Denise's Bedroom

Beginning of this year, we decided that it was time that Denise has her own room and place to keep all her books and ever-growing toys. JX spent an ENTIRE night decorating the room while Denise and myself were sleeping...:p

Denise was so..so...so...excited when she saw her room!!! I was impressed by JX too...:) He did this all by himself!

Denise the Photographer (2)

More "artistic" works from Denise...

Christian & Kean's Birthday (22 May 2007)

Christian and Kean celebrated their 3rd and 2nd birthday respectively, in Suntec Nursery last Tuesday. It happened to fall on Denise's school's Founder's Day and since it was her school holiday, I brought her to the celebration.

Christian likes Bob the Builder and Kean is into Barney now. Irene (Kean's mummy) ordered an unique "book" birthday cake, with Bob and Barney printed on each page!

The food was fantastic! Especially Irene's mum's curry... HOT! but yummy...:)

Many kids came and Denise definitely enjoyed herself. I think she ate 4 fishballs and countless of cocktail sausages...:)

Coming Soon: Shrek 3!!!

In support of Ronald McDonald Children's Charity, we bought Denise a *Shrek* hairband yesterday!

And we promised Denise we will bring her to the screening of Shrek 3 when it opens on May 31. This will be her first movie trip! This morning, Uncle Francis gave us 2 tickets to Shrek3!!! and it comes with 2 small combo...:)

Thank you, Uncle Francis!

Duck Tour (24 March 2007)

We brought Denise to the Duck Tour recently. We boarded "Orleans" at about 1pm and the entire trip (land and sea) lasted about an hour. Everyone on board was given a "duck-beak" whistle which the both the kids and adults were crazy about...

The view was excellent! We could even come near to the new IR site, new NDP performance site, the Singapore Flyer and the Merlion! Needless to say, until today, Denise still remembers the trip and will exclaim "Duck Tour" whenever we see one around Suntec area.

ZZZzzzz.....

This afternoon, JX and myself wanted to reach church earlier so we decided to prepare Denise first. Her nap time is usually between 2-4pm and on Saturdays, she will normally sleep in the car, on the way to church.

So we showered her, changed her and she put on her shoes herself. We can hear her playing and talking to herself in the living room from our room. Suddenly I realised that it was totally quiet outside and this was what I saw...

Denise fell asleep on our coffee table while waiting for us!!! She must have been so tired to fall asleep in such a position...:p

Happy Mother's Day (13 May 2007)

This Sunday is Mother's Day. When I dropped Denise off at school this morning, her teacher told her to choose a fruit from a basket for me. Between apples and bananas, she gave me a banana as her first "official and personal" Mother's Day gift for me...:) But when she reached her classroom, she said, "Mummy, I want to eat the banana..." Of course, I gladly gave it to her, knowing that it's her favourite...haha...

And this evening when I fetched her from school, she came running with an art & craft in her hand. She shouted, "Happy Mother's Day! I love you Mummy! Love from Denise..."

It was a beautiful little frame she did in school today. Nothing worth more than the gift your little ones made themselves....(all mothers understand that...) My husband asks me what do I want for Mother's Day.... Well, I already have what I wanted...*wink*

Ethan Chai's 2nd Birthday @ Gymboree

Denise attended Ethan's 2nd birthday celebration at Gymboree, Marine Parade Central on May 29th. It was real fun for the children! There were activities planned for them and Denise enjoyed herself thoroughly...:) The teachers even commented that she has great social skills as she had no problem participating in the activities except for a few occasions where she wanted us to help her up and down the ladder.

The cake was a very nice Mickey Mouse! And the host prepared home-made mini-pizzas and chocolate crepe for us! Even the drinks provided was "less in sugar"...:) It was a totally healthy and child-friendly party which both the adults and children enjoyed!

Fever!!!

Denise was down with a fever last Tuesday (May 1). Her fever usually does not last more than 2 days and we were not too worried either. However, her temperature escalated in the night and we decided to bring her to the doctor. See how hip she is even though she was sick...:p

Doctor gave her paracetemol and antibiotics to ease her throat infection. But it didn't help...:( I took 2 days off on Thursday and Friday to look after her at home. Finally we couldn't take it anymore! Brought her to Gleneagles on Saturday evening and her temperature was 39.8 degrees!!!

Doctor gave her a suppository which should bring her temperature down fast. Supposed to ward her but only 4-bedder rooms left. As isolating her would be a better choice, we decided to bring her home with the stronger medication given.

