Friday, July 30, 2010

Scoop of Art


I love restaurants that are bright, airy, and have lots of space for children. It's a bonus if the place has a children's corner, toys, and/or crayons to entertain the kids. Scoop of Art in the East, located in the Marine Parade library building, makes an outing to the library even more pleasant just because it has all that and more. It has large illustrations^ by doodle artist Wanton Doodle on the cupboard/wall and painted on the floor, which gives the place an even happier, more cheery, chirpy vibe.

Then of course, there is its gelato bar. Kai had the chocolate gelato when we visited, and it was chocolaty, creamy and so it passed my palate test. :-p

It has a kid-friendly menu and utensils. You can get a light meal for below S$10. They brought out the crayons and paper without us requesting for it.

I like the fact that there are also art materials for purchase. This includes art canvas, paint by number kits as well as easier projects for younger children like design your own mug/flower pot kit^, and a kit containing colorful styrofoam pieces that you can stick together to make interesting objects.


But keep them out of baby's reach!

Where:
278 Marine Parade Road
Singapore 449282

Friday, July 23, 2010

Baby's cheeks...


are for kissing. Lots of loving kisses.

At 10mo, baby Kit has three teeth. He can say "Mum-ma", "Mum-mum" (eat), and "bao-bao" (carry). He can shake his head vehemently to show that he doesn't want any more food, and he is trying his hardest to walk a few steps on his own. He is still a drool machine, and goes through a dozen bibs a day.

He smells of saliva, porridge, and milk at the end of the day (before his bath). But we still love him so.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

From solemn to cheeky

Many of my friends will remember this: Kai frowned a great deal with he was a baby. He always had furrowed brows and that intense, serious look whenever I bring him out to socialize with my girlfriends.

But he is one cheeky toddler now. Cracking jokes, singing songs, and passing silly comments at the TOP of his voice. And he loves to make funny faces; even his angry look is adorable. How funny things change when your kids start growing up.

One thing hasn't changed though, or so we thought. He can be quite fearful of things that he's not familiar with. Even going on a merry-go-round can scare him to bits. (Yes, just a merry-go-round.) Which is why we were surprised he was so quick to get into this toddler-sized paddle boat for a quick spin on his own.

I turned around to his daddy that day and said: "啊。。。 儿子长大了!"

Monday, July 19, 2010

To the beach

The beach at Singapore's East Coast Park is, sadly, very often dirty. But the boys love the beach, and that doesn't mean we can't have fun. On Saturday, despite the overcast weather, we walked over and enjoyed the sun (or lack thereof), the sea (we listened to the crashing waves), and the sand.

Kai wrote his name in the sand a couple of times.



Kit had banana cereals for lunch on the beach.

Terence drew train tracks for Kai. He even made a bridge going over a 'ravine'.


Three cheers to the father who has been very involved with the boys since day one!

Sunday, July 18, 2010

How many candles do you need?


"How many candles do you need?" asked the lady at the cake shop. For a moment, I was tempted to say: "Thirty [insert number; please be kind]."

I was sure she would have given me a STARE if I did.

You see, it was Terence's birthday and I wanted to get him the exact number of candles on his birthday cake. What a spectacular sight it would be. And it was. We melted the pieces of chocolate on top of the cake during the process too.

Everyone had a blast. It was a birthday cake we would remember for a long time to come.

Everyone looking considerably worried at the beginning.

Terence listing his birthday wishes before blowing out the candles, and melting the chocolate cake as seconds ticked by.

What a mess the melted candles made on the cake.

Happy birthday babe! :-)

Monday, July 05, 2010

Spacesheep


One night, Kai came up to me and said: "Look mummy, spaceman!"

ROTFL.

Friday, July 02, 2010

Entertaining sick toddlers

As if entertaining toddlers isn't challenging enough, can you imagine trying to keep a sick and grouchy toddler who is at home on medical leave entertained? This is assuming he is well enough to be up and about, but not all THAT well to be sent back to school. This means you can't technically keep him at home the whole day, but you can't bring him to the mall either to avoid infecting other people.


Every time Kai falls sick, my nerves will be frazzled by the end of the day from all the:
- pleading ("Please take your medicine.")
- screaming ("NO, you can't have another ice cream!")
- pleasing ("Ok, ok, I'll fix your tracks after I finish feeding Kit.")
- fetching ("You need water? Fruits? What kind of fruits?")
- pacifying ("We don't have strawberries? How about grapes? No. We don't have bananas. Apple? No. I can't go out and buy a banana now. Stop throwing a tantrum!")

This doesn't even include the other things one normally has to do for the baby in a single day.

So sometimes, it's just better for everybody to get out of the house for a little while. Even if it's just for a walk downstairs. So I hauled both boys down to the playground during one of Kai's recent flu episodes. Everyone was happy until it started to drizzle, heavily. Imagine the cries, the screams, and the threats that ensued when it seemed like the outing might have to be aborted.

Lucky enough, there was a little pavilion by the pool. Kai played with his trains on the bench while Kit ate his baby bickies and watched his older brother.

Both boys went home happy. And I now have another item to add under my how-to-entertain-toddlers list. But whether it means I would be less frazzled at the end Kai's sick leave in the future? I'm not so sure...

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