I always like the idea of meeting up with my brother so that Yee Sinn gets to play with my 2 nephews. They are actually quite sweet little things, especially the elder boy. He’s 3 this year and loves to play with our little girl. Well, sometimes he’ll share the toys, sometimes they’ll fight like crazy… but I guess it’s all part of growing up. I like it when the little boy gets ever so excited when he comes over, seeing Yee Sinn around so that they’ll be able to play together.

On the other hand, I do dread meeting up with my “other” in-laws. My hubby’s sister too, has 2 boys. They’re both 12 and 10 this year. The older boy is a kind lad but it is not so for his younger brother. He tends to via for attention with a 2 year old, and loves to irritate everyone with his obnoxious behaviour. During one of the Chinese New Year gathering, he was jealous that his dad was carrying our little girl that he placed his hands around her neck and attempted to strangle her… much to our horror. And just over the weekend while we met for Qing Ming, he tried to terrorize Yee Sinn again by constantly poking her with his toy. It seemed that both his parents are so helpless in disciplining him that they have practically gave up and continued to allow him to misbehave in public.

Hubby and I are very sure that we don’t want our girl to grow up being a brat; hence we have been very consistent in our disciplining methods. It can get painful and even frustrating at times, but I’m sure if we start to put things right now, things in the future will be a breeze.

Brought our little girl to Royce Gym again over the weekend to expand her energy. I was pretty surprised that they've increased their entrance fees from $10 to $12 per hour. They have several sets of new toys and they've also re-arranged the place a little. Guess that's how they keep the kids coming back.

There were many new sets of doll houses and I wasn't surprised that our little girl showed little interest in them. Instead, she enjoyed playing with the cooking stuffs the most. Her next favourite toy would be climbing and sliding down the giant slides. I must remember to take a picture of her doing that the next time.


We thought the weather was pretty good so we scooted off to the Botanic Garden after Yee Sinn's nap at Grandma Chang's place on Sunday afternoon. We brought a few slices of stale bread to feed the fishes and the birds. Our little girl really enjoyed this simple activity... she wasn't scared of the birds when they came so closed to her. Hubbby and I just simply love to stand by the side and watch how she intently pull out bits and pieces of bread for the birds.. sometimes she'll place them near her food (and the birds will come really close to her) while other times she'll throw them further away.

Here's a picture of both of us playing with bubbles. I bought a small bottle of bubbles at 70 cents at a nearby mama shop sometime back and placed it with my picnic mats and ball that is always kept in the car boot. This way, we can always swing by any parks prepared anytime we want to.