Movie Day: Kung Fu Panda 3

While we enjoyed the movie, daddy also enjoyed himself with a massage. So for the first time, mummy went to the movies alone with the both of you. Ko-ko as usual was well behaved and enjoyed his popcorn and movie while you could not sit still throughout the movie, ending up on my lap halfway through the movie.
Not a bad day as everyone did something they enjoyed.

Excursion Day

This is your happy and excited face on the way to school as you will be sitting on a bus and going to the "korium" (museum).
Had a fall just before getting onto the bus but you proudly told me that you were brave and did not cry.

Egg-citing Dinner

Rabbit shaped egg for tonight's dinner as requested by the lady boss:

Happiness for Evan

This is your first present for this year's birthday. The happiness on your face is priceless....

Playing and Learning

Bought this jigsaw alphabet 2 weekd back. And since I am home today we took it out to play.

Yup, you know how to spell your name. But since there was only 1 "E", I told you to just use the "F" to replace the second "E". The second time we played, you spelled your name and placed an "O" to replce it without me teaching you to.

Then we tried Ko-ko's name. You only knew the first letter. So you had to ask him 3 times before you got his name. Good try...

Lost, Then Found Again

Last Wednesday you called me late in the evening to tell me that you had lost you Moral workbook. I had to ask Aunty Joanne to snapshot the cover of the book and then later she even helped to scan the homework pages which daddy had to cover Kelvin's homework then print out for you to do.
Initially, you seemed not to be worried about the lostbook. It was later that I found out from Aunty Joanne taht the teacher was going to cane anyone who did not handup the book on Thursday.  Great......
After a lot of scolding, we all bundled into the car and headed to Queensbay to try our luck in Popular Bookstore.  Too bad for you , they did not carry this book. Which was how you ended up doing the printout.
The next day, daddy and I went to try our luck in one of the shops on Carnavon Street and you were in luck!! They had the book. So we bought the book then headed to school to give you the new copy.
The teacher was ok that you at leasthada replacement book and you were to finish the previous work overthe weekend. So after a grueling weekend of trying to finish your workbook with only a few pages you needed to check with the teacher,  your book reappears!!! Exactly one week after it went missing....

Play Doh Day

Most Play Doh days are Sundays after Ko-ko  comes back from music class and you wake up from you nap.
Today, Ko-ko had to finish his homework before he could join us. Here are you both concentrating on your creations and your creations :

She is my Sister, He is my Brother

Love this picture we took in a hurry after dinner in Kampachi before heading to the carpark to wait for daddy to pick us.

Air Pollution

Goofing around with the mask after the Kesihatan guys came into our compound to dog the house.

Meet John

This is John. He is my new toy toy. You know, my daddy won this for me?
He's so good. My hero.

WIP Katana

During our last trip back to BM you had asked Grampy if he could make you a wooden Katana. Before that trip we were talking and I had shared with you that Grampy could make thigs out of wood beautifully.
So it was initially planned that you'd write him a letter asking him to make you a wooden sword and draw how you'd like the sword to look like. When you were planning this was our conversation :
Mummy : So you write the letter to Grampy and we'll post it to him ok?
Evan : OK. I will need to write my word bigger, right?
Mummy : Er... why? Grampy is deaf not blind... hahaha....
Evan : *grinning*

The letter was written but you kept being undecided on the design. In the end you opted for a Katana and to ask Grampy instead of to send him a letter. We Googled the picture and showed it to him.
During our latest trip back you kept saying that Grampy probaby had forgotten about your request. Ee-ee told you not to be so negative and Nanna also said that you'd be surprised.
And you were certainly surprised. .. and very happy too. Can tell by that big grin on your face:

Chinese New Year Reunion Dinner with the Yeoh's

It was an early celebration as we were not sure of when we'd be going to Ipoh. Today was a long day in the car as we battled with traffic to buy the things for the night's steamboat dinner.
Just before we left the island,  we had to make a quick stop to pick up a cake at Uncle Tetsu's for a light birthday cake as we're having a double celebration : reunion and birthday.
When we reached Nanna's house we dropped the stuff including daddy (who was very tired) then hopped into Nanna's car to pick Ee-ee and visited Ah Chor Kong who just got back not too long ago from the hospital after suffering a stroke and heart attack.
Here's our steamboat spread:

After stuffing ourselves with steamboat, we continued with the birthday cake and song for Grampy :

Going to School

The picture on the left was taken on your first week of school last year. It appeared in my Facebook feed and coincidentally on the same day 1 year later I also stopped to take your picture in the morning just before heading to school.

So here's a combo picture of you 1 year apart. One thing which remains  the same is the shoes you wore to school as Ee-eehad pointed out.

