Anson's party!

As we reached the chalet earlier, I got a sneak peak of the cake way before everyone else. It sure looks marvelous! And Valerie saw it while in the pool. Seeing the white box (I doubt she could see the cake from where she was), she went "Yeah! Cake!".. It was so hilarious.

So knowing that she's going to a party and seeing cake.. she was not intersted in any food. She only took some milo and 6 small spoons of rice. That's it.. the rest of her stomach is reserved for the cake.

Look at how eager is she when it's time to sing birthday song & cut birthday cake? We had a hard time keeping her away from the cake while Angel & her family take pictures!

In case you are wondering, Angel got her cake from CherylShuen.. and yes.. it's the orange cranberry flavour. I can't vouch for the taste coz Valerie didn't share!

Fun at the pool!

On the way to her lesson this morning, Valerie kept saying she wanted to go swimming. Knowing that it's Anson's birthday party today, we promised her that we'll bring her for a swim this evening before the party.

I'm glad that I remember to bring the camera along. Look how much fun she had at the pool?

Mommy's indecent obsession

Yes. I have.. obsession with Bottega Veneta. It's terrible but it's true. I just ordered a Bottega Veneta New Ball in Carminio (see picture above) from BV Hawaii. No.. you didn't read wrongly, it's BV Hawaii. Currently they are verifying my credit card information. Once everything checks out, they'll ship out my bag. Total damage? Don't ask but it's cheaper compared to SG price by a whopping S$400 - S$500 (depending on shipping and exchange).

Do I feel guilty? Yes. I bought a Loewe (2nd hand from Madam Milan), a BV wallet and a BV handbag all within a span of 2 months? Yes, it's obscene and I wouldn't deny it. But this will be my LAST purchase for the year (at least). After this I'll be preparing for the arrival of little Nigel in about 10 weeks time.

Ooooo.. when will it arrive?!?!

Mozzie Attack!

I seriously dunno why Valerie always attracts mozzies. Today came back from work and I saw 3 big bites on her face! Can you imagine, her face! The previous bite was just recovering and now there's another 3! Argh!

Daddy forgot to wear diaper for Valerie!

Early this morning (around 5.55am), we heard Valerie calling for daddy from her room. HB went over and asked her to sleep more. Then I overheard her going "herh!" (meaning she was angry). But I doze back to sleep soon after that. When the alarm finally rang at 7am, I went over to call HB. Guess what? HB told me he forgot to wear diaper for Valerie yesterday night! So instantly I looked at the bed, but it was dry. Apparently she managed to stay dry until 6am when she woke up to ask for help to go toilet!

Isn't she a clever girl! Well, but I'm not ready to let her go diaperless overnight yet! But I think it's probably time to teach her to go toilet on her own by 1st buying a step stool for her :p

Way to go girl, you are indeed growing up at lightning speed!

A special day

Today started off like almost any Saturday but it ended somewhat differently.

1) Valerie asked to goto the pool

Something which she had been avoiding due to the fear of aeroplane flying pass in NSRCC. We thot she was kidding but we brot her there nonetheless half expecting her to back out. Surprisingly, she didn't. Eventhough she was still scared of the sound (she covers her eyes whenever the plane flies past), she seemed determined that she wants to enjoy herself this time. And she did. By the time it's time to get up, she didn't really wanted to! Way to go girl! Mommy is very proud of you! Too bad I didn't bring along a camera!





2) Valerie sat on a kiddy ride

This is again a no-no for Valerie. So far, she only sat on a kiddy ride once. That was in ECP and I wasn't the one who paid for the ride. She was riding with another girl FOC and you can tell from her face that she is quite taken aback eventho she didn't burst into tears. We went to Tampines Mall for dinner and when she saw the kiddy ride, she wanted to get on it. So I offered her $1 for her to ride, and she put the $$ into the slot. We half expected her to scream and hop out of the car but on the contrary, she didn't. And she even managed to pose for us!

