Baby ball pool

I was tickled pink when the folks at the baby gym pulled out what looked like a big green dish filled with balls for the babies to sit in. What amused me was that all the babies loved it. I guess ball pools are timeless, no matter the age.

Nap time woes

It's no wonder people--doctors, researchers, nannies--make tons of money just writing books and dishing out wisdom on how to get babies/toddlers to sleep on their own. I, like many experienced and inexperienced mothers out there, need help some time or another on how to get their babies to sleep on their own. Without hours of rocking, suckling, patting, crying.

I sometimes spend half an hour to an hour getting Kit to take his afternoon naps. And he would wake up just 15 minutes after all that effort. Or just as I have nearly extricated my arm from under his head or from his grasp, he wakes up from my last jolt to freedom.

Misery.

Is it possible for us mothers to get a tax break for the work that we put into nap times? Please?

Passport photo: Time for an update!

Aw... so sweet. But eyes can't be seen.

Currently, Kai's passport photo looks nothing like the charming 3yo that he is now. :p Since we are going on a short family getaway in June, Terence thought it was prudent to update Kai's photo. There has been a lot of debate in the Singapore forum pages about why the Immigration and Checkpoint Authorities should not charge S$70--price of a new passport--for parents to update their children's passport. It's just an update; not like the child's passport is expired or close to expiring.

Now, a mug shot won't do either.

True. True. But Terence has many wise sayings (ha!), and this time he says: "We've paid the air fare. We've paid for the hotel. Just pay S$70 (so we won't get turned back at the checkpoint/s." All right....

Now. I don't know which is harder. Taking a picture of a toddler or of a baby. But trying to get a toddler to be serious in front of a camera for official purposes is HARD. Kai kept making funny faces or he smiled (so sweetly) that his eyes couldn't be seen. We need (or rather, I want) a passport photo that will be approved at first go.

He wanted to stick out his tongue.

Here are our attempts at taking a passport photo. Stay tuned for a photo that we submitted to the authorities!

Related posts:

- Will we pass?

- Please don't cry

- We passed!