Marina Bay Sands Skypark

During December holidays, one of the most beautiful place that we went to was Marina Bay Sands SkyPark... we were at the swimming pool..the girls were splashing themselves silly amidst the terribly cold pool and the windy weather. But the views were very very nice... :)

at the lobby waiting to go up to the skypark

Mall Hopping Affair

Hmm...this Christmas period, we went about visiting malls again! Winnie the Pooh and company

Hi5..their performance was great!

Barney and friends...

婆婆 Birthday Celebration

Yet another birthday celebration! Its 婆婆! How old is she this year? hmmm lost count le..she has always remained as 36 in my mind! 婆婆 is born in the year of Horse! Counting...wow she is 56 years old!

Gosh, how time flies...i still remember the days when she needed to go to work in a factory near Geylang. And i had to travel with her to my grandma's house who was looking after me at Geylang and it was always so early that the sky was still dark when we left the house. And when she fetched me home after work, it was getting dark again as she knocks off like 6pm/7pm. I remembered that i was always so very happy when mum came to fetch me home leaving my young sister behind. Happy becos i got to go home...my sister would always cry when she saw us leaving... That was the years of my childhood.

Happy Blessed Birthday to 婆婆!

Speech and Drama Showcase

It was the last day of the term for Tiffy's Speech and Drama at school. And to my pleasant surprise, she played the role of a Narrator and she has done well! She could remember her 台词 very well :)

公公's Birthday Celebration

We went to Peach Garden to celebrate 公公's birthday! The meal was yummylicious, indeed worth the price that we paid. Happy Blessed Birthday to 公公and hoped that he has enjoyed the meal and company.

Natalie milestone

After wearing her JS Kangaroo for a couple of days. Nat has shown improvement.. she is able to stand alone (and very stable) for longer period as compared to before and she has attempt to take a few steps herself! Lets await that her therapist's predictment will come true soon - that Nat will be able to walk within a month's time.

Karaoke Session

Tiffany at one of 婆婆's karaoke session. :) Her song is Polly puts the Kettle on.

Natalie in her JS Kangaroo

Natalie was at her therapy session. It was more of a fitting session for her, fitting for her pair of Jumpstart Kangaroo. It was specially ordered in from USA. It is suppose to help her walk on her feet planted on the ground. The pair has set us back by $320!

this is how it looks like..but Nat has it in pink.

It was an expensive 'shoe' but hopefully it will help her correct her ankle and reduce the relapse of archilles tendon contracture. But we noticed that she seeemed more confident to stand by herself after wearing it, even on the first day.

Our Batam Retreat

It has been nearly 3 years since we had our overseas vacation, not counting in Genting in Mar 2009 with family members.


Finally, we went to a 2D1N retreat at a nearby beach resort - Harris @ Batam. It was a refreshing, relaxing and lazy 2D1N. We did everything from spas (twice), swimming, bowling, lazing around, swimmings, strolling along the beach, jet ski, shopping at Nagoya Hill shopping ctr, eat & eat. Hope we could have another round of retreat soon.

Harris Resort @ Batam

afternoon tea at D Cafe...

jet ski after tea...

shopping at Nagoya Hill shopping centre...

lunch at A&W..

walking around...lazing around...

spa before our yummy dinner...

dinner at Harris cafe... entertainment during dinner time...
a stroll at the beach before home sweet home...

Different Expressions

New Shots from New Camera

Attended a Malay colleague's wedding and my dear Tiffy dropped my Lumix camera on the hard concrete floor! Faintz.. the lens are was dented and the len couldnt slide out. Hmmm it had gave me an excuse to buy a new camera yoohoo..

So purchase a Ferrari Red Canon Ixus 300 HS (http://www.canon.com.sg/ixus300hs/) this time and the image quality is excellent. It is able to take nice enough picture in low light. And i could capture bright clear pictures of my girls though they move a bit here and there. :)

Princess Makeover

My darling girl had a sweet Princess makeover session. Bought her the Snow White's costume and she loved being a princess for that day. Tiffy didnt want to take off her costume even after the photo shoot. :D

Natalie's gait

Amazingly, Nat is able to remember to put her foot down without much fuss anymore. Tiffy and I would 'scold' her if she doesnt, and Melody, being very hands on, would pull her sister's ankle down on the floor keke..

she was giving an impish smile when all of us were praising her for standing properly!

First Visit to Physiotherapist

Today was the first session with Nat's physio - Sarah from Kids Focus Physiotherapy. She is located at Turf City. After a series of questions and assessing Nat's condition, she predicted that Nat would probably need at most 3 sessions to graduate Nat from physio. As for complete recovery, Sarah said that we have to keep stretching her archilles tendon, and she said Nat could recover within a year once she starts walking.

