I took a day off work yesterday, just to spend some time with our little girl. We decided to take her to the Bi-annual Singapore Garden Festival cos it was the last day. Boy, am I glad that we went there the last day of the flower show. There were a few shops selling plants and gardening stuffs and they were all heavily discounted so that they can get rid of their stocks.

I managed to grab a few potted plants at $2 each... which was a steal. They are all sitting nicely in my office cubicle.

Our little girl really enjoyed herself yesterday. This is a picture of her looking earnestly at the rubber snake at the "Rainforest" exhibit. The volunteers there allowed us to take a walk into the exhibits and we were all so fascinated at how they put the little potted plants together to create a jungle feel! Wish I can replicate that at my lift lobby at home. Hahahhaha. If only we have more sunlight there...

My favourite picture of the day! We sneaked into this exhibit to take this picture.... after which we were promptly ushered out! But hey! There were so many people infront of us doing the same thing too!

They had a bazaar of a sort on another floor with all the nuseries and stalls selling gardening tools and plants. We came across a pot of strawberries which Yee Sinn took to a liking. We moved a few pots away so that she could come up close to the pot and have a "feel" of the plant.

Here's Yee Sinn looking intently at the terrarium that was made into a coffee table. The exhibits there were truly inspiring. In the end, both hubby and I signed up with NParks to be part of their mailing list in case they have interesting workshops on plants etc. It's nice to know that our little girl is comfortable to be aquainted with plants and nature.

The exhibits also included some interactive booths explaining about plants and their life cycle. They also had educational materials on recycling and saving our environment. Yee Sinn was quite entertained when some electronic drawing devices that were on display.

Our little girl has grown up so much over the past 2.5 years. She now has a mind of her own and very much has a strong opinion on certain things.

Her favourite colour is now pink. And she loves everything pink... She was so delighted to be given a pink kiddy cup at Riders Cafe when we pop by on lazy Saturday morning for brunch. If she can help it, she will be wearing pink dresses/shirts/ shorts or whatever pink stuffs she can lay her hands to.

We have been trying to convince her that there are other colours in the specturm that are just as beautiful... but she's still not convinced... "My favourite colour is Pink" she would insist proudly to us.

She also enjoys doing more grown up activities these days. Recently, she became very interested in flower arrangement after having a go at it at her play group. I decided to buy a bunch of flowers for her to arrange as a gift to Grandma Chang as her birthday present. She could put together a "decent" arrangement (of course with my help in cutting the flowers into the correct length).

Another activity she enjoys a lot is watching TV. Beside her usual Seseame Street, Barney and Hi-F, her favourite programs are now Ben Ten, Pokemon and you'll never guess it.... Ninja Worriors! She and Grandma Lee will be sitting infront of the TV every Wednesday from 8 to 8.30pm watching the competitors in Ninja Worriors very intently.

Now that she's much older, she is able to articulate her thoughts better. She can now communicate better with older kids at the playground and at school. She also tends to approach younger kids and tries to talk to them in a gentl way. On of her favourite playmate is her cousin. Though they seldom meet, they would be now playing happily together instead of the usual fighting and snatching of toys.