she behaves herself well this morning and Mummy Me is not having a bad mood, she will get to go for her swim.

So the moment she saw that I was awake, she started bugging me to bring her to the pool. She should count herself lucky that she did not irritate me.

So after I did some of the chores, I brought out her float and damn! I couldn't find the pump and in the end, had to blow up the float for her. Faintz....I almost died of breathlessness....Her action was super fast and in no time, she was already enjoying herself in the pool even though the water was so cold!

The float really helped cos I can play my FB games peacefully while she was happily playing with the slide.

All of a sudden, don't know what she did and I saw her floating to the adult pool. I quickly asked her to 'swim' back but she was floating further away from me. She got scared and started to cry cos she knew that she could not touch the floor. I was scared too cos I wasn't in my costume and apparently, I don't know how to save a person.

Luckily I stayed calm, gave her encouragement and she steadily paddled herself back to me. Hmm this would teach her a lesson not to geh kiang!

Played for almost 45 mins to 1 hour and it's time to bring her home. Her lips have already turned purple :P

But I knew that she has enjoyed herself tremendously :)

*Pending photo upload*

Easter Hop-Out

Yeah! That's the theme for Little Arielle's photoshoot next week! I chanced upon Studio Loft's FB ad this morning and the pic really lure me to bring Little Arielle. So after considering for a few hours, I decided to bring her for it.

I take it as a short break for myself too. And just nice, there isn't any one else taking that day. So....good lah! Hope it would be good weather cos it's gonna be an outdoor shoot.

Anyone else interested, here's the details ->

You are invited to our Easter Hop-Out shoot! Happening on 20th April 2011 at a special outdoor location in Bishan which we have dressed up specially for the occasion :) Easter eggs and bunnies, cupcakes, balloons and spring/easter theme decors all around await your kids! It's a tea party so bring along a friend/sibling/cousin for extra fun and laughter :D

The Great Easter Hop-Out!
20th April 2011
$80 per child
30mins shoot outdoors
2 edited shots (softcopy)

We will provide all the props but feel free to bring along anything suitable. Dress your kids in happy spring colours! Kids will be given a cupcake each for the tea party. Please bring your own drinks. As this is an outdoor location, there may be insects on the ground, so please get your children to wear covered shoes if possible. We will also be at the mercy of the weather so if it's too hot or raining, we may need to take breaks in between. Hope for your understanding. Selection of photos will be on another day.

Do give us a call if you have more questions or if you would like to make a booking. Only limited slots are available so give us a call now 6235 3696.

Into the Mail

Mummy Me has been wanting to mail out the application form for the Miss Glamourous Contest but somehow, was so busy and did not get to do so.

Finally, have done the necessary and these will go into the mail today :)

*Hope that she will be selected :)* - Uploaded on 24 Apr 2011

The Cheekiest Child Contest

Hee....just submitted this pic for the above contest -> *Here's my cheeky gal!* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011 Will provide more details when the voting facility is up hee!

Time @ City Square Mall!

Had our breakfast and Little Arielle wanted to go to City Square Mall. So, her wish is granted! As we parked at the free lot, we brought along a brolly since the sky was turning dark. Hee....Little Arielle looked like a little ninja with the brolly sling behind her back :)

*Little Ninja?* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011

And as usual, we cannot forget the free cart rental! Previously, we need to deposit $10. Finally, they decided to do away with this :)

*Her all time favourite :)* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011

And her favourite spot at the basement. Sushi corner :) *Biting on her kani maki!* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011

While XP is drinking his A1 from Gong Cha. Hmm....taste weird to me leh!

*Looking hard?* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011 Got some assessment books + DVDs for Little Arielle before we went home. Managed to redeem their tote bag & stationery set with these purchase :P *Last shot with the lollipops before we go :)* - Uploaded on 10 Apr 2011

Timid One!

The thunder was so loud that Little Arielle quickly jumped into my arms! Hee....din know that she would be scared of it leh :p

Vote for Princess 'Snow White'

Yeah! That's Little Arielle in the Snow White dressing :P Hmm, though the pic did not turn as nice as it could have been, Mummy Me will still vote for her! And if you are Mummy Me's friend, please cast your vote for Little Arielle too! Just need to 'like' Kids Cover Looks Model Search and she is pic 27. Just need to 'like' pic 27. It's that simple! So what are you waiting for? Action now :P
*My Princess* - Uploaded on 7 Apr 2011

Feels Great....

to hear Little Arielle telling me that she loves me :p She passed me a piece of her drawing which This is especially so after a hard day's work....

Ahhhh all the sufferings at work is worth the while :)

*Pending upload of pic*