Heard a lot of reviews on the Wetland broadwalk at Jalan Halus so we decided to check it out over the weekends and the cloudy weather was excellent for outdoor activities. It took us quite a while to get there as the entrance is at a pretty secluded area.

The huge open space was a pleasant surprise. Am so glad that we brought Yee Sinn's scooter. I have never seen her scoot around such long distances. Having a nice flat ground also helps.

Kids sure pick up skills very fast. I bought her the scooter about 3 weeks ago and now she's able to zip around pretty steadily. Hubby was initially unsure about me getting it for her and I'm glad I did.

As it was nice and windy, we took several (photo) breaks along the trail to enjoy the scene. There were plenty of seats around the river too.

This is my cheeky little girl. She has been trying to pull herself to stand lately. I'm sure she'll be able to do so in 1-2 weeks. She's one tough cookie... very determinded and has a mind of her own.

Here's a photo of our entire family. I love my folks to bits. I love being a mother to my 2 little girls. My experiences with both of them have been very different. Sure, there are often challenges managing them on my own without the help of a maid but I guess it only gets easier when they grow up.

We came across plenty of Cat-tails along the way. Yee Sinn and Yee Ruu were quite fascinated with their "furry furry" flowers. We could even blow them away with the more matured plants.

Ahh... here's the picture of the fluffy clouds and blue blue sky. It rained earlier in the morning, making the weather very pleasant for walks. Wish the weather every weekend will be just as nice so that we can go out for our walks more often.

There were some eateries at the other end of the broadwalks. We decided to settle our dinner at one of the chinese resturant. We were lucky to be early as the queue became very long mid way through our dinner. Service sucks big time there though, as they were very short handed. I had to go to the cashier to pick up my own bills! Could have actually walked off without paying. :P

8 of us from work had a little adventure yesterday. We bought cheap air tickets ($1 without taxes) to KL for a day trip. We bascially went there early in the morning, shopped and eat till we dropped before we flew back at night. It was a great all girls' day out. :-)

It's national day weekend and we're all looking forward to our staycation at Sentosa. Yee Sinn had a mini National day celebration at school in the morning. We dressed her up in the usual red and white and gave her a huge Diaso-bought Singapore flag. She was more excited about the staycay than school though.

We booked the entire family into Festive Hotel at Resort World for 3 days 2 nights. It has a nice family unit that comes with a loft bed, a king size bed and a sofa bed. The 2 girls slept on the sofa bed while Grandma Lee had the honor of the loft bed. It was quite a bliss to be able to sleep on a nice huge king size bed after such a long while....

We checked out the pool at Hard Rock Hotel. The kids just LOVE it. It comes with a clean sand play area so it was as good as being out at the beach. Yee Ruu also had her first taste of swimming and guess what? She loves the water! I had to thank my colleague who passed down her kid's pre-loved swimwear and float.

We visited the sand with pool almost every day while we were there. We were very lucky that the weather was excellent for outdoor activities. Above is a picture of Yee Sinn writing her name on the sand.

Hubby and the girls also had a great time building sandcastles and other sand structures. Yee Sinn had a go at hold her sand in her hands and patting them down while "helping" her dad out. One good outcome of the daily swim is that the kids tend to eat more and sleep more soundly. They practically zonked out the moment their head touches the bed. So while they were asleep, Grandma Lee would be watching her programs in the room while hubby and I will sneak out for a drink.

This picture was taken after cleaning up Yee Ruu and tugging her in for her morning nap. Thinking of making the best use of our stay, we continued playing at the pool.

Here's Yee Ruu thinking of where to go for our next staycation!

My little girl just lit up my day. She saw me and called out "Hmmm.... Mak, Hmmmm... Mak".

Lovely pair of sisters who are learning to share. So glad they have each other...

Peek-a-boo!! Who is that?

Spiderman in making? Perhaps not...

Been bringing my kids outdoor more often these days and they are loving it to bits. I will try to make it a point to take them to the playground downstairs when I'm home from work early. It's a pity the pair of swings at our playground downstairs were removed during the recent upgrading. Yee Ruu really enjoys the swinging motion and often chuckle with delight. Nevertheless, we still get our "swing fix" at the playground near the private estates at mum's.

Hope by letting the kids have more outdoor experience, Yee Ruu in particularly, will have a better motor-skill development. Looking forward to seeing her climbing the ladders and sliding down the slides on her own soon.

It was so drama during the weekend of Grandma Chang's birthday. We visited her place as usual in the morning and looking forward to a fun-filled day ahead, our excited Yee Sinn got so carried away that she fell off the sofa. She landed on the floor with a nasty cut on her lips. Unfortunately, the cut went right through her lower lips to her chin. She had to be rushed to the nearest A&E (NUH) to have them stitched up.

X-Rays were taken and the necessary stuffs done to ensure that there wasn't any other unexpected broken bones etc. She was sedated before given 7 stitches. Really hope there will not be any ugly scars on her face.

Kids being kids sure picked themselves up pretty fast. Yee Sinn was up and about the day after and was well enough for school the next day. Oh well, we didn't want to make a big fuss over her fall so we let her go ahead with her usual activities.

The picture above is Yee Sinn with her best friend at school. They even made a pac to wear the same shirt that Monday morning. Her chin is still swollen and thank goodness her wound isn't so noticable.

We had a follow-up with NUH dental clinic 2 weeks after. We had to go to the dental clinic as the wound was within her oral cavity. The pediatirc dentists did a check and to my relief, the wound healed quite well. The stitches on her lips have been dissolved while those on her chin will take a couple of days more. I also got the dentist to give Yee Sinn a check on her teeth. They let her wear a kiddy sun glass (which I think was quite cool) and gave her teeth a good polish. They were generally pleased with her oral hygiene. They ended her trip to the dental clinic with stickers and balloons.

We went for a few shows this month. We brought Yee Sinn to watch "Pluck: Muscial Arson" last week. It was a fun comedy muscial by a string trio. They pieces they played were classical pieces from Bach, Ravel, Vivaldi etc. It was so funny that our Yee Sinn nearly fell off her chair laughing. There were funny scenes such as having a violinist playing so fast that his violin caught fire.

It was a good way to introduce Yee Sinn to more muscial concerts in future.

We also brought her to watch a theatre performance at Fusionopolis today. It was Eric Carle's A Hungry Caterpillar and other stories. It was a puppetry performance that made very clever use of light and props. Their teamwork was amazing. What was interesting was the Q&A after the performance where the stage crew came out and shared some tricks they used during the shows.