Dinner at One Degree 15 Marina Club

Esther & Julian invited us to dinner at One Degree 15 Marina Club tonight. Since Kel is free, I agreed to it as I haven't seen them in a while already. The last time that I saw them was on Nicole's birthday, before I was admitted to the hospital.

We arranged to meet @ Latitude @ 7pm. We arrived there at about 6.30pm & walked around the place. Marina Cove is a very nice place for R & R. The view, the gentle sea breeze, makes us feel very relaxed.

At about 6.45pm, we went to the restaurant to wait for Esther & Chris's families to arrive. While waiting, I took some pics with Daryl to distract him as he was clamouring to climb out of his highchair.































































Esther & Chris & families arrived at about 7pm & we ordered dinner. All of us ordered the BBQ buffet while Julian & Kay Jin ordered the Perankan buffet. We updated each other on our lives over a very sumptuous dinner. After dinner, we let our kids explored around the room as they were protesting at being cooped up.

















































Daryl, Nicole & Chloe dancing





















Nicole trying to pick up a raisin from the floor





















She changed her mind & decided to hug Daryl from the back





















Daryl running away from Nicole while Chloe looks on in amusement





















Daryl failed





















After the hug, he decided to check out 1 of the chairs





















Nicole decided to join in





















Nicole left as she don't find that the chair is worth checking out





















Nicole decided to give Daryl another hug again





















The hug





















Daryl running away again





















Daryl climbing up the chair





















Daryl playing with Nicole





















Nicole & Daryl





















Don't be mistaken, Daryl is not trying to kiss Nicole. :p He was just talking to her.





















Nicole & Daryl decided to play with Chloe's pram





















Lucas is not too happy about being left out





















Daryl playing with Chloe's pram





















Nicole came to join him

At about 9pm, we decided to head for home as our kids are tired already. We parted company with Esther & Julian as they parked at the basement carpark which is for members only. Chris, Kay Jin, Kel & me then walked to the multi storey carpark nearby. Along the way, Daryl & Chloe had some fun.





















Daryl : Mei Mei, would you walk with me on this beautiful moonlit night?





















Chloe looking very pretty in her yellow dress, pink bag & matching pink shoes





















Daryl holding hands with Chloe as they strolled down the pathway. They looked so sweet together. :p





















They got tired & decided to squat down to rest :p





















After the rest, they decided to continue their stroll

Kel managed to take a vid of their walk.



The vid was not very well taken as the lighting was quite poor there. In addition, Kel was trying to control his laughter, so the shoot is a bit shaky. However, it always brings a smile to my face when I saw it. Kids their age are so pure & innocent.

Let's hope that we can meet up again soon.

Sending Da Yi Off

Pris is flying off to Beijing today for 5 weeks for work. Her company is in charge of managing the Singapore Embassy in Beijing, thus they have a guy stationed there. However, he needs to come back to Singapore for his reservist, therefore, they are sending Pris over to take over his duties while he comes back to Singapore.

We decided to send her off at the airport as it's the 1st time that she would be away for such a long time. Her flight is at 8.45am, thus she has to check in 2 hours before her flight. We reached the airport at about 6.30am. This means that I have to wake up at 5am while Kel & Daryl woke up at 5.30am. Luckily, Daryl didn't kicked up any fuss as he was so excited about going out. I think that it's partly coz we promised to bring him to MacDonald for breakfast. :p

After checking in her luggage, we proceeded to MacDonald for breakfast.





















Daryl & Kel who is sharing a Big Breakfast meal





















Me & Daryl. His mouth appears lopsided as he was eating when Kel took this pic.





















Hock Siong - Pris's bf, Pris, Mum & Kat





















Hock Siong, Pris, Mum, Kat, Me & Daryl





















Hock Siong, Pris, Mum & Kat





















Hock Siong, Daryl & Pris





















Pris feeding Daryl





















Me joining in





















Sharing a laugh





















Cheeky Daryl





















Me feeding Daryl





















Daryl going over to hug Pris. Pity that we didn't managed to capture it.





















Daryl thinking about whether to hug Hock Siong or not. In the end, he did gave him 1.

