Playdate Day

Marshy has been busy. Another wonderful playdate at the museum to be remembered. It seems so long ago but the happy memory lingers. Everything seemed illuminated at the museum that day. We had so much fun with Tory and Trudy and their mummies (missing Julius here because he was late due to his naptime)

This is my first time to the museum too. We are 2 curious mummy and daughter exploring the Singapore museum with wonderful company. We are supposed to be going for the Children's Interative Festival but we were one week late but neverthless, we still had fun. Fun is fun with the right company regardless of where you are.

I love the way you kids recognise each other although we dont meet that often and it melts my heart to see you girls hug and kiss spontaneously and play hand in hand in the most comfortable of ways.

Everyday should be a playdate day.

The three girlfriends holding hands.

Marshy posing for the camera

Sharing toys.

And holding hands.

Marshy takes writing very seriously.

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........................

Our Time has come

Too many scattered thoughts and too little time. But I am sneaking some time here for the below post. I want to remember this.

I have been intending to blog about the spendid times we had at "Our Time". And yes! We had started another term with Kindermusik's "Our Time" program some weeks back. And you are really enjoying yourself silly there. You love the songs and kept asking for the songs to be played over and over again in my car. And most amazingly, you are engaging in pretend play at home. You'd pretend to be the teacher and I am the baby in the class. This is what you 'd do many times a day:

You grabbed a ball and my hand and said to me: Mama, sit! Roll ball to you!

I would catch the ball and rolled it back to you . And you catch it and said : 'Thank you' while signing it as well!

After some ball rolling, you picked up the ball and say: 'Bye bye, ball! and put the ball away.

Next, you sit with your legs folded and started to sing the Hello song in"Our Time"! Haha! You rocked, you clapped and you sang-OUR TIME...OUR TIME..... Loud and clear, squeling in delight.


Then you took out your musical instruments - drums and bells and flutes and passed me one. And you started saying: "Tap, tap and tap and STOP!!!! Ssshhhhhhhh!" while putting a finger to your lips. Then you turned to me with a cheeky grin and shouted: " CHANGE!" and exchange the instruments with me! Then we had a round of exchanges of instruments before you put them away again.


Then at times, you would hop on to my laps for a donkey ride once you hear the Donkey Song. And to everybody's amusement, you can sing the song really well.

" Sweetly sings the donkey at the break of day"
If you do not feed him, this is what he'll say"
"Hee-haw Hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw"

I watched you grin and sing it over and over again with pleasure- you made the song sound like the greatest hit of all times.

I couldn't stop smiling and couldn't be more happy seeing you happy.

A Day of Friends and Fun!

Marshy, I was looking through your photos and realised that I had forgotten to blog on our recent zoo trip. How could I? Anyway, mummy received an email one of these days- Kindermusik group Reunites? How cool can that be? You are going to see your friends again. I showed you the email and said: We are going to the Zoo Zoo Zoo!

So the Kindermusik Group (6 toddlers, 6 mummies, 1 daddy and 1 granny) gathered at the Zoo and said hi to the animals. (We were missing Tory here!) We went to the Zoo in the hottest of days but the coolest of winds. The kiddos bathed in the bubbly bubbles and we grew sun bleached.

It was a day of friends and fun. Awesome playdate and glorious catch up with old friends. Marshy, pls remind me to take group pictures next time, ok?

See? Same bottles, same styles!

Bossy Marshy trying to get Trudy to stop drinking.

The girls are having fun together!

Cheering her friends from the side.

I think I'd take a dip myself.

Arrgrrr.. The waters is too cold for me. I'd better walk back.

Splish Splash! That's all I know about swimming.

It 's Finally Over

After more than a year of merry time with Teacher Angel, we had finally graduated with much joy and pride from 'The Village'. All the babies have have come into their own and moving on. Now at 18th months old, it's time for us to move on too.

It was here we met and still keeping some wonderful friendships. This fellowship of babies and mummies has turned out to be one of the best things in my mommyhood journey. This wonderful group of first time mommies. We double date. We share notes. We meet and talk and laugh. And best of all, we love all the babies.

It is with a tinge of regret that we had to miss your last Thursday lesson as you were not well. But it was a blessing we got to end your 'Village 'with your chummy friend- Trudy on a make up class. We started and ended Village's with her and Auntie Lina.

Life is really like a box of chocolates, you never know what you 'll get!

Trudy receiving her certificate from Teacher Angel.

Marshy taking a bow after receiving her certificate.

Scrutinising her certificate.

Kissing 'The Village' Good Bye.

My last certificate for 'The Village'

THANK YOU, Miss Angel! You are really an Angel!

Made and kept

It 's Kindermusik class as usual today. But you were out of sorts. I thought you were a little hungry, a little sleepy but you were a little distracted, a little swamped.

I thought it was one of those days when you feel grey. But no, Teacher Angel said. You are missing your little friend.
I feel my heart wrenching up again.

Life's lesson, Marsh. Time twinkled by but some things remain the same. Life goes on. Some chums, you just miss. Some became more than friends along the way. And you know these are the friends you made and will so keep.

Yet another blessing. This blossoming friendship.

An afternoon with the boys!

Today you had your first date. And believe it or not, with TWO awesome boys! This was a rare occasion because our playdates are usually more girls than boys. But today, you had these 2 boys to yourself! Anyway, it has been some time since the last playdate, hence, we joined Julius and Issac at the Airport for some fun!

I love the airport for its guaranteed space for you kids to run off your energies. We managed to have coffee at Coffeeclub with 3 tots in tow and then let you kids wander around at some unused check in counters.

It was a wonderful afternoon. And you had fun and I certainly had a great time catching up with Constance and Joycelyn.

Looking forward for more playdates.

You were humming away in the car on our way back. :)

The Merry Christmas Bash 2009!

16th December 2009 Wednesday

This early Christmas bash with your kindermusik friends kicks off this year's Christmas celebrations. So happy that you are celebrating with these special little people from your life- Julius, Victoria, Trudy, Mia, Claire and Eva. (We are missing Issac here)

We had started talking about this little party way back when we celebrated Halloween. The idea for this party was mooted and readily agreed to by all the mummies. Since then we have been looking forward to this day.

Auntie Jocelyn was really nice to offer to hold the party at her house again. And this time, we had Mia and Eva joined us! The more the more chaotic and more merrier!

The kids are beginning to parallel play less and interact with each other more. I love seeing them together. Too cute. And of course, we tried to take group pictures again. All the mummies were making desperate attempts to get the babies to sit still for a group shot. But we failed again this time. Nevermind. We shall try again.

So now we're thinking of doing this every year. I certainly hope we do! Much as I want to keep them all the adorable babies they are forever, having this group to grow up with is the next best thing.

Thank you mummies and babies all for a wonderful day!

Trudy dancing with her horns!

Tory is sharing a story with her friends.

My Marshmellow- refused to take off her new puma shoes and paraded around in them.

This is the closest we got to taking a group picture.