Parties Hopping

For once, June was a very busy month for us. It was because we were invited to Danelle's friends - Cayden, Kaley, Sermaine, Augustine and Genieve birthday parties. Thank goodness not all my forum friends invited us to their parties else we will be attending birthday party every weekend and got no time for our family time. :P

The first party day was Kaley party on 29th May where Kaley actual birthday falls on 3rd June. It was held at a condo in serangoon area. Many of our forum friends attended Kaley birthday party cos Katty got good network with the rest of the forumers! :) It was Strawberry Shortcake theme and the 3D cake was from eCreative. The family were dressed in pink to match the theme! Nice! I was surprise that Kieren (Kaley brother) still remember Adelle when we reached the function room and he pulled Adelle to a corner and wanna play with her. The rest of the babies were having fun @ the pool of balls.

The second party day was Cayden, Augustine and Sermaine parties on 5th June and we managed to attend all the 3 parties in 1 evening. ;) Cayden theme was a Pooh bear theme and he also got a 3D pooh bear cake from eCreative like Kaley. Only Katty and myself were there cos the rest were also invited to Sermaine or KaiQi party. Then we head off to Augustine party and it was Farm theme. Aug were dressed in the moo moo cow costume that Danelle had took a pic with him @ botanic garden gathering. :) Only myself and Katty were invited but Katty went off to Sermaine party so i help to pass the present to Aug while she help me to pass present to Sermaine. Aug has a nice cow cake from Pine Garden and it was a lychee martini cake which Adelle enjoyed very much! After a short while, we head off to Sermaine bbq party but most of Danelle friends are leaving so we stayed for a while before heading home. We didn't managed to take much pics at Sermaine party cos it was held at a bbq pit at lorong ah soo flat so kinda dark and the birthday gal already doze off when we reached there.

The third party was Genieve party on 6th June and it was held at a pub @ Serangoon Garden. Hubby likes this party cos there is free flow of beer and soft drinks. Only Katty, Judy, Serene, Regina and myself attended the party. The tods get party poppers, hats and biscuits. It was a winnie pooh theme and genieve had a cake from Pine Garden which taste yummy!

The fourth party day was Sofie party on 26th June. Sofie was the youngest among all the June babies. The party was held at Sofie condo bbq pit @ Clementi. Some of us who attended the party went there early so that we can meet for a swim. The gals had fun at the pool and quite a number of the forummers are invited tooo. The kiddos were standing to see the fishes in the pond and some are walking already. It was a sweet pinkish party and was challenging to get all the kiddos to take pictures! Coincidentally, I bumped into my ex-colleague Jasmine who was now Sofie dad's colleague. She was invited to the party and she brought her baby there too. :) Singapore is really small and we bump into each other after 6 years.

Danelle is officially 1 on 21st Jun 2010

It was Danelle birthday so i took her out to Harbourfront to attend a trial class @ Gymboree and spend some time with her without jie jie tagging along and fighting for attention.. :) We also went to the playground @ Vivocity and Danelle had fun!

Before we head back home to fetch Adelle, i brought Danelle to buy her birthday present - a tricycle sponsored by Uncle Jonathan and Aunty Cherling. Thank U! :)

Danelle 1 year old milestones :

• She can walk
• She understand instructions and when i called her name, she will come towards me.
• She can do "bye-kiss"
• She likes to read book

SMH June 09 mummies gathering @ Sophia House

Time flies and the June babies are officially 1 year old in June 2010. Sophia organised a gathering cum birthday party for the June babies on 23rd June at her parents place near Kembagan MRT. I took leave that day and brought Danelle to meet up with her friends. :)

There are some new faces to me as they are not the regulars that i often meet up with but they are on my FB contacts.. hehehee... :P

The highlight of the gathering was Sophia ordered a cupcake for each mum/kid but it doesn't look nice nor taste nice. But still gotta thank her for the efforts and what most interesting was Noah dip his hand into the cupcake while the mums are busy snaping pictures and caught him red-handed. :)

Happy birthday to All the June babies!

