Picnic at East Coast Park w/ Mac Frenz

The week before National Day, Princess and Prince enjoyed a picnic at East Coast Park with our Mac Frenz, our lovely picnic started at 3pm, and only ended around 7pm.

Reaching home only around 8pm that was the longest picnic we ever had.

Everyone brought along some food, and a huge tent was setup. In all, there was about 6 kids and close to 10 adults at the picnic.

My little prince had started to recognize and feel familiar to this usual group of family friends, so much so that he did not want to leave when it is time to go home.

He actually requested for a phone call to be made to God-Pa Mervin before he was willing to cooperate and leave for home.

Thank you, Setoh for the smooth ride home!

~ Enjoying dry sand play ~

~ Enjoying wet sand play ~

~ A pretty boy’s back looking poetic ~

My Little Princess’ 5th Birthday Cake Choice

Princess came home one day, with the Young Families magazine distributed out by her school, right on the second page, was a colorful advertisement by Ecreative, Singapore’s 1st online florist and cakes.

A very pretty looking 3D Princess Cake caught her eye, and she could not peel her eyes off it.

It was the first time Princess experienced the feeling of want. Mummy Eliz took the chance to explain the difference between a want and a need.

She caught the idea, but still could not stop desiring for the cake. So we discussion, and reached an agreement.

From now till her 5th Birthday, she has 10 months to save up for the cake. She would have to save an average of 30c a day in order to buy the cake for her 5th Birthday Celebration.

Two weeks had since passed, and daily, with the small allowance she was given, she would try her hardest to curb her desire to spend it all [sometimes, she craved in and brought a sweet or two], and dutifully, she would save the remaining.

Mummy Eliz hopes Princess would be able to enjoy the sweet feeling of knowing that if she tries hard, she would be able to reach a certain goal.

Video of Happily Ever After Bliss ...

The sister-brother pair enjoyed speech and drama; this is amongst the many they enjoyed.

~ I do... ~

Let’s Explore The Arctic Talk by Auntie Victoria

After one year, Auntie Victoria finally came back from The Arctic to Singapore, and she willingly shared with us her adventure, before she sets off again.

For details of her talk on the Antarctica the previous year, check out
- http://chelsea-and-christian.blogspot.com/2008/06/virtual-trip-to-antarctica-snow-city.html.

Mummy Eliz learnt many new things, and those that really strike an impression are listed:

- The Arctic is just ice, not land. If global warming continues, The Arctic will be gone.
- The Polar Bear is a sea animal that can go on land, rather than a land animal that swims.

Mummy Eliz did not managed to take any pictures, but we certainly enjoyed the talk, she is dreaming of visiting both The Arctic and the Antarctica one fine day.

"Being at peace with our lot ... "

While on the discussion of whether does a SAHM or a WOHM has a better lot, Auntie El shared this wise advice.

- "For if we're at peace with our lot, then that little bit of peace and happiness will rub off on our nearest and dearest: our kids, our hubbies, our il's."

Celebration of DIT96 10Yr Grad Anniversary

Now, how can Mummy Eliz or Daddy Tiong pretend to be youthful?

This year would be our 10th year Graduation Anniversary.

Our gang took the chance to celebrate the birthday [sweet 16th of course] of the two hottest ladies in our PMG [Personal Mentor Group], namely Siew Mei and Yvonne.

Sadly, for those of you potential suitors out there, the two fine ladies, with both attractive personalities and looks, are already taken.

~ The two hottest ladies celebrating their sweet 16th ~

~ Group Pic ~

Tong Wei’s 4th Birthday Party @ AMK

Time flies, often without us realizing it.

And once a while, Mummy Eliz gets a reminder how fast time really flies, when they attended another birthday celebration.

Tong Wei turned 4 years old, and we were invited to a celebration at her place, one of the most condo-like HDB flat we had ever visited.

The goodie bag, which came with a yoyo for the little ones, turned out to be Prince Christian’s favorite toy at the moment.

~ Happy Birthday, Tong Wei! ~

~ Prince looking engrossed ~