As Daryl is restless already, he asked me to walk walk. We walked around MacDonald. At the entrance, we met Pris who's going to the Ladies. Thus, we took some pics of the 2 of them together with Ronald MacDonald.



































Then Daryl took a pic by himself.





















Kat came out to look for us. So he & Kat took some pics aso.





















Daryl snapping his fingers when I took this pic





















Kat & Daryl. See the high & mighty look on his face.



































Kel & Daryl again before we left MacDonald

After breakfast, Pris had to check in already. We sent her off & watched her cleared the immigration. This time, Daryl let Hock Siong carried him while they watched Pris enter the transit area. Daryl was so cute, when I asked him where is Da Yi, he actually replied me, "Da Yi take airplane." We all laughed when we heard that. Then we went to the viewing gallery so that Daryl can watch the airplanes up close. We parted ways with Hock Siong then so that he can go home & rest. He had slept very late last night & woke up very early this morning.

At the viewing gallery, we can see the plane that Pris will be taking as it was parked nearby. I pointed out the airplane to Daryl & told him that Da Yi will be flying in the airplane. He told me with a cheeky smile, "Da Yi take airplane."





















The doting Popo carried Daryl up the chair





















Daryl & Popo





















Daryl & Popo watching the airplanes





















Daryl looking for me

Soon after, we left the airport to send Mum & Kat back home. We will be back again in 5 weeks' time to pick up Pris again. Till then...

Celebrating Hari Raya Puasa

Today is Hari Raya Puasa, thus we thought of bringing Asty out for a nice dinner. We decided to have our dinner at Ikea Tampiness. After that, we can go grocery shopping at Giant Tampines.

On the way to Ikea, Kel needs to buy 4D. So we detoured to a provision shop near our place. We waited for Kel in the car as kids are not allowed inside the shop. While waiting, Daryl said, "Cheese" to me. This means that he wants to take pics with me. So I took out my camera & took these.





















A happy Daryl laughing when he saw my handphone. See how big his mouth is.





















Another pic of Daryl laughing.





















When I got ready to take the 3rd pic, Daryl suddenly turned around & gave me a very big kiss. Thus the surprised look on my face. That was so sweet of him...





















Here's me kissing him back...

When Kel came back, we went to Ikea for dinner. After dinner, we went to Giant to do our grocery shopping. However, Daryl was not being cooperative while we were there. He don't want to sit in the trolley & insisted on being carried by me! He refused to let anyone else carry him. Carrying a 15kg boy is no joke. In addition, I can't carry him for long due to my operation last month. In the end, we decided to cut our shopping short & went home. What a way to end our Hari Raya Puasa...

Thank You

After lunch, I was sitting on the sofa watching Daryl play with his 'toys' which consist of some plastic bowls, bottles & spoons. I'm always amazed at how he can entertained himself with so little stuff. 1 of the items that he was playing with was a tin box from Fisherman's friend. Daryl couldn't open it so he came to me.

D : Mami, open.
Y : Daryl, you cannot be so rude, must say pls okie.
D : Pls...
Y : No, you must say, Mami, open pls.
D : Mami, open pls.
Y : Good boy

So I gave him a kiss & opened the tin box. His reaction after that surprised me. He actually said, "Tank you" & smiled at me!!

I thought it was a fluke, so I tested him a few times. Each time, he would say "Tank you" to me. Even though his pronounciation is not very accurate, I am satisfied already!

I Know My ABCs...

I realised that Daryl knows his ABCs today! I was working in the study room when he came in to find me. He stretched out his hand to me & said, "Mami, walk walk..." I replied, "Daryl, you must say pls okie, cannot be so rude 1." So Daryl said again, "Mami, walk walk pls..."

Seeing the beseeching look on his face, I got up from my seat & followed him out of the study room. He pulled me to his table & asked me to sit down. Then he said, "A B C..." & pointed to the sketcher in front of him. So I took the sketcher's pen & started to write as Daryl recited.

I was very amazed that he managed to recite all the alphabets. Even though he got some of the alphabets mixed up, he remembered the next alphabet when I told him the correct 1. E.g. he always skipped the letter N after M, but when I said N, he remembered that the next letter is O.

With more practice, I am sure that he would be very well versed already. :p