Father Day - 20th June

Father day is always a memorable day for hubby. Why is it so?

1st father day - we shifted in to our new house
2nd father day - our little princess Danelle was born
3rd father day - first time Adelle wishing Daddy "Happy Father Day"

Here's a clip of Adelle rehearsal with me. While hubby went out to wash the car, I taught her to say "Happy Father Day". After rehearse 3 times, she saw hubby came back and wishes him "Happy Father Day!". :)

Danelle 1st Birthday Party - 20th June

The Date

We celebrated Danelle birthday on 20th June which is a father day too! Thus many of our friends couldn't join us in the party. Looking back last year, Danelle was borned on father day too so every year, we will be celebrating Danelle birthday and father day together. :)

The Venue

Initially we were considering to hold the party at the functions of Carabelle condo and Ferraria Park. However, it was not available on the date that we want. Not sure is it becos it is June holiday so more difficult to book it? So... at the very last hour, i suddenly remembered my ex-colleague Wayne who is also staying at condo near my place and I asked him for help. He managed to book a function room at CitySq residences for me. Yeah, thank God for his provision else we will be holding the party at the community centre opposite my house. :P

The theme

It was a pooh bear party which is similar to Adelle cos Danelle likes Pooh Bear too. :) Anyway, i still have the Pooh bear decorations that was used in Adelle birthday party last year. So i just need to re-use it and add some new party stuff that i bought and was stuck at VPOST previously.

The day

Adelle and Danelle were dressed in the new summer beach dresses that i bought from BP. They looked so cute and pretty in the dress! To match them in the attire, i wore my old flowery top and hubby too.

We reached the function room at 11am and my maid helped to blow up the balloons while i do up the decoration. It was not easy with 2 kids asking for attention while we have to quickly do up the place with minimum help. Thank God for Wayne and Rachel who helped us to look after the gals so that i can concentrate on the decorations. Hubby went out to get the balloons pumped up in helium and also to collect the birthday cake from Pine Garden. This time, i decided to go for Pine Garden cake instead of eCreative as i always wanted a 2 tier cake and finally it is a dream come true! :P I borrowed the Pooh decoset from my fren and chose the Pooh flowery designs. I simply love the cake!! It's soooo pretty and taste good esp the Lychee Martini! :P~~~ Everyone gives thumb up for the cake.

We also invited Danelle friends (Kaley, Augustine, Genieve, Nesher, Sofie and XiuYing) to join us in the celebration and have a small corner with toys for the babies/tods to hang-around. :) We bought colorful balls to give to each child as the party favors since it is "World Cup" season now and the tods loves playing with balls.

The buffet spread of the day was from Mum's Kitchen as i am a regular customer and so far they have not failed me yet.

We managed to cut the cake at 2pm before Danelle took her nap. Danelle was quite cooperative although she was getting tired and clapped her hands when we sang her the birthday song. We also tried to feed her birthday cake but she seemed to enjoy biscuits more than cake for now... :) Soon after she had the cake, she K.O and our guests start to leave.

After the party

The party ended at 3+pm with Julia & Chee Wee being our last guests of the day. It was nice to see them making a trip down for the party and also I was happy to see Asher too! :) We managed to pack and squeeze all the presents into our Freed in 1 trip! Danelle had a happy time opening up her presents when she is back home. Thank You Uncles, Aunties, Kor Kors and Jie Jies for coming to the party and thank you for your lovely gifts/angbaos! :)

D-O-G

2 weeks ago, hubby on reservist so i brought Adelle and Danelle to polliwogs with my sis and niece. The gals had fun playing at the indoor playground but i find the slides doesn't suit 2 years old kid cos Adelle got a bruise on her face as she let loose of her hand when she is slidding down. I also got some scratches while slidding down with Adelle. :(

During the outing, my sis told me that i can start to teach Adelle spelling so i tot no harm trying out. So that nite, i took out a stack of animal flash card and told Adelle "Dog - D-O-G". Then Adelle repeat after me. After a few days later, Adelle took out the flash card again and i told Adelle "Dog - D-O-G" and she repeat after me again.

