Esther & I decided to meet up for some shopping & lunch at the last minute today. She needs to buy a cabin trolley for Julian & some wet wipes for Nicole. We decided to meet at Raffles City so that we can shop at Robinsons.
As we were late, we met Esther & Nicole at Robinsons where they were already doing their shopping. Esther managed to get what she wanted. For me, I got Daryl the The First Years Toddler Flatware Travel Set 3-Pack. This would be useful when we are out with Daryl. I realised that not all places have kid sized utensils, especially at hawker centres. Unfortunately, that happens to be Kel's favourite makan place.
After shopping, we had a very nice dim sum lunch at Szechuan Court. When we finished our lunch, we walked around Raffles City before adjoining to Esther's place.
We had a great time there, especially Daryl. He spent the whole afternoon playing with Nicole.
Nicole : Get up... I want to sit in my car...
Daryl : Don't want, I was here 1st... Nicole : Okie, since you don't want to get up, I'll make you get up...
Nicole decided to get into the car with Daryl together.
Daryl : Mummy... Nicole is sitting on me...
Daryl : Hmph... I shall be a gentleman & let her have the car then. (Actually, it's coz mummy made me give up the car to Nicole. Mummy said that as Nicole is a gal, I can't bully gals, so I have to give up the car to her)
When we saw that, Esther & I couldn't stopped laughing.
I borrowed the whole set of Harry Potter's books from Kat who is a huge fan. Little did I know that her nephew is 1 also.
I came out of the bathroom after my shower when I saw Daryl reading The Goblet of Fire. He was even flipping the pages. Luckily he didn't bend the pages. If not, Kat is going to kill me. :p
Today is Kat's 22nd birthday. As she is on leave, she decided to have her hair cut & coloured by my stylist at The Hair Spa & Salon. I fixed an appointment for her at 1pm. Thus we decided to meet for lunch 1st at Sakae Sushi, Wheelock Place.
After lunch, I brought Kat to my stylist there. After that, I brought Daryl to Forum Galleria while waiting for Kat to finish her haircut. When we were there, we went to VitaKids where I bought 2 boxes of biscuits for Daryl. Since we got a lot of time to while away, I brought Daryl to Toys R Us. Over there, Daryl is in toys heaven coz there are so many toys there. He spent like 1.5 hours playing there.
Daryl decided to get up after a while coz he got bored. I am not surprised as the toy is meant for 6 months & above. The best thing is, he put the toy back onto the shelf instead of leaving it onto the floor. He's such a good boy! :p
Daryl pushing the Pooh Airplane Activity Ride-On around Toys R Us
A vid of Daryl pushing it.
A vid of Daryl playing with the VTech Grow & Go Activity Walker.
After spending 1.5 hours there, I decided to leave Toys R Us as I estimated that Kat's haircut should be about done already.
At the exit, we passed by the Les Enphants boutique. Daryl saw a pair of Disney sandals with Pooh Bear on it. He picked up the sandals & give it to me. I asked him whether he likes the sandals or not & he make some noise, thus I presumed that he said yes. I asked the sales assistant for a pair in his size so that he can try it on. When he tried it on, he was so happy that he walked around the whole boutique in his new shoes. Seeing the happy look on his face, I decided to buy it. As there are 3 colours available - blue & yellow, dark & light blue & brown, I asked Daryl to choose the one which he likes. He choose the brown coloured pair. I paid for the sandals & left the boutique.
On the way back to the salon, Kat smsed me to let me know that she's about done already. We met outside the salon & we went to NYDC Cafe at Wheelock Place for tea. When we reached the cafe, we found Daryl snoozing in his pram. Poor boy, think he must have been tired out already. I inclined the pram so that Daryl can sleep more comfortably. Kat & I had a very nice afternoon tea. Halfway through our tea, Daryl woke up & fed some of the newly bought biscuits to him.
A grouchy Daryl eating the cheese biscuits which I bought for him just now.
After tea, I asked Kat to choose her birthday cake which I'll buy for her. She chose the Boo Boo cake as her birthday cake. My sis got expensive tastes... I paid for the tea & cake & we went back to my mum's place.
Daryl. This pic was taken by Kat while we were on the way back to my mum's place
As my mum didn't cook, Kat & I went out to the nearby coffeeshop to buy dinner back. It was a very sumptuous dinner, we had oatmeal prawns, prawn paste chicken, veggies with fish slices, etc. After dinner, we sang Kat the birthday song, she made her wish / wishes & she cut the cake.
Kat's birthday cake
Kat making her wish / wishes
Kat blowing out the candles
Pris, Daryl & Kat. Daryl is too engrossed in playing with Kat's hp
See Daryl's grouchy face
The birthday gal & Daryl
Pris, Mum, Kat & Daryl
Mum, Kat, Daryl & Me
Kat & Daryl again. See how happy he is.
We left my mum's place at about 9pm as Daryl is fussing. He was so tired that he fell asleep once we were in the car.
Remember my last post about Dary lying on our bed instead of sitting down to watch Sesame Street? I caught him doing that again today. This time, he was lying on his tummy. He looked so cute that I couldn't resist taking some pics.
