Hello Sunshine!

July is looking good. There are swim dates, little gym dates, zoo date and a trip to look forward to. For these reasons, July is one to love.

I have always wish I could give you more pool time even though it is a tiring task to get you in a swim suit. I think it is a little like trying to put two weeks of clothes into a overnight bag. But anyway, this month we get to swim again and again! So I lathered you up in sunscreen, blow up the baby raft and wiggled you into the swim suit and headed to the pool.

As soon as you saw the waters, you were kicking your legs and flailing your arms. You went down to the pool without any hesitation, leaned back and soaked it in.

Still having your favourite shades.

You grined and giggled. Kicked your feet and splashed your arms. Just enjoying yourself thoroughly in the waters.

All these times, I have never swim with you before. I have always been the photographer. Watching you playing happily and getting excited outside the pool and trying to capture all these favourite moments. But you have started to wave at me and asked me to join you. "Mama, come! Mama, swim! Mama, Fun!"

I will, I will, darling. Even if it means to suck in my post baby belly as I do it.

Our Day of Pleasure

I have been tardy on the writing front. No words on the blog. I was busy and at the end of the day, I was just too fuzzy-brained to write. But we met up with your baby friends and their mummies yesterday and had great fun catching up. It made me realised I have yet to blog about our last playdate some time ago. I need to help us crystalise these beautiful memories to remind ourselves of the fun we had.


Yeah. This time we went to the airport (You read it right! Airport again) with Julius and Trudy and their mummies. The mummies had coffees and the babies had bites and loads and loads of fun and laughter. The lushly carpeted floors were their playground. The kiddos were rolling, running and spinning away in merry circles. Insanely carefree.

I hope I dont have to deal with your post playdate withdrawal blues.

Till the next date, I really can't wait.

The only complete group photo I managed that day.

Our little man of the day were just too fast for us! There was no way we can get him on camera. He was just too fast!

Kindermusik lesson scenerio sans the music.

Lots of holding hands......

Hugging...

kissing......

And more holding hands........................

Giving you the World

Hush Little Baby,

Dont say a word

Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird.

If that mocking bird won't sing,

Mams's gonna buy you a diamond ring.

If that diamond ring turns brass

Mama's gonna get you a looking glass.

If that looking glass gets broke

Mama gonna buy you a billy goat.

And if that billy goat won't pull,

Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull

And if that cart and bull fall down,

You'll still be the sweetest little baby in town

This is your favourite lullaby. And I used to sing it to you blindly and thinking what a dumb and meaningless lullaby until one day. I started to understand and feel deeply for the song. This lullaby expresses the love and the need within the mother to provide for you and not wanting you to be deprived.

I want to give you the world.

Today I am going to let out a secret - YOu have a horrendous amount of toys. It was endless. If you spend 10 minutes playing on one toy, you cannot finish playing everyone of them in one day. My mom your grandma has given up nagging. I have gotten used to the looks of astonishment on visitors' faces and with most shaking their heads in disbelief and ime oblivious of the comments about me setting up a toy rental business.



Yeah this is daddy and mamma's joint efforts. Our common weakness since the day you were born. And I blame it to the fact that we are strong advocates of learning through play. And more play.

So check this out. Just a prelude-

A pirate ship we lugged back from Melbourne last year. It is something that I would like to have if I was a kid!

Marshy had so much fun with all her stuff friends in the pirate ship. SHe would orgainse picnics and get together with her bears and dolls!

Marshy riding on one of her many tricycles. All geared up with her haversack and giving Mickey Mouse a ride!

This is the face my heart beats for!

Marshy's another favourite-Hello Kitty fishing set. You are really good at catching the revolving fishes with the fishing rod your chubby hands!

ET Phones Home

We are a movie loving family. Daddy and I used to go for late night movies very often (pre keri time). ANd even now, we still watch lots of DVDs. And we love watching replays of our favourite shows. We made efforts to catch replays of some classics on HBO. And some time back, we managed to catch ET- The extra Terrestrial again together with Marshy after so many years.