Mama got a new wallet! (and eyeing another bag)

Yes! I got it! A Bottega Veneta wallet. I heard that the boutique was having sale so I went there after attending the training centre's opening ceremony. And yes! the continental wallet (1st pic) I'm eyeing on was on sale! I originally wanted to get a colleague to order one from Japan for me (it's cheaper) but the fear of buying off an online shop not knowing the authenticity etc just irks me much. Since this wallet is on 30% discount, I decided to grab it! This is the colour I bot, colonial (2nd pic). Not an easy colour to take care I know but I just love the pastels :p

At the same time, I show a bag in BV that really ticks me! It looks like this and it's was in the same green as my wallet. After 30% it costs slightly above $3K. I was so so tempted to get it as well but I CONTROL! Thankfully I did coz when I surf BV's USA online store (authenticity guaranteed), this gorgeous colour (Carminio) was on sale!. Granted that online price are before ground shipping and sales tax.. but the starking difference in pricing just can't be ignored.

Is anyone coming back from States? :p

KL Trip

We drove up to KL over the weekend for a quick getaway. We wanted to travel some place further but timing wise & my belly just doesn't really allow us to do so. So after much thought, we settled for KL and stayed in Ascott KL. It was a nice property, Ian & Maggie were impressed with the size of the apartment we had :)

Here are some highlights of the trip. KL was quite hot during the day but overall Seng & I were pleasantly surprised with the progression the city had. It's actually quite a livable place and everything seemed quite modern as well. Far cry from the old KL I remember when I last visited them like 13 years ago.

New wall decal!

I've ordered the Apple Tree decal from Winkplay some weeks back but as it was out of stock, I only got it over the weekend. It took us roughly half hour or less to put all the stickers up and Valerie was indeed very pleased with the new look of her room.

What do you think? Green with envy? Well, her parents sure are!

Baby #2 @ 27 Weeks

How time flies.. now BB2 is 27weeks old and weighs slightly more than 1kg. Another 13 weeks.. to go. It's the final stretch now.. hopefully everything will be smooth.

Gained roughly 4kgs in 6 weeks.. gena 'complained' by Dr Heng. She tell me to try to keep weight gain to roughly 12kgs in total.. Gosh.. hopefully I can keep within the 'limits'! :p

Birthday Song..

It's quite over-due but it's because I seemed to have some problems attaching video. Happy watching!

Cheeky Valerie

These are some pictures taken in May 2008. 1st one was after she had her Meiji Choc Sticks.. see how DIRTY her mouth was!! And she refused to share.. not even the choc dip!!!

The 2nd one was after she wanted me to tie up her hair.. such moments were rare coz she hates to have her hair tied.. less than 5 mins after I took this picture, she yank out all the rubber bands!

Growing up

Lately we do see alot of growth in Valerie. It's not so much about height & size, it's more her intellectual that has shown much growth. For one, now she can have a simple conversation with you as compared to just 1-2 mths back. I know other kids are already doing so but Valerie's speech has always not been the fastest thus I'm still very proud of her :)

The other thing is her awareness of the surrounding. Be it danger (she is such a drama queen in fact.. shouting "Watch out!" over little things), people's mood as well as events. She is quite sensitive to DH's tone so whenever he sounds firm, you can see her facial expression change immediately. When her cousins cry, she no longer looked shocked but could actually go towards them to sayang them. She also knows what is acceptable & what's not. Although that doesn't stopped her from asking for 'forbidden' food.. well.. kids are kids right?

She can also deduce what's happening from what she sees. Take for example Sunday when we reached home after having dinner at my mom's place. When the car reached the front, she took a look at the house (which is dark and doors are closed), she said "mama's not in". In the past she'll just started calling "mama! mama!" Now she deduce that no one is home because the doors are closed and there were no lights in the house.

Many things had happened over the past month after her 3rd birthday. And I really enjoy seeing her grow up but at the same time sad to know that she'll not be my little girl for long...

I love you my little ger ger..

Valerie is golfing!

After much thot, we decided to let Valerie have a trial with Kindergolf so we booked for a free trial (making use of DH's Citibank points) at NSRCC. For the trial, parents are allowed to sit in the class.

Valerie was quite excited really. The other 2 kids on trial were older than her, thus the understanding of instructions are definitely more advanced than Valerie. So what Val did was she 'monkey see monkey do'. Which worked out fine for her. It was a hilarious 45mins as she bowed whenever we applause. haaa

Now Valerie had attended 3 lessons with Kindergolf. So far the feedback from the teachers had been positive. Last Sunday we just signed her up for a 1 year package so that she'll get a free golf set from the school.

Hope all goes well from here! Maybe she is the next Lorena Ochoa in the making!