Last friday when I reached my parents' house, my aunty told me that Adelle can spell DOG. She was surprised that she told Adelle "Dog" and Adelle spell "D-O-G" for her! Good job baby! Mummy is proud of your achievement! That really motivates me and i think i can introduce her 1 word to spell a week so that by the time she go primary school, she is will know 10000+ words liao.... hehehee... Very KS hor :P

Celebrations and Gathering Weekend

11th June

We celebrated my aunty birthday 1 day in advance since we won't be seeing her on saturday. I bought her a fruit cake and the gals can't wait to get their hands on the cake.

12th June

Soon Yeow and Yuan Shan was my good old frens in uni and we have been trying to meet up after Soon Yeow gave birth till now. :) Finally the long awaited gathering happended at Yuan shan new house. We brought our kids to Yuan Shan house (a walk-up apartment) in Kovan for a brunch and Soon Yeow bought a cake to celebrated my birthday(last mth)! Thanks gals! :P Yuan Shan house was super duper big and spacious! Interestingly, Adelle and Tessa are born in the same year while Danelle and Zed are born in the same year. Hope the next time when we gather, the kids will be enjoying each other company since their age gap is close.

In the evening, we went to Baby Olivia full month and Yosher 2nd birthday party. It was a sweet cupcake for Olivia and nice jelly for Yosher. During the party, Adelle was busy having fun with Chris and she helped me to baby-sit and entertained Adelle the whole evening... hehehhee... :P

13th June

We brought Adelle for a swim and Danelle can't resist the water and jump into it. So she was half-naked as we didn't bring swim suit for Danelle... :P

Bye Bye Pacifier

Yeah..finally Adelle has stop taking pacifier for 1 mth already. She has gotton over the pacifier addiction! :)

What i did was send her to childcare center in Feb and tell the teacher to help her to stop taking pacifier! Then progressively in Mar, the new class teacher managed to convince Adelle not to take pacifier for nap time. But once Adelle reach my parent place, she will ask for her pacifier! :( Guess she is still very addicted to the pacifier as she used to take pacifier from 9 am till 8pm previously so it will probably takes some time to get over it bah!

Anyway, this continue for a few weeks and suddenly in mid Mar, we realise that she has not been asking for pacifier when she is at my parent's place in the evening. However, she will ask for pacifier at home before her bedtime or during weekend naps. This continue until late April and one night, i told Adelle if she want pacifier, mummy will not pat her to sleep. So it's her choice - Mummy or pacifier? Being a smart gal, she chose me over pacifier! :D Then gradually she has forgotton about her pacifier and since then, she don't ask for her pacifier.

There are times that i wanted to get out of the room to settle Danelle so i counter offer her the pacifier so that she can go to sleep on her own but she rejected my offer and ask me to stay behind to pat her instead! Haiz.... on one hand, i am happy that she doesn't want the pacifier but on the other hand, i can't get out of the room until she sleep!! :P Human(Adult) are so contradicting sometimes....

My birthday present

Here is my birthday present from hubby. A Sony TX-5 that i can snap pictures in the water! :) Thank U Hubby. *Muacks*

Verbal instruction

Danelle doesn't like to watch "Your baby can read" thus the only way to teach her is by talking to her and telling my maid what to teach her during day time. So since the month of May, we have been teaching her the words "Clap" and "Bye".

After few weeks of training, Danelle can understand verbal instruction of "Clap" and "Bye". When i say "Clap", she will automatically put her hands together and do a clap! When i say "Bye Bye", she will open and close her hand to indicate bye! She can do all these just by listening to instruction. Good job baby! :)