We had to purchase a set of "support" to make sure Nat dont bend her knee while she is standing as she tends to do so nowadays after the cast if off since last week, stands like a flamingo as i called Nat, putting her weight only on her right leg. During the session, Sarah tried on Nat and makes her practise standing properly/straight against the mirror. Nat did it despite all her protests! We were heartened to see that Nat could put her foot down on the ground properly, finally.

The first session ended about 2 hours later and about $200 poorer...Nat only stops crying when Sarah said ok to go. =p The next review session will be next week and then Sarah would advise whether there is a need to order a pair of gaitor from USA for Nat.

Natalie off her leg cast

Nat's leg cast was on for another 3 weeks since 1 sep 2010. It was finally removed today and her ankles were able to bend more than 90degree already, not much rashes on her legs (good). That was a relieved. However, i see that her left ankle is not as good as her right, her right could bend more. She was wailing non-stop throughout the time that the doctor sawed the cast open and removed them and while he was checking. The ortho said that he will review her in 6 weeks' time and meanwhile Nat is to see a physio. The physio is located at Turf City and she specialises in pediatric physiotherapy. Hopefully she could work wonders on Nat....

The first thing i did when we brought her home was to give her a good bath, the children's way. I sat her on the stool and showered her. Keke..she enjoyed so much so that she refused to come out of the shower!

She was sleeping comfortably with her legs off cast and we were relieved that her tendons were much 'loose' now as compared 6 weeks ago. "Jia You Natalie"

Sesame Street Live "When Elmo Grows Up"

We went with Yee Yee to see Sesame Street Show the following day. Hmmm...i think the girls enjoy Barney show more than Sesame probably bcos they are more familiar with Barney themed songs. In an occasion when the fluffy characters came off stage for interactive, Tiffy ran up to me with her booster chair "oh no! mummy they are coming to touch me!!!??!".

Barney Space Adventure

The long awaited show - Barney and his friends live at Singapore Expo (to Tiffany and Melody). They have been reminding me that we are going to Barney show ever since we got the tickets. This year, we are going with yee yee! Due to overwhelming sales, I only managed to get Cat B tickets for all of us. Hmm...not a bad view afterall.

The girls had a good time, dancing & singing to the all-time favourites Barney theme songs.

Mini Bowling

Brought the girls to Orchid Bowl @E!hub for mini bowling. Hee it is suitable for toddlers and young children to get them started on bowling. The Highway 66 Miniature Bowling comes with shorter lanes, automated bumpers and a lighter ball and that the children do not need to change to bowling shoes! Haa..Melody was adamant not to try it probably due to the noise but Tiffy was certainly having loads of fun.

Action Adventure

Chanced upon Action Adventure at United Square, Tiffy said she don mind giving it a try. Asked her if she was afraid, she said no. So, Tiffany was registered and eagerly waiting for her turn amongst the gor gors. She was very excited cos she can get to do rock climb and flying fox.

They were brought through some 'workshops', this is the warming up workshop. The instructor taught them that they had to do some warm ups before exercising.

The children were being briefed about safety tips and were showed items generally found in a first aid kit box.

Tiffany waiting patiently for her turn , after almost 1.5hours.

Finally, its her try on rock wall climbing. Tiffy din managed to reach the top the first time. But when we came back the next day, she did it!

Climbing her way up on rope net.

Managed to take a video of her doing the rope net thingy. ;)

Tip Toe Treatment (2)

Little Nat went back for review on 1st Sep. The doc reported that her legs are making some progress...the tendons are not as tight as the first visit. But she has to be casted for another 3 weeks, doc mentioned about going for physio therapy after this 2nd casting has been removed. Looking forward to the removal of cast on 22nd Sep.

For now, she still cruise and crawl in her cast as per normal...and getting naughtier. She can get angry when her sister sat together on my lap, she can push and pull her sister's hair when she is angry. :P

A day out at Sentosa

As part of celebrating her 5th birthday, we brought the girls (Tiffany and Melody) out to Sentosa. Nat Nat? We left her at home lo...we only have an afternoon before eddady had to rush back for meeting at night.

Having made sure that Melody qualifies to take luge ride, I had checked her height at home to ensure that she meets the minimum height of 85cm. We went for 2 luge rides and 2 sky rides.

Enjoying the sky rides...

Preparing to luge...

Next, after the luge, we took the light rail to Universal Studios. Erh, we just walked outside not in the Universal Studios.

At the monorail station...

Outside Universal Studios

we wandered into Hershey's chocolate world...
we customised a super big coin bank for Tiffy, with her picture sticker printed on the coin bank... I bought a Princess ice cream cake from Swensens for Tiffy...sweet isnt it... ;) Yee Yee and Ah Shan came by at night to celebrate with Tiffy before the clock strikes midnight.

see her radiant face... :)