Happy Birthday Singapore!

The kiddos' school had a mini National Day celebration on 8 Aug and they were told to dress up in red and white. As usual, Lleyton wore the same National Day Tee and shorts (the exact set he wore for the past 2 years), and Leanne wore a Mickey Dress in red & white.

It's a pity Daddy was overseas for business over the public holiday. The kids were having fun with playdoh, at the same time, messing around with Mummy while she was trying to capture some National Day shots.

Happy 46th Birthday, Singa-PORE!

Visit to the dentist

There is a big and brand new dental clinic nearby the house.. and Lleyton was drawn to the pile of toys sitting in the corner of the clinic. One fine day, Mummy decided to pop in and make an appointment for Lleyton to have a dental consultation.

Lleyton was excited on the day of the visit, and was keen to meet the dentist. The consultation room was well-equipped with toys, cute sunglasses and a TV showing cartoons. Poor little Lleyton had a little filling, and the dentist told him that she was trying to catch the worm trapped in his teeth. The 15-min visit was not cheap, but at least now he is more convinced that he should brush his teeth in the morning and right before he sleeps.

Little helpers

They are great substitutes for domestic helpers.. FOC.

Meals together

Since the departure of the helper, it is extremely important that the 2 kids (or at least one) can self-feed. Having meals together can be enjoyable as well as eventful, depending on the mood of the day. A simple meal can end up with lotsa mess, lotsa noise, as well as lotsa fun..

More videos..

Daddy agreed with Mummy that more videos on the kids should be taken, simply to record their development and how they progress in terms of speech, movements over the initial years of growth. Here's one on Leanne demonstrating how much she loves school, even on a non-school day, insisting that she wants to bring her school bag with her everywhere she goes.

Cold Storage Kids' Run 2011

The kids were signed up for the Sunny Family Chase Run.. and both entered the same category. They probably enjoyed the after-run events more than the run itself.. but it's a good experience nonetheless.

New gadget at East Coast Park

The 2+2 seater 4 wheeler peddler was just nice for the family of 4. It was tiring though but good exercise for Mummy and Daddy. They are planning to do it again soon.

Random shots of the kids

To commemorate the significant milestone of Leanne (attending school at 18 months), Daddy came up with the great idea of revamping the bedroom of the kiddos (yes, again) and converted Leanne's cot into a child's bed, changed the position and re-do the wardrobe with some organisers from Ikea.

Here's the little princess..

and here's the spiderboy (well, Bin had an exact same one, which Ah Ma bought from Perth for the 2 boys!)

Magadascar Nite..

The family went for the Magadascar A-Crate Adventure free preview nite at the USS. It came with a goodie bag, some door gifts and juices for the guests. Not too bad for a half-hour queue + 9-min ride.

超省时妙招。。 and it worked!

The terrible 2s have started. And indeed terrible. Leanne loves to throw tantrums, cries non-stop in order to get what she wants, screams at the top of her voice. Mummy has a perfect plan, which she learned from the show "超省时妙招". This technique basically states that any crying baby who watched herself cry on video, will stop almost immediately. So she puts it into practice, filmed Leanne crying non-stop and showed it to her at that instance. It worked! And here's the video.. bet she is going to blame Mummy if she watch this when she grows up.