If you have watched ET before, you'd be familiar with the following scenes when ET was wrapped in a towel.

And guess what did I see when I was tucking you in that night?

Did they say role playing is one of the most important kinds of imaginative play for toddlers? Well, you definitely excel in this area.

You wrapped yourself up in your blue blanket and sat very still for a long time -pretending to be ET.

Finally you turned and looked up at me and said: Mama, Baby Phones Home!

Old Macdonalds had a farm

Daddy brought us here some months ago but you were not ready to enjoy the place. And this time we revisited this place and you love it. Daddy has always wants to instill values of respect and love towards animals in you. Now as a toddler and equip with your increasing interest and explosive knowledge of animals, this is the best time to bring you here.

Last time, we came here as visitors and this time, you were busy feeding fish and fluttering around showing me the rabbits, ducks, turtles just like you have known them forever.

"Mama, duck duck quacks! Mama, rabbit hop hop hop! Mama, fish eat bread... Mama tortise where? Where tortise? Mama rabbit sleeps! Mama, look! Birds Fly!" My Marshy couldnt stop talking and jumping up and down excitedly.

And then I saw it. The ducks are not just ducks, fishes not just fishes, rabbits are not just rabbits. To you, all the animals you know in Old Macdonald's Farm had come alive!

And I couldnt stop smiling . I am just glad taht I am not too busy, too hurried or too distracted to see all this in your eyes.

And I couldnt stop smiling at the wonder of our ordinary life.

This is the big and spacious feeding station.

Throwing bread crumbs to the hundreds of fishes swimming in the pond.

"Fish, Come! Come! Here!" Marshy commanding the fishes around her.

Feeding the fishes seriously!

Posing while feeding!

There were so many fishes in the pond and all of them started swimming towards us all at once! It was an amazing sight!

First Encounter with real ducks!

"Look! Mama, rabbits!!! Hop ! Hop! Hop!"

Blissed -out

Work starts proper for me next week. My plate is full with orientations, training and business trip in the pipeline. SO to make up any potential loss of Marshy and mummy time in the coming days, we were out most of the time. Breathing in the mall, cafes in the airport and soaking in the light buzz of the weekday crowd.


You have always been a dream to hang out with. Even more so these days. Today is one of those impromptu outings when we decided to drop into Ikea for a lazy afternoon.


We had a glorious day. I skipped the stroller and we walked. Sometimes, hand in hand. Most times, you ran loose. But stopping to wait for me and couldnt stop smiling. We had so much fun and finally decided to lounge out at the cafe. But you were so tired out and fell asleep while munching on your spaghetti!

In the end, we left with me carrying you sound asleep in my arms and giving up all the items we picked up together ealier. My hands are full with you and the wonderful memories we created together.

Such a happy happy afternoon.

Marshy, you'd remember all the good times we had, right?

Playing peek-a boo! I was at the verge of paying for this chair when you had so much fun with it but it was OOS.

For the record, you have NEVER sleep in a cot before. So I was just playing out my dream by letting you try out the cot. (Hopeful that you might change your mind)

Instead you had fun playing peek a boo again!

Marshy pretending to kiss and tuck in her Tigger on one of the beds.

Admiring the artworks on the wall.

Look at Marshy's sleepy eyes when our food came.

Splish.. Splash with Daddy!

You finally went swimming. With Daddy that is. In the winking waters. You squealed and you flapped. My little sunshine with the scarlet glow, showing off your juicy thighs in its chubby glory.

What is swimming without a taste of water? You had multiple gulps of mineral water and we laughed it off. Swimming is definately more fun with daddy. We must try to do it more often because Marshy loves it so. We must. We must. For Marshy.


On the way to the pool after slapping on thick layers of sunblock.

Daddy cueing Marshy to taking a Deep breath before submerging you into the waters!

Getting a ride from Daddy.

Having serious fun with Daddy!

Daddy, where are my Oakly shades?

Hey mummy, come and join us!