Praise God! She obediently took all the medication and her temperature is much lower today...:) Usually I am not too worried about viral fever but 6 days of fever?!? After I came back from the hospital, a friend told me, "See, I told you that it is a viral fever...ha..." I was a little mad!!!

By the way, I already knew that it was a viral fever...but what virus is that? Denise never had fever for more than 2 days and I am not taking chances... Read too many horrible stories of parents losing their young children to bacteria attack...and I AM NOT TAKING CHANCES!!!

Anyway, she is well and up again! Will keep her away from school for another day. Back to work for me and school for her on Tuesday!

Denise the Photographer (1)

These are Denise's first photography display!!! :) Snap-shots of her DVD collection and things she finds in the house, including me working on my laptop....hahah....

Potato-Man

Part of Denise's school curriculum is Art & Craft. She has been bringing back many interesting works that she did in school. We bought Ikea boxes to keep them in her room. This Potato-Man is one of the more interesting ones but doubt if I can keep it for long since it's made from REAL potato... Better snap a picture before it starts to rot!

Denise - Miss Universe

We just bought a new digital camera. It is very slim and convenient to be brought out to anywhere. We went to Centrepoint today and bought Denise her first real sunglasses and couldn't resist the temptation to take photos of her with our new camera!

"Astro-Girl" - Denise

Found this interesting shop in Bugis that sells Astro stuff. The salesgirl even allowed Denise to take pictures with the figurines!

That "SMILE"

The 2 photos of Denise that never fail to bring a smile to my face!
Isn't she adorable? Even the small eyes look good on her...hahaha....

Denise's Best Friends

For those of you that subscribe to Disney Playhouse Channel, you will notice a Yellow Clay that appears on screen to introduce the next program. There is one particular segment where he will introduce his best friend, Green Clay.

Last night, when that segment appeared, I casually asked Denise who her best friends are. She replied, "Daddy, Mummy and Baby Debbie!"

It is heart-warming to know that she has already included Debbie into the family! This is our 1st family portrait!

Denise, My Girl!

JX and myself brought Denise to the market and I had fainting spells. As it wasn't the first time, Denise did not make a fuss when we had to cut-short the trip and head back into the car. Usually when JX goes and get food, Denise will insist on wanting to follow. However, that night, she told Daddy, "I will stay in the car to take care of Mummy!" I was so touched! My girl has "grown up"....:)


All the late night feedings, frustrations when she doesn't take instructions, wetting of bed, constant whining... Sigh, it's all worth it!

Denise Back in Action!

It's been a looooo.....nnnnng time since I last posted for Denise. Sigh...blame it on my complacency...

Anyway, this is the latest with Denise...

She has been tying her hair in school. Finally I can keep her hair long without having to worry about them falling all over her face...:)

This is Denise and her nursery friend, Ethan. See how they have grown when they met again in nursery recently!


And this is the latest photo we took of her when we brought her to the Arcade last weekend. This Super-Mario car racing machine allows you to take a picture before the game begins. This is Super-Denise!!!

A Trip To Sentosa (Jan 3-4)

During my 2 week's break, I was too tired to travel overseas. However we wanted to do something different with Denise. Decided to travel "overseas" to SENTOSA! (ha..ha...)

Went to the beach; the weather was super-good for beach. As it was a weekday, the Siloso beach was near empty. We had a fun time building sand-castle and letting Denise get herself wet and dirty in the sand! Initially she was afraid of the muddy water, then she decided to venture deeper into the water...:)


We checked into Siloso Beach Resort for a night. It is a new resort, located just beside Siloso Beach. Its facilities is very new and all their hotel rooms face the beach! The pool is huge; it has a water slide and a giant water feature! We could even enjoy the sea view when we had breakfast at its rooftop the next morning!


For the 2D1N trip (...:p), we visited the Siloso Beach, Musical Fountain, Underwater World, Dolphin Lagoon and even had lunch at Sakae Sushi. It was enjoyable because we did not have to rush through the visits and when we were tired, we even get to nap in our room. Not bad for a Sentosa trip...:)

Outing To The Zoo (New Year Day)

This is a super-outdated update.

We brought Denise to the Zoo on New Year Day (Jan 1) with Joshua and the Choong family. Her 1st visit was when she was 8 months old. This time, she could appreciate the animals more.

We arrived at 9.30am; the weather was super good - cloudy and the air was fresh. By the time we left at 12.30pm, the crowd was pouring in and the sun was up too! To the kids, it was a fun day!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Look at the mountain of presents I've received this Christmas!

A BIG Thank You to all Uncles and Aunties for your presents!

Merry Christmas to all of you!