10 Years Anniversary - 070709

We celebrated our 10 years couple anniversary at Sentosa on the 7th July 2009. We brought Little Tristan along with us as we wanted to spend more time with him. We went to Underwater World and this was the 2nd time that we brought Little Tristan there. He did not enjoy himself as much as the previous time because he was pretty tired and needed his afternoon nap. He tried to endure and managed to walk through the whole Underwater World before he fell asleep when we took a bus to Dolphin Lagoon.

At Dolphin Lagoon, Little Tristan was so enchanted by the pink dolphins that he sat quietly watching the entire performance. We went to Barnacles for our dinner and it was a pretty delectable meal. The ambience was romantic and I was telling dear that we should go another time with just the two of us or a few couples.

We spent the night at Rasa Sentosa Hotel. This time, Little Tristan slept soundly without too much fuss. Dear and Little Tristan had some bonding time on the bed before he fell asleep. I always love to see father and son spending some bonding and quality time together. It was such a blessing sight to see them cuddle and ‘disturbing’ each other.

The next day, we had our buffet breakfast at Silver Shell Café. After that, we brought Little Tristan for a swim and initially he was afraid of the water since it has been a long time that he swam. After some coaxing and forcing, he was happily playing and walking in the pool. We went up to the hotel for a bath and head home around noon time.

Overall, it was an enjoyable and memorable anniversary! We all had a great time together!

Jacob Ballas with Baby Yenn

We invited Mun and Cindy with Baby Kah Yenn to our house for lunch on one of the Friday. After the delicious lunch (cooked by dear), we decided to bring the 2 babies to Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden.

Little Tristan enjoyed himself so much at the water area that he refused to leave. We had to coax him before he left unwillingly. As for Baby Kah Yenn, she was so captivated by the greenery that she refused to nap even when she was very tired.

I was telling Cindy that we must make time for this kind of gathering often, as seeing the children enjoyed themselves makes our day too!

BBQ+Fathers' Day Celebration - Pasir Ris Chalet

We celebrated Fathers' Day by having 3 days 2 nights chalet at Costa Sands Resort (Pasir Ris). We had a BBQ with my family on the first night and had lots of fun. Little Tristan was over-stimulated that he cried very badly for that night.

The next morning, Mum, Tongtong, Little Tristan and I went for a stroll at the beach. We also let Little Tristan had his first taste of riding on a bicycle. He insisted riding upon seeing his Tongtong jiejie riding on it. So Mum and Tongtong had a hard time holding him and balancing the bicycle. It was quite amusing.

In the afternoon, parents-in-law brought Javier (Tristan's cousin) to the chalet and we went to Escape Theme Park. The children had a lot of fun but it was tiring for the adults as we had to run after them. They sat on a few rides suitable for their age and also drove motor cars. After that, we had dinner at a Japanese restaurant at Downtown East.

We decided not to stay for the 2nd night at the chalet after the terrible crying experience. So we went home and it was a right decision as Little Tristan slept soundly for that night.

Food with Love

I do cook lunch for Little Tristan occasionally when I'm in the mood. It is always so fulfilling when he enjoyed the food that I cooked for him. Recently, I cooked ABC soup with alphabets macaroni which the entire family enjoyed eating. I felt so satisfied seeing Little Tristan and dear enjoying their lunch. The whole pot of ABC soup was finished during lunch time which I initially intend to keep some for dinner.

Look at how Little Tristan enjoying his lunch with love.

Baby watching baby

Here's a video on Little Tristan watching himself when he was a baby.

Childcare 2

Thank you all for your comments!

We have decided. We will be sending Little Tristan to childcare. But seriously, I wonder how he will response to childcare. Let's pray that everything will be smooth. I have yet to register him but will do so soon.

Childcare?

I'm thinking of sending Little Tristan to childcare soon. Reason being that I hope he can be more independent and learn more. I realise his speech development is a little slow for his age and he is pretty dependent on us to do a lot of things for him. I hope being in childcare, he can learn more things and be more independent.

I'm still contemplating and couldn't make a decision because he is currently taken care of by my parent-in-laws. I'm afraid they may have the wrong idea that I think they are not doing a good job. In fact, it is because they have done a good job which is why I'm still reluctant on the childcare arrangement.

The childcare that I'm thinking of sending him to is Agape Little Uni @ Tampines. It is not that cheap as the monthly fee is close to $500 after subsidy so the cost part is also another consideration. I'm going to check out the childcare centre soon and make a decision after that. Will update once I decide on what to do.