Anna carrying Daisy

Recently Anna has asked me how to cuddle a baby. So, I used Winnie the Pooh and put it on her arms and taught her the right way to carry a baby. I must say she did a pretty good job for the first try. The very next day, she took hold of her white teddy bear - Daisy and held it in her arms and asked me to take a picture of her! Amazing, isn't it? She is indeed preparing for the real one. HA!

Strange looking Animals

As we enter Lottery West Family Area, one would notice these strange looking animals? Never quite figure them out, but I know one of them is a kangaroo. Somehow they are very attractive to children and even adults! Children likes to climb on them. Anna would never give them a miss whenever we passed by. So here we are again. . .

See how loving they are!

After we had lunch of healthy porridge at the park, Anna quickly digged into the picnic bag and see if there is any treats to eat. As usual, I would pack something more exciting or rather unhealthy like chips or pretzels. But this day, she found a package of cod-fish strips. Haha! See how they are enjoying the snack. I must say I couldn't resist the snack too. . . we wipped out the whole package and she even asked for more.

What you want to eat?

A year ago, Anna would never take off her shoes and walk on sand at the beach. Now, she will volunteer taking off the shoes herself!?! See how comfortable she is in the sand. Everyday after daycare, we must always remember to take off her shoes outside the house 'cos there will always be loads of sand in them.

Whenever she is playing with her sandpit toys, she would pretend to be preparing food for us. . .

You like my Smilz?

Anna loves to pose for pictures these days! She has a very werid way of smiling as well - the one with the under-bite.

Back @ Lottery-West

Anna loves this playground at King's Park. Today she spent heaps of time playing and this is one of the many attractions that she enjoys - some sort of a wind chime. You just have to shake them and they will produce beautiful sounds.

Mid-Autumn Festival @ Home

Anna was so thrilled over her 2 lanterns that she received last Friday! BIG Thank You to Auntie SM, Uncle TH and Uncle Clem and Auntie Jean! She couldn't stop playing with them. She was also reminded that back home at Nai Nai's, she has other lanters as well.

Family Hair Bands!

Anna has been wearing this hand-made beaded necklace as hair band over the weekend, so I suggested to her that perhaps we could buy her a stretchy headband. Well, she did not stop asking for it till we bought them last Tuesday.

She chose a set of 3 with pokodots - pink, yellow and blue. On the way home in the car, she asked who can wear the yellow and blue ones (obviously she has kept the pink one for herself), so I said that i won't mind taking the yellow one and the blue one can give to PAPA! She was elated. The minute the father walked through the door, she gave him the blue hair-band. . .

Knowing F, he came up with a good idea to wear them as a family symbol. . . check us out. . . cool right? We all had a good laugh at the picture!

Higher Papa!

Anna is really liking the swing very much these days. She will asked Papa to pushed her higher and higher! She has also grown to like wearing a hat and she knows that it will keep the sun out of her face. Somehow, daycare/schools here emphasised the notion: 'No hat, no play!' Its also mandatory for all school kids to be wearing their hat during the whole of summer, this applies to the senior school too!

At Healthcote Park

This is one park that we enjoy very much, mainly because of the scenary (look at the background). You can see many sailboats flying their spinnacle. . . reminds us of our sailing times. One complain about this park is that its always very windy. There was once in winter that we came and we tried to have a picnic. We failed terribly 'cos the wind then the rain came and we ended up eating inside the playground!

Cindy

We present ONDE ONDE!

Look at the delightful Anna! Of course she did not have any, but we had lots. . . there were even some left for breakfast the next day.

Cindy

Onde Onde

One of our many cravings for local delights. F made the dough, rolled them into balls and we placed a piece of gula melaka in the centre. Then we just boiled them till they float and coat them with shaved coconut. Easy isn't it?

Papa's Birthday Celebration Part III

See. . . they are already saying that the food is good even before trying! HAHA! Recently, Anna has been taking pictures of either her thumbs up or her index fingers (pointers) up. So cool, right?

Cindy

Papa's Birthday Celebration Part II

This is one cosy place that we love to be at. While waiting for the food to be served, Anna and Papa, as usual, posed for picture!

Anna is definitely looking forward to her rice, beef and chicken.

We especially love the very yummy Teh Tarik and Holicks Tarik.

Cindy

Papa's Birthday Celebration Part I

We found this Malaysian-run resturant called Makan Makan last year when we were here holidaying. So we are back here again to celebrate F's birthday.

Anna was trying to say grace for the dinner. But half way through she asked for help and as usual we have to complete the prayer for her.

Anna's Piggy Bank Part II

Half way through the painting, the piggy was not as stable as what Anna would like. . . so she asked Papa to help.

With one finger to steady the piggy, Anna was able to complete the painting. But the finger soon was covered with the red paint. Ha!

Cindy

Anna's Piggy Bank Part I

This is a piggy bank made from scratch. Anna chose the project from a children art and craft book we borrowed from the library. We started the shape by simply blowing a balloon, then we just use papier-mache technique. We added approximately 5 layers of newspaper and let it dry in the sun for a couple of days.

Afterwhich, Frank and Anna added the snout, legs, ears and tails. And we added another few layers of newspapers to smooth out the surface.

Viola! This is the end-product - ready to be painted. See how meticulous was Anna. . . I must say that she is quite good with painting these days.

Cindy