My boy is turning into a MacDonald kid!! Why do I say that? Coz he said ''mum mum" when he saw the MacDonald advertisement!! *faint*
It happened at night when I was in the bathroom cleansing my face while Kel was looking after him. The 2 of them were on the bed watching TV when the MacDonald advertisement came on. It was the latest 1 about the CNY prosperity burger. When Daryl saw the advertisement, he pointed at the TV & said very loudly, "mum mum". I poked my head out of the bathroom & asked Kel whether I heard him correctly or not. Kel's answer, "Ya lah... your son is becoming a MacDonald kid already!!" The both of us cracked up in laughter.
The verdict - I am banned from bringing Daryl to MacDonald again. But then again, Kel didn't say anything about home delivery... Hehehe...
I gave up trying to buy Daryl's new CNY clothes at the stores. He is too big for baby clothes but too small for toddler clothes.
We frequent Fox Baby for his clothes as the designs are funky & they are reasonably priced. In addition, the materials are not too bad also. However, as Daryl is already wearing Size 2 for his clothes now, we need to upgrade him to Size 3 which is under Fox Kids. To our disappointment, not much Size 3 clothes are left as there is a sale going on currently. As for the new arrivals, the designs are not that nice & they are more expensive. :(
In the end, I resorted to buying Daryl's clothes online. I found this website - Little Tots Closet through SingaporeMotherhood, a website which I frequent. Buying online is so easy. I just choose the clothes, email the seller, transfer the $$ to her & voila, I got the clothes by mail. No wonder people say that online shopping is addictive.
Here are the pics of the clothes which I choose.
Gymboree Blue Surf Board Tee
Gymboree Pelican Tee
Gymboree White Doggie Bowl Tee
Gymboree Yellow Doggie Tee
Oshkosh Navy Blue Big Hit Tee
Carters Khaki Cargo Pants
Carters Navy Cargo Pants
Levi's Jeans
Oshkosh Jeans
The packages arrived this afternoon. I was so excited that I opened up the packages straight away. I was very impressed with the quality of the clothes. They were very good & the prices are very reasonable. My total damage for the above clothes - S$136.90. Isn't that cheap?
Now that I have settled Daryl's CNY clothes, all I need to complete his wardrobe is new shoes. That... is another headache...
I went out for an appointment in the morning. When I was leaving the house, Daryl was clambouring to be carried as he knows that I am going out. I carried him & he started to wave bye bye to my father-in-law!! He thinks that he's also going out with me. Then I told him that I am not going shopping, I am going to work & passed him back to Asty after giving him a big kiss. Once I did that, he started to cry very loudly. He stretched out his hands & wants me to carry him. I left the house quickly before he could struggled out of Asty's arms. On my way down, I could still hear him crying. Poor Daryl...
After my appointment, I called Kel to check whether I should buy lunch back. However, Kel told me that he is not eating as he is rushing out for his appointment. My father in law is also not eating as he wants to have bread for lunch. Thus I decided to take Daryl & Asty out for a nice lunch at MacDonalds.
At MacDonalds, I ordered a MacNuggets meal to share with him. His favourite food is the french fries. Once he tasted it, he refused to eat the nuggets. I had to finish all of them. Luckily I only ordered the 6 pieces nuggets meal. When he saw me drinking my iced lemon tea, he also wanted to try.
After lunch, we went home as I had to rush some quotations. What a nice lunch!! I hope that I can do this more often with Daryl.
I am constantly amazed by how innovative kids are. Mundane stuff such as cans can be such a great source of enjoyment to them.
I went to the kitchen for a drink of water when I spied this...
Daryl was sitting in the kitchen taking my Coke Lite & Kel's Tiger beer cans out of the carton boxes & placing them in front of my fridge & stacking them up.
According to Asty, Daryl had been sitting there for the past 1/2 hour playing with the cans while she cooked his lunch.
I am amazed that such a simple thing could bring so much joy to him.
Daryl has been very difficult to feed lately. He had to be distracted whenever we are feeding him by letting him watch his favourite programs on TV, letting him play with his cutlery, etc.
During lunch just now, Daryl was being very difficult to feed as usual. Asty also can't seem to handle my notti boy. Therefore, I went to take his bowl, fork & spoon to distract him while Asty fed him. However, he refused to open his mouth to eat. Thus, I took his spoon, scooped out some of his rice so that he can feed himself. Surprisingly, this method works! After he fed himself, he would open his mouth to let Asty fed him.
See the cheeky smile on his face when he got his way.
I brought Daryl & Asty out for dinner today at Parkway Parade. Kel didn't come with us as he had an appointment.
After cracking my head on where should we go for dinner, I decided on Delifrance. It is baby friendly, the food there is nice, prices are reasonable & most importantly, I got vouchers which I can utilized there. :p
I ordered some food for Daryl. However, he doesn't seem to like the food which I had ordered. He seems more interested in our bread.
Daryl munching on our bread.
See the nice meal which I had ordered for him. In the end, Asty & I polished off the whole plate.
After dinner, we went shopping at Kiddy Palace for Daryl's stuff. I bought a Pigeon bottle brush as the current one is worn out already. While I was there, I saw these 2 items :
Sesame Street Cover - All Bib & Smock
Sesame Street Meal & Play Mat
I couldn't resist & bought it for Daryl. Think Kel is going to complain that I am wasting money again. :p
After paying for my purchases, we went to Giant for some grocery shopping. At about 9pm+, I decided to go home as Daryl seems to be tired already. What a nice way to spend my Friday night!! Pity that Kel is not able to join us.
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