Roti Prata @ Caleb's 1st Birthday Party

Went for Shimin's friend - Christina's boy's first birthday party today. They had a Roti Prata man from Casuarina making Roti Pratas on the spot! Zoe got her first taste of Roti Prata (ok ok, we know it is not exactly nutritious, artery clogging and all) and she loved it!

Well, she still doesn't know how to break it into pieces so it's very much put the whole thing in the mouth.


P.S. They have teh tarik as well and eh... she had a sip and loved it too. Can just picture Father and Daughter sitting in a roti prata shop 15 years later having prata in the morning! :)

National Day at Sembawang Park

There was a book that we were reading for Zoe where the girl builds sandcastles at Sentosa and Zoe has been requesting to build sandcastles...

So we brought her to Sembawang park (somewhere not so crowded). She has this thing about getting sand in her shoes so initially, she didn't really want to get on the sand.

In the end, managed to convinced her to go barefoot... Mummy had to demonstrate how to build a sandcastle..



Then Zoe got into the act...

Getting the hang of it...
Job's done. Dust your hands!


And strike a pose.There is also a childrens playground there with nice bucket seats for toddlers..
Mummy and Zoe had fun at the swings!

Polliwogs

Shimin found another Gym near East Coast Park. Seems quite popular called Polliwogs.

The nice thing is that is has a chill area for adults where coffee and tea are complimentary. There are 2 ball pits which Zoe obviously enjoys...
And there's this thing that Zoe likes to climb up...

The top of the world feeling is.... indescribable. And now for the obstacle course...squeezing through punching bags...

Climbing over boulders....Crawling through dungeons...
You guys joining me???and Mummy joins in the fun...

Jumbo Crayons

Zoe loves to draw and the last time, we bought her some standard crayons but she breaks those easily because they are fairly thin...

We noticed that her school has some fairly thick crayons which the brand "Penguin" which are thicker and more suitable for toddlers but could not find them.

However, we managed to find a box of Jumbo Crayons from Crayola. They are thicker than even the Penguin brand and the colors are much brighter.

It is now a very good distraction... give her the crayons and a piece of paper and she can be by herself for a while...

Artist at work...fully focused....
What do you think of my work so far? Nice right?
And now... in full groove...
One thing good that she picked up from school is that once she is done with the crayons, she will pack them up with the papers and return them to the study table.

Cherry Apples

Recall that Zoe loves to eat Apples.... recently we found these small apples in NTUC called Cherry apples which are apples that are small and sweet. They are great because we can just give the whole apple to Zoe to chew...
Yummy....
And posing for a photo with my favorite apple....

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Christmas

2009 is coming to an end... hope everyone had a good break! Year end is the season of giving and parties and guess who got the most presents? Zoe of course.

Zoe with a party hat from school...

Zoe loves looking at the mirror so we bought a mirror from Ikea ($35) and hung it on her wardrobe so that she can look at it when she feels like it. She does it everytime she has a new accessory!


We also bought a Christmas tree for Zoe and she has taken on the responsibility to turn on the Christmas lights everytime she wakes up or returns to the home and turn it off when we leave the house or when she goes to bed...
The Christmas tree is adorned with Butterflies which Zoe likes...

School!

School! The dreaded word for toddlers and parents alike. Anyway, we decided that we should start Zoe at a childcare for her to learn to interact with other kids as well as to get use to having less attention devoted to her. So we (ok, Shimin did most of the research... :P) hunted around the places where Shimin's mum is staying so that Shimin's mum can bring her home after school...

Settled on a place and *gasp*, 2nd Dec Zoe went to school... First, we had to get her to wear a uniform... and due to her small size, the uniforms are kind of big for her...

So does Zoe like the uniform?
Guess not... the first couple of days the parents could hang around so Shimin and her mum were around, she did not cry too much. It was the third day when Shimin had to drop her off and leave that was painful... she grabbed Shimin's leg and refuse to let go, so it was like abandoning your child but it had to be done....

Zoe's hair was also getting long. She perspires easily so we decided to get her a haircut. Dressed her in a pretty blue dress..
and off we went to Junior League at United Square....
Paid $20 for Zoe's haircut which is more than Shimin ($8) and mine ($10) combined! But that place plays her favourite Hi 5 DVD and has balloons, stickers and all. Zoe really hates to get her hair cut and her previous haircuts were all screaming, kicking experiences and the last hairdresser ($5) said that we should start cutting her hair ourselves. We got the hint so we went to Junior League which was a much better experience.... but $20!

Oh, and to enhance her schooling experience, we bought Zoe a Barney Trolley bag...
The kids at school had to pull their bags to the shower during bath time and with a rather heavy bag (1 set of clothes, 1 milk bottle, 1 towel, 1 water bottle), we figured a trolley bag will be best....

Well, Zoe loved the bag... she was dragging it around even at home and putting her toys in it... but today, she was still screaming and crying when Shimin left (20mins according to the teacher). Apparently, Monday's are like that... let's hope Tuesdays to Fridays are better... keep you guys posted!