Dawn is 5!

by BZMOMMY // January 26, 2012 // No Comments

5 years! And Dawn is 5! When you count the days that had past, the time has always seem to pass too fast, while when you count the days you are in with all the sacrifices facing you, the time seem to be much slower! Dilemma!

Back to our homely celebration this year, we had a lunch with my family and a dinner with dear’s family. Sisters bought a cake for Dawn too!

Dawn with Eva 🙂

Dawn wanted a Princess cake to bring to her school for celebration but we couldn’t find a Princess cake that comes with a affordable price. There were no retail cake shops that use Disney Princess as prints for cakes (except Swensen but only ice-cream cakes). We found some blogshops selling a princess design cakes but they are too pricey…so we asked Dawn whether she can settle with Strawberry Shortcake cake…and being the sweet little girl, she say it’s ok to change.

A bag of small surprise bags for her classmates. We call it surprise bags because each bag does not contain identical items and hence it’s a surprise for each child. 🙂

Teacher asked Dawn to place her 5 candles…

Dawn in action…choosing the spots to place the candles…

Done!

with her classmates…

Singing the birthday song….but Dawn look stressed leh…not sure what she was thinking, was she thinking on how to blow the candles?

She was not clapping to her own birthday song too!

Making a wish…or wishes..was she really wishing? 😀

Huuuuuu

Cutting the cake..

With Daddy & Mummy 🙂

Giving out the surprise bags…

We had all these celebrations before her actual birthday because her actual day was too near Chinese New Year..but what made her the most happy was….George arrived in the morning on her actual birthday!

George is the brother of Peppa Pig and he arrived from UK!

Isn’t he cute?! Can’t help but to like it too!

Dinosaur…RarrRRRrrrrrr

🙂

Building Sandcastle

by BZMOMMY // January 17, 2012 // No Comments

Dawn had wanted to go for sand play for the longest time…and we had also placed a picnic mat and the sandcastle tools in the boot of our car, but we never really had a chance to go (actually it was me who rejected the suggestion each time because of the HOT WEATHER! :p)

And yes, we finally made a day for Dawn to build sand castle! And I discovered something new about my hubby …..

He had no idea how to build a sand castle!! No wonder the last time, there wasn’t a proper photo taken for a sand castle!

And under the guide of his brilliant wife, we built our castle together!

Work half d0ne..spot the block beside the sand hill? All along Dawn didn’t want to build the castle with us, she said that she is already building the castle by piling the sand up..

So after the brilliant wife impact the sand castle building skills to the dear hubby, she retreated to the picnic mat :p See how hardworking the dear hubby was!

Ta-da! Look at our castle! Like some Government House hor? Still got wall around it..

Our castle beside Dawn’s hill castle… 😀

It was indeed tiring to squat and build sandcastle, I could feel that my legs were going to give way anytime..

Busy Busy Busy

by BZMOMMY // January 7, 2012 // No Comments

The time flew by…seconds, minutes and hours…

Then it was the days which flew..

And the months..

The year just flew by…

Indeed live up to my name..Busy Mommy.

Having 2 kids really took up most of our time..lesser personal time now, and both hubby & I treasure our couple time and our own personal space whenever we have the opportunity.

We used to be able to sleep at 2am and wake up at 7am to leave for work…now we will start doing the nodding exercise when it’s 11pm. Those were the days.

But Year 2011 was a rather fruitful year. Had targets, reached targets and exceeded targets. Small success but gave us a sense of achievement and joy. To some other, the small success might be nothing to cheer about, but in our family, small achievement deserves cheers!

Resolutions may not be the right way to end a year and start a new year…for I believe that resolutions will still be resolutions by the end of that new year. Set reasonable goals or targets instead, and there’s surely a report card by the end of the year – whether it’s met, not met or exceeded.

Gambatte everyone! Jia you for the new year!

Happy Christmas!

by BZMOMMY // December 25, 2011 // No Comments

Delicious Chocolate cake , free from Canele for my tablet purchase… 🙂

New Toys!

by BZMOMMY // December 20, 2011 // No Comments

…For myself!

After thinking a long time, finally decided to buy the 10.1 as a present for myself 🙂

Android is not so hard to use after all! And customisation is best! And widgets! 🙂

Maybe I will change my mobile to Android too :p

We had shipped in a Baby Monitor from US too…after a round of research done by dear hubby.

The cost is definitely much cheaper than buying the same one in Singapore..and it became very helpful as we do not need to keep peeping from the door to check whether Eva had woke from her sleep.. 🙂

Polliwogs

by BZMOMMY // December 7, 2011 // No Comments

Heard and read alot of this place – The Polliwogs…but never get to bring Dawn there because it’s quite expensive and crowded on a weekend.

We took a day leave after our trip from Batam to spend time with Dawn and decided to bring her there so that she can have some fun + we can have some rest at the same time. Because this place comes with a “cafe” beside the playground so that parents can enjoy a cup of coffee while the kids play! How good is that!

Rather big indoor playground…

Hello Dawn!

The entrance fee comes with a free cup of coffee and the cafe serves food too! There’s also internet to use but the connection keep dropping though…and you will need to ask the staff for the password to access the network. It’s much worth it to go there on weekdays as it’s unlimited play for 1 entrance fee while the weekends are charged by hour.

