Our Second Flower

Frank and Anna planted some bulbs some time ago during winter. Once the weather got warmer, the shoots started appearing and one fine day, viola! What a pretty flower!

'ANNA'

Anna wrote her name. We were very proud of her. There is also a stick-man drawing on the right (that's how she draws a smiley face with body/legs).

On the very old carousel

This carousel is apparently historical, can't remember how old it is, but very old. Quite a ride for the two of them.

Messy very Messy!

Was taking a break at the elephant enclosure. Gave Josh a Weet-Bix and there was crumbs everywhere! Well, never try it at home unless you are free to clean up the mess.

Best Pals

They are really great together, sometimes can go out of hand as well.

So brave of her. . .

Z and Anna went to Perth Zoo together. This is one place that Z will surely visit, its his favourite, Reptile. So off Anna went with him (not a favourite place of mine tho').

It was petting the snake time. . . (Y****)(not my thing again) but she happily went ahead with Z. See so brave!

Jason (Z's father) was carrying Josh while I took the pic and he asked if Josh would like to touch the snake as well. Immediately I said 'NO', I won't carry him if he did. So much for a Zoologist!

Pic taken after the concert

Looks who's behind?

He who fell off the wall?

Josh had fun too

During the concert, Josh was thrilled over the sight and sound of the place, people and performance. He was crawling and exploring the surrounding, even attempting to climb steps (which he almost did).

Play School Concert

Anna is crazy over Play School, an ABC children programme that she watches almost every afternoon when she comes home from school.

So we decided to bring her to the Play School Concert when they came to Perth. Had to drive all the way up north to Joondalup but it was a well-paid-off trip. Met up with her friends, Kaylee and Rachael, had loads of fun watching the performance! It was an enjoyable day.

Assam Fish

Not too bad a try for the first time. Can't say that I cooked it from scratch. Ha, sauce came from the bottle and just have to add onions, tomatoes and fish sauce. Was yummy with rice!

Zzzz. . .

As I needed to prepare food to cook in the evening, I put Josh in the high-chair so that he would not come crawling in the kitchen looking for me and clinging onto my pants. I offered him some Baby-bite and for a while he was enjoying the food.

In no time, this was what happened.

So cute, right?

It's Spring again!

As the weather became warmer, Anna started to ask to play in the inflatable pool. So, F finally blew up the float (without using a pump) and the kids had a fantastic time playing in the heated water (F had to boil water to add to the very cool water from the tap). Moreover, it was rather windy.

Josh had a good time plucking off the grass and putting them into his mouth (YUM - nice texture, tasty chlorophyll).

Happy Father's Day

I dun know why but the Aussie celebrate Father's Day on the 2 Sept. Yes I know, this pic is long overdue.

We were at one of our favourite eating place: Makan Makan at Vic Park.

Josh @ 7 months

At 7m1w - Josh suddenly learned the art of crawling forward, and there is no stopping him. Initially, he was much slower in covering the area in the house. But within a week, he is crawling so much faster.

The other day while I was cooking, he crawled from his room to the toilet, played with the toilet brush, got bored, crawled into the bathroom, played with the heater, dustbin and potty. He continued his jouney towards the kitchen when he heard me calling, stopped by the laundry area, played with the magic-mop b4 finally crawling towards me!
At 7m2w - I discovered 2 lower front teeth appearing. Poor fellow, now I understand why he was sucking so much in the night for the past few nights. Other than that, he is absolutely happy!

Sometime ago we noticed the use of pincer grip, recently it had gotten better cos he is able to pinch F's neck and my arm. This pic shows the holding of the tit using thumb and pointer.

To the Fair

Although it just rained, the Fair still attracted many people like us.

Walking Outing

We went for a 4km walk up north at Chidlow to Sawyer Valley. There was a Fair at the end of the check-point.

This pic was taken at the half way point where we took a break and the kids were playing with the instruments made by the locals.

Father & Son II

No, I am brushing your teeth! - Josh

Father & Son I

See, I am brushing my teeth! - Frank

Time to say Good-Bye

It was nice catching up.

It was almost time to depart for Perth.

Good-bye Singapore.

Good-Day Mate!

It was sad-but we have to-to continue this chapter of our lives-may the grace of God be with us, always.

'I want to cut my hair!'

We were at Suntec City after lunch at Sakae Sushi (btw Anna loves sushi), we passed by this kids hairdresser and out of the blue, Anna said she wanted a hair-cut. It cost $16 but with a personalised movie while you get your hair cut, a balloon and stickers when you are done! I want too!

Anna was so captivated by the cartoon she was watching that she was so cooperative and sat on the chair almost motionless while he snapped happily away - AMAZING!

Happy Family

Finally had our LJS @ Lido. It was yummy-licious. F said as good as the fish & chips @ Freo.

Anna loves Simpsons like F, I just cannot understand the why they like it?!?!

Pool of Balls

What a pretty sight! If I were a kid, I would love the place.

I am Trying

We were at the KidsGym at Pasir Ris NTUC . Josh was trying to crawl forward, probably just one or two steps at the most. But it was a start. . .

Josh @ about 6+ months

During our stay in Singapore, Josh managed to sit upright without support. He had a lot of fun on the foam-mat with Anna, Sarah and Isaac. Nai Nai and Ye Ye also came along to play with him.

It was also during this time that Josh learned how to go onto all fours and rocked his body to and fro (a step towards crawling). Finally within a few days, he was trying to crawl but always moving backwards. Well, at least he is going places!!

More Fun @ Vivo

What can I say. . . we all love the water, especially on a warm sunny afternoon!

Still at Vivo (Starbucks)

What's more enjoyable was a sausage bun after all the activity. Anna used to just eat the sausage and give us the bun. Now, she finished the bun followed by the sausage ie. saving the best for last and enjoying every bit of it. This trip we saw her eating such bun every 2-3 days. This is one of her favourite food.

ViVo City

Everybody is talking about this happening shopping mall, so we must go check it out as well. What we enjoyed most about this place was being able to have a cup of coffee and having Anna occupied. See, she went riding on a horsey.

Here we go!

Josh and I had great fun at the slide too! It got rather wet at some parts of the slide, and water kept getting into our eyes. . . but he was all game for it. Ha, I guess he didn't had a choice since he was carried by me using a baby harness.

Tsunami Waves

In this section of WWW, the man-made waves are amazingly strong and violent. Anna had fun with the float and stayed at the shallower end, while I went towards the deeper pool. At one point, I ditched the float and wanted to swim along with the waves. . .wow, I almost like 'drowned' cos the waves went over my head and water went into my nose. HAHA, so much for a swim!