Chinatown with asher boy

One of the best bits about not working or maternity leave is that you get to eat all the yummy food at off peak hours, which means cheaper deals and shorter queues. Of course in my case, its also great to have a wonderful hubby with a flexi schedule who drives us around and enjoys yummy eats like me!

We brought asher to Chinatown for a weekday breakfast sometime ago, this posting is a little backdated. Nothing like my favorite xiuji ikan bilis yong tau foo (half-eaten in the pic cos too enthusiastic to start eating) and teh-o to kickstart the day, rounded off with dessert at mei heong yuen.

The midautumn decorations were still not yet taken down then so i couldn't resist a snap. Colorful and pretty!

I wish i could do this every once in a while. I guess i definitely can once the kids are a bit older and they will come to appreciate mommy's favorite foods too!

Happy six month old!

With babies and young toddlers, its an accomplishment every time a new milestone is achieved. Looking back, it seems like six months really went by in a flash but at points in time, the tired mummy in me simply wished little bub will grow up faster, sleep through the night soon, start crawling / walking / talking whatever comes first. On the other hand, in a few years i know i will sigh like all other parents do and lament they grew up all too fast. The games life plays...

So asher turned six months on 21st October. Hurray! We celebrated by opening a bottle of heinz baby rice cereal that has been sitting on the shelf waiting to make its debut.

We sit asher on his high chair which we started him on last week (no food, just to play with his toys so he would get used to the idea of sitting there). He watches me intently as i mix the milk in the cereal. I give him a little spoonful and haha boy...i thought this little chubby tot would be a keen feeder like big sis alyssa but neh..."pui!"..out comes the cereal.

Its almost fascinating when you have two kids and you see how different they can be. Aly was a neat and keen feeder when she first started off (although now not at all). I hardly used any bibs or wash cloths and she always polished off her food with relish.

Asher on the other hand looks me suspiciously in the eye half the time, the other half with a complaining "what's this crap you are feeding me" stare. He spits half of every spoonful, proceeds to put 10 fingers into his mouth while feeding and when i prod them out to feed the next spoonful, he then rubs his eyes, face and hair with the same cereal-smeared fingers.

I get only a few spoonfuls in before he then puts the bib in his mouth and gets impatient and starts to whine signalling the end of the feeding session. Little Terror!

On Wednesday, we brought the tots to ikea for a jaunt. Ikea tampines did a great job of re-organizing the kids dept and it now has tons more space for kids to play. Aly was busy trying out all the different kiddy chairs and crawling from one room to the other via a clever tunnel.

The ikea restaurant was even better. They now have one whole play section just for kids and there is one whole row of kitchen sets for the budding cooking enthusiasts. For the boys...a large train wooden rail on a large playtable. Nice. Aly entertained herself while we helped ourselves to chicken wings and free coffee and tea. And to add, we didn't know free gerber baby food was served at ikea. A pleasant surprise and so we proceeded to try some applesauce on asher. Hhahaha...attached picture says it all :-)

Happy six month old asher, hope you will grow up to love your foods!

Science centre...another nostalgic destination

For mommy n daddy that is...similar to the zoo, both kwang and i have not been to the science centre for at least 20 years. It also doesn't help that it is located on the other end of the island from where we stay.

So weekend arrives and again its time to search online for the next adventure destination and i thought why not the science centre? Clicking on the promotions page on its website yielded a happy find...since science centre was celebrating its 35th anniversary, all peeps born in 1977 and one guest they bring get free admission. Joy!

When we got there, the first thing that greeted us was a whopping big water park. Too bad we didn't bring any swim things, next time we will. Apart from that, there was also an outdoor eco garden that looked interesting but we did not have time to explore and also an outdoor kinetic garden. Fun fun!

True to the website, admission fee of 12 bucks were waived for all of us plus kids were under 3. We also found a buggy car for aly someone abandoned at the side that would have normally costs 6 bucks to rent. It must be cost saver day haha! Aly totally digged the buggy...

Ok so up till now you must be thinking...isn't 2.5 yrs and 0.5 yrs a tad young for the science centre? Well i thought so too but really its not the case. Although the kids didn't understand most of the exhibits, there was so much to do! Buttons to press, balls to roll, steps to climb, holes to peep, sounds lights music....etc. It was the best!!

I remembered my favorite exhibit when i was young used to be one of little chicks hatching and generally we used to be able to play with and hold the chicks. Well now the exhibit is still there but enclosed as in you can no longer touch the chicks but however you can still witness the hatching and some very wet looking newborn chicks. Cute!

Aly and asher's favorite exhibits? Probably a photo booth where we could take pics and view them in a few formats. A ball rolling slope too.Nothing too spectacular but oh well, a lot of hands on fun.

We ended off the visit with a good ol macdonalds happy meal. I remembered it used to be burger king in our days...oh well. And we will definitely go back to visit again with our wetsuits next time! The born in 1977 promotion runs till 31 dec 2013...wished we knew about it earlier! There is also a dino exhibit for dinosaur fans starting from oct 25 to feb 2014. The best part is that it is not superbly crowded even on weekends...nice!