A day in the park

A great sunny day without any rain. So we had a chance to get out of the house and to MacRitchie reservoir. It has been months or even years since we went there. Things have not change very much except that we hardly catch a sight of any monkeys. Anyway, it was still a good outing for the boys. Gareth got all excited when I took out the camera and he started posing here and there. Caught a good shot of the boys together. Really one of the rare times where Gavin actually stood still with his brother to have a shot taken.




As there was no open field that is flat (all are slopes) thus no ball kicking. The boys were in fact more interested in picking up sticks and sweeping the drains. Gavin was so fascinated that he actually sat at one place using his stick to sweep the little leaves around him for almost 30 mins. To think he hardly sits for more than 5 mins at home other than snack times.. hehehe....

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乐乐去坐船了

After patiently waiting for almost 3 months, Gareth has finally realised his wish of going onboard a ship. He has been staying obedient just to be able to do that. Grandma had planned this family trip very early on and Gareth has almost been repeating each day “乐乐要坐船”. Last Sunday, the whole family went onboard Superstar Virgo, cruising to Penang and Phuket. Our first pic onboard with Great-grandma, grandma and grandpa.

Having the first walkabout on the open deck of the cruise ship. Can you spot the excitement in Gareth's face? *grin*

Taking some photos at the forward of the ship.

This is Great-grandma's first trip on this ship as well. Look how delighted she is as well.





Gareth gets a ballon sword and a painting on his face at the sail away party at the pool area. Not sure why he gets a spider but at the end he is happy all the same :D

The boys enjoying the moment on their maiden trip on cruise ship, enjoying the view out the window as the ship sails off.




Gareth having his lollipop and some fun at the Galaxy of the Stars.

Gareth taking helms of the ship

The boys having a good run around at the helipad.

The little Jedis getting ready for their dip in the pool and jacuzzi.

Let's take a break and have a snack.. but too bad no kit-kat.
Just prawn crackers but that'll do.

Vroom Vroom... G Bikers in Action

We went to Changi Village for dinner last Saturday evening and Gareth caught sight of the little motorbikes and motorcars roaming around the courtyard near the food centre. After dinner, we let Gareth choose his preferred ride and he chose the motorbike. Gavin could not resist and went around testing out all the bikes parked there. Thus, mummy and daddy gave little Gavin his maiden ride. To our amaze, Gavin handled the bike with ease. No jitters and no fear, he went around crashing to road cones, pillars and curbs. Hahaha... daddy just have to catch up with him to ensure he roamed around injury free. As for Gareth, he just wished the bike could go even faster ;-)

Ring Ring.. Here comes Gareth on the bicycle..

Gareth had his first ride on a bicycle (the one with 2 supporting wheels at the back) previous Sunday. He went into the rental shop, excitingly pointed to the little BMX bicycle and said 爸爸, 这个. He then sat on his bike and we are ready to go.

He did not quite get the motion on the pedals correctly but he enjoyed the thrill of travelling from the Lagoon FC to Bedok Jetty. He probably enjoyed the most when he got mummy to sit on the little bike and he pushed mummy on her back.. hahaha.. :D

That Sunday was also my birthday.. and as usually Gareth and Gavin always get all excited when they see the birthday cake being brought out. Here he is showing the thumbs up!

Moving here, there and everywhere

We had our living floor tiles checked earlier and it was found that we had about 20 tiles that are hollow. After some negotiation with HDB, we managed to get them to redo all the tiles in our living room. It will take them about a week to complete the job so we had to move out. Last Wed, the removal of the tiles started. In order to keep within the claimable amount of $150, we booked 2 nights at Robertson Quay hotel. Room was very small and hardly much space for the 2 boys to roam around. Little Gavin seems to have difficulties adjusting to the place and thus wakes up almost every other hour crying with frustration. Gareth did not sleep very well as well being disturbed by Gavin's crying.

Mummy booked Sentosa's Siloso Beach Resort for the weekend as it will be a good chance to let the boys have some fun at the island. It was a much much better place with a bigger and more comfy room. Of course, the price was different as we paid $220 per night compared to the $100 at RQH. It was raining almost everyday during last week and we were hopeful that rain will reduce or even disappear over the weekend. Alas, it was not to be.

On Sat, after breakfast at the resort, we went to impiah lookout and got into a glass cable car. It was the 3Gs 1st ride on the cable car. Gareth was not afraid at all of the height. Gavin was scared initially as he sat very still but was ok after a while.

Stopped over at Vivo to grab a bite over lunch time and then back to Sentosa. We went to try the Cineblast. After myself and Gareth went in for the preview, not sure why Gareth then backed out and wanted to get out of the place. Thus I went through the ride myself. Was kinda disappointed Gareth did not try the ride but it was kind of rough though so also not sure if he will be scared of it in the middle of the ride or not. So probably next time then will find out :P. We planned to watch the Songs of the Sea in the evening but little did we know that it was fully booked when we try to get tickets about 2 hrs before the 1st show.

Sunday morning.. we saw sunlight.. and this time.. after breakfast, we went off to the beach. Laid the mat, took out the beach toys and beach ball.

Swam a little in the water. Then comes the dark clouds again.. sigh.. we packed up and went to the inhouse pool. Wah.. the water was so so cold. We thought Gavin would jump out of it as he previously does not like cold water. Haha.. but he enjoyed the water so much he was not bothered at all.. he just went splash splash splash in the water.

Gavin is already beginning to say few words. He learnt to say "milk milk" when he wants to have his milk. There was this once he kept calling "Pa Pa" "Pa Pa". Mummy then tell Gavin, “再说一次”Gavin then said “一次” Haha.. it was really funny.

As for Gareth, nowadays he grows to like animals. He asks to go zoo quite often and now would watch Animal Planet channel more than he watches cartoon. He will call out the type of animals shown on the tv.. even the difficult name "Hippotamus". So what does he say when he does not know what the animal is? "Papa, what's this, what's this?" Now anything he does not know, he goes "what's this, what's this?". Hehe.. is this a sign of the beginning of the inquisitive mind?

Now we are putting up at their grandma's place. They seemed to feel much more comfy although Gareth still misses home. He still tells us "Mama, Papa, 回家". The poor boy is homesick. He misses his bedroom and his toys. We had re-painted his room with a new colour and going to do some nice deco to make it more like a kids room. Hope he will love it when he finally gets to go back home this Wed.

Pizza making party @ CPK

Today we were invited to a birthday party at California Pizza Kitchen (CPK). The kids were treated to a pizza making session. The birthday gal Grace's mummy made lovely aprons for the kids; red for the girls and blue for the boys. There was no tossing of the dough though, so just put toppings on the dough to make their hawaiian pizza. The kids then get to enjoy their piece of mastery :P

June Roundup

03-JUN
We celebrated grandpa's 55th birthday. Look at happy grandpa with his chirpy grandsons.


08-JUN
Brought the boys to the Zoo and took this pic where Gareth did a pose for the 1st time. He did the pose without us telling him to do so. How cute.

A lot of people are asking us to bring Gavin go for a hair cut. But we kinda like his current hair style so probably just need to do some trimming. What do you think? Trim or crew cut? ; )

17-JUN
I brought Gareth out and we bought a birthday cake to celebrate for mummy. Gareth was as usual very enthusiastic whenever someone celebrates birthday as he loves having birthday cakes. This time round, Gareth has joined in the singing and have a listen to his vocals.