Evan Airlines.......

Ride just for one.

Merry Christmas 2015

It's not Christmas when there is no presents, right? We managed to make you wait till morning then a little longer after lunch. Finally when we got back from lunch,  you both immediately rushed to the house to open your presents.

Here you are helping Evelyn build up her present:

Dinner in Singapore

This is the view we saw on the way to the dinner location.. 

This was our dinner- pizza and wine at California Pizza Kitchen. Perfect combination:

We still had to look at the decorations again. So we walked around more before heading back to the room to rest. This was right outside our dinner location. 

Singapore Science Center

We woke up and had a leisurely breakfast at the hotel and went back to the room to get ready for a day out. We were not too sure on where to go and finally opted for the Singapore Science Center. We took a taxi to the center and this was the first picture of the day:

Daddy kept you two occupied while mummy queued up to buy tickets for the 4 of us into the Science Center and the Monsters of the Sea exhibition. Soon we all entered the Science Center.Here you are posing for mummy:

After walking around and tinkering with the exhibitions, we reached the Atrium just on time for the Tesla Coil Show. Here you are being a volunteer for one of the events:

Here are more pictures of you both having fun in the science center, trying out and experimenting with the many exhibits:

You were very interested as it was pink and there was a little hamster hiding here

This was the "Monsters of the Sea" exhibit which we just went through quickly as it didn't seem too interesting. And Mei-mei was rather afraid.

Trying on the VR goggles. It was so much fun. I also had a go at it.

One final show to watch was the "Fire Tornado Show". It was very interesting but again, Mei-mei was afraid so she watched from further with daddy. 

Evan posing with the fire coil

Shortly after that we took a cab and went back to the hotel to rest as Mei-mei was tired. 

First Glance at Christmas Lights on Orchard

So after we had out dinner, we headed towards ION then outside to look at the decorations along Orchard Road. There is the famous Swarovski tree which I had seen in picture before we arrived in Singapore:

After wondering around for a while daddy asked you if you wanted to have a look at the "snow" which would be in front of Somerset at the other end of Orchard Road. You said yes, so we battled out way past the very heavy human traffic and finally reached the place with a few minutes to spare before the bubbly "snow" appeared. You both had a lot of fun running around and playing.

Posing with the giant snowman:

Santa and Santarina also made their appearance, so you both also posed with them for a picture:

On they way to the hotel, we stopped by Takashimaya to have a look at the very very very big tree.

Since we were there, we stopped by Cold Storage to pick up some fruits and beef (of which I left behind at the counter other than the beer *sad*).

A Short Trip to Singapore

Daddy had a working trip to Singapore and since the hotel was located just off Orchard Road, he asked if we wanted to join him there for a few days. 

So on Friday, Ah Kong and Ah Ma drove the 3 of us to the airport. This would be an adventure for the three of us as it would be a first time for me to travel with the both of you. Lucky thing just a direct flight to Singapore and to hop into a taxi straight to the hotel.

Daddy was at work and he had already informed the front desk to expect my arrival. So it was a breeze for me to get a new key card. Then we headed to the room where daddy had already stocked up with snacks and drinks for us. 

All smiles as we waited for our flight

Soon daddy arrived back from work. You were both so happy to see him. And so was he. We then headed to have dinner at a nearby food court as it was a Friday and the queue for restaurants were so so so long!

Arguing with a 3Year Old

Evelyn: Mummy,  today I had chippies and nuggets from KFC
Mummy: Did you keep any for me?
Evelyn: No...
Mummy: *showing sad face* How come you didn't keep any for me?

Thinks for a while
Evelyn: You was at work!!
Mummy: But you could have kept for me....
Evelyn: But you was at work!!!!
Mummy: You could have kept until I came back
Evelyn: Who ask you to come back so late???

How do I answer such a question? And yet you were not done:
Evelyn: You already ate biscuit with frosting and chocolate!!

OooOoo... really lost this time.

Evelyn 1, Mummy 0

Happy Birthday, Daddy

For daddy's birthday mummy bought the present the day before and you found out about it. The next morning , I woke up to wrap only to discover we had no wrapping paper at home. So I mixed 2 piece of A4 paper and wrapped then  gave the task of designing the wrapper to you.
You also insisted on a cake. You tasked Ah Ma to buy the cake. As usual daddy already suspected, but it was a lovely surprise for him.

Playing Together:

Evan: "Ding Dong". Evelyn, say "Who is there?"
Evelyn: Evelyn
Evan: No... say "Who is there?"
Evelyn: Dylan
Evan: No. You don't get it!!! You must say "Who.. is.. there?"
Evelyn: Who is there?

Haha.. sure is stressful for you to play big kid games with your 3 year old sister.