Tired Dawn trying to smile ‘cos mummy wants to take photo…

And she saw the stairs beside and insisted to take another photo…

Good place to keep your kids entertained and give the parents some coffee time 🙂

Dawn’s new hobby – Peppa Pig

by BZMOMMY // December 4, 2011 // No Comments

Guess what’s Dawn’s new love?

Peppa Pig! Don’t go “huh”….you will soon realised that they are so cute!

Dawn love watching Peppa Pig via You Tube and she learn quite alot of stuff from there..including silly things..

I was having a hipcup the other day and she started telling me to jump up and down to stop the hipcup…and when I asked her where she learn it from, she said Peppa Pig!

It teaches good English too!

Watch this, and you will like it too! More episodes available in You Tube!

Dawn’s Gallery 2

by BZMOMMY // November 30, 2011 // No Comments

Our beautiful girl!

Our Conversation

by BZMOMMY // November 29, 2011 // No Comments

Dawn : Mummy, you have a pimple on your face.

Mummy : Ya lor, Because each time Dawn Dawn made mummy angry, mummy will have a pimple on the face.

A few days later…

Mummy : Dawn, how come your have a pimple (red spot) on your face?

Dawn : Because Mummy made me angry lo…

Mummy : ……..

Harris Batam Centre : 13-14 Nov 2011

by BZMOMMY // November 25, 2011 // No Comments

The Harris Hotel @ Batam Centre has opened and we were off for a racee trip so that we can bring our parents and children over for a weekend trip. It’s convenient because it’s just next to the ferry terminal and the Mega Mall Shopping centre is just opposite the hotel.

The usual colourful design ….

The pool overlooks the sea!

Our room faced the city – the famous sight of “Welcome to Batam”. 🙂

Here’s the Mega Mall with a hypermart and a cinema inside.

Our room for the night…simple and new room. Quite big as there’s ample space to put a rollaway. Quite a deal for a room at SGD$60 for the night.

We decided to do something different this trip as we had been to Batam for quite a few times already. We just have to catch a cheap movie here! So we went to XXI at Mega Mall to catch Tin Tin 3D! And guess how much? About $7 per person for a 3D show! And it’s in English & no singing of National Anthem before the show :p

We had also decided not to buy any children clothes for Dawn & Eva as they have still a number of clothes and new ones for the coming CNY…so we spent the time buying what we need from Hypermart.

My friends do asked me what’s there to buy from Batam..well, you really need to compare and observe if you really want to have “some” savings. For example, Sunsilk brand of shampoo, conditioner and serum are CHEAP there…it’s even cheaper than going to People’s Park to buy..and for ladies, pads sold in Batam is also cheaper (and the material & comfortable level is comparable to those sold in Singapore)..I think I mentioned Maybelline in my previous entry (which I kind of regret because when I went over there this time, the Maybelline shelves were almost EMPTY after the Sat-Sun crowd!). Alot of Singaporeans will buy lots of instant noodles but we came to a conclusion that we still prefer the taste of instant noodles here in Singapore. Batteries, children toothbrushes, solempas, even philips light bulbs are cheap there. If you are just there for a vacation and have a luggage space, then why not? 🙂

The hotel – taken from Mega Mall 🙂

We went back to the hotel to put our loots and decided to go to the seafood restaurant to have our dinner. For so many trips to Batam, we had never tried the “cheap” seafood where almost everyone who went to Batam will rave about.

So we took a cab from the hotel and off we went! Golden Prawn 933!

In a “Kelong” like setting…eating by the sea (or water) :p

You get to chose your own seafood, such as live crabs, lobsters etc…The only thing is if you want prawns, they are not live!

We ordered Kang Kong – delicious!

Salted Egg Crab – worth the money! Delicious!

Oat Prawns – Oats are nice…Prawns are not so fresh but still ok la…personally like prawns which can be detached from the shell easily and not have to eat together with the shell…

Super nice to the pocket…and the cab driver waited for us to finish the dinner and brought us back to the hotel. I actually wanted to ask him to help us buy satay or street cooked food on our way back as we passed by so many stalls which seems to be selling delicious food too! But we were too full then and decided we could be over eating …but kind of regretted after 3 hours later in the hotel room… 🙁

The next day lunch, we tried another place where they serve authentic Indonesia food. This place is in Batam centre, at level 3 or 4, think the shop name is call Cohan.

Can never go without this….

Nasi Goreng..that satisfied my craving then and making it start again while writing this…

Grilled chicken…if only they also had marinated the inside…

VERY spicy Kang Kong – still prefer the one we had in Golden Prawn..

Fried Tempeh…talking about tempeh, I never was a fan of tempeh, or rather, I never set my teeth into tempeh after 1 try years ago. It was during my last Batam trip, dear encouraged me to try and keep saying that the tempeh in Indonesia is very different from the ones in Singapore…and so I tried…and it’s TRUE! They do not have the awful smell or the taste, and it taste nice the more you chew on it!

Chicken Satay..tender meat but the ends were not cooked…

Fried Fish..

and Tofu…which those in Rio (Ayam Penyet) is better…

Rather cheap food and a satisfied lunch..

And that concludes our 2D1N stay at the new hotel with the very familiar Shopping Centre..

I really am looking forward for a longer vacation without the 2 kids to somewhere new..where both of us will feel fresh and learn new things..the trip to Tokyo is always in our memory and I wish it’s soon for another one…

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