Brunch Date

After a nice meetup with mummy JH, we finally managed to arrange another with mummy Gillian and this time round, it's a '1 stone hit 2 birds' meet-up becos we've meant to pass Gil our 1/8th violin for her Emily before their custom made one is ready.

We had our brunch at 'Food for Thoughts' @ Botanical Garden and with each family ordering pancakes for the kiddos, we were caught with lotsa pancake leftovers, hahaha(Ems shared hers with Renee, so JH and I packed ours and I was glad that I did, 'cos Renee took 1 for her tea-break and said it's still yummy, :>).

Again, a short but nice meet-up and we hope to arrange another, hopefully at one of our homes, preferably....

We didn't want to go home after the meet-up and thus we were sooo tired after Renee's lesson that we decided to go home for dinner straight away, lolz.

A Nice Meetup and Good News...

Today, after soooo long, I finally met up with a mummy friend JH, whom I've also befriended from a motherhood forum(from the birth of Rachel).  We've chatted on a few occasions and thought it'd be nice to put a face to the names(afterall, I've already missed all the gatherings this group of mummies had arranged earlier), so we decided to meet up with her today.

Though a short meetup, we had a nice time chatting and when it was time to part, JH said she'd like to meet Renee in person.  Luckily, papa had agreed to hving dinner at where I was meeting JH and so, her wish was granted! lolz.

Knowing that I'd be passing her a belated birthday gift for her Charissa today, she bought a pair of tights-with-skirt skort for Rachel and even a dress for Renee.  Then, at a bookfair, she bought again, these 3 books for Renee, aiyoh(*oh, this reminded me that I must remember to give her e finger brush, lolz...) :

On our way home, papa told me the 'good news' but I can't really reveal what it is yet 'cos again, this decision(proposed by another teacher, or teachers I'm not too sure) will have to be re-confirmed after another meeting at Nafa but we were told that we'd need to upgrade Renee's violin to a better sounding one since it's also about time that she changes to one of a 1/4 size.  The teacher's mentioned earlier that if the child is not performing or taking part in any competitions, a S$700+ one would suffice but he told us to get one that cost around S$1K+ now and another S$2K+ next year(should the 2nd decision be finalised).  However, we're not sure what their plans are, for Renee, and felt that she might not outgrow the 1/4 size so fast and thus, we decided to simply go for the better one...

Lego and New Friends

I had planned to stay home today but with such hot weather(we had to have the air-conditioner switched on the whole day yesterday! - and I took the opportunity to do my ironing, heee!), I decided to take the kids out! heee.

With papa dropping us off, we chose Raffles City and when we arrived there, we spotted Lego's promotional roadshow(for LegoLand) upstairs and Renee insisted on going over.  She's always been ok playing alone by herself and so, seeing that there weren't much people around still, I left her to roam around some of the shops, nurse Rachel, whilst she entertained herself with the Lego blocks.  When I went back to her, she's already made friends with an American girl who came with her Singaporean mummy.  The mummy was very friendly too and soon, we were chatting away as well, :).  We even exchanged mobile numbers before we parted, :).  They told us the date of their trip to the upcoming Lego Land and extended their invitation for us to join them on the same day, we'll see.  I hope we could join them(and their friends) but as usual, we'll have to depend on Papa's schedule...

Another FlowerGirl Dress

A last minute arrangement and we met up with Karen and her younger girl at MS.  It's been awhile and with such a short meet up, we hope to do another when they're back from their trip.

With our playdate leaving early, we took the opportunity to shop further, hahaha but this time, it's for her swimsuit(need something thicker to keep her warmer) and remembering the tops I've seen at Mothercare the other day, I got Renee these :

Then, after our dinner, we went back to KP 'cos I've forgotten to ask them to check the availability of the dresses at another branch and ended up buying the one and only piece left on the spot, lolz.  What made Renee really happy was - Papa, for no reason, picked up a high heeled sandals and told her that it's pretty nice and she took the opportunity to bug him to buy for her!  After some 'negotiations', she got her wish... :

The Flowergirl Dress

The pair of heeled sandals she bugged her Papa for... 

Although we were unable to find a suitable pair of shoes to go with the dress, we thought we should get the pair of stockings first...

Glitter Pens II

I've been thinking the whole of last night, til 2am, on whether I should avoid disrupting Renee's routine and go get her the set of glitter pens in the morning and give it to her as a surprise Or, should I bring her along.  A co-incidental chat at FB and my SIL arranged to meet us up.  With this meet up, I could go buy the pens and Renee gets her lunch out!

However, Renee had came home very happy that her friends had found her work the best and now I wondered, perhaps I shouldn't have bothered about the pens...

She was of 'cos, delighted that we are lunching out('cos we don't normally go out during school days, unless it's for dinner and groceries thereafter), but was unhappy when the meet-up was short.  Although the meetup split 'cos her cousin needed to go to her ballet lesson, but I've told her prior, that we won't be staying out late 'cos she has her homework too.  She knew but as usual, forget about it when she's hving fun. 

We got a lift from my SIL and upon reaching home, she sulked and this time round, I took the cane.  I told her that I have to punish her now(whilst my temper is still under control) or she'd get a severe one later.  I'm not sure if she will remember this 'teaching', I really hope she does 'cos I'm almost depleted of energy already...

This was supposed to be a 'nice' day, for her and even for myself but... haiz.

Pre-X'mas PlayDate

Got a sms from Karen yesterday, asking if we'd be free for a meetup today.  Well, we are free(not planning to go out much this week as the maid's leaving this weekend) but unprepared, I hvn't exactly gotten all their pressies ready, so I thought to 'delay' the meetup for a day but Renee didn't want to, :).

So, they came over this afternoon and after a brief play at the room, Renee asked if they could go for a swim and seeing that the weather has turned good again, we agreed.  The girls happily changed into their swimming gear but just before they all got into the wading pool, a contractor told us that the kids are not to swim there as they're going to varnish the floor, OMG!  There hadn't been any notice given to us nor was there any put up at the elevator, which was the case for the previous work done.  In any case, the kids proceeded to the playground and not giving up, we checked with the worker again, as to when they actually need to start the work and if the kids could just have abit of fun first.  He said that as the floor area need to be dry, the kids can only swim at the farther end of the adult pool, which they happily did...  Finally, the kids got to have a little pool/water fun, :).  And lucky us, the rain began just as we were going back home! :D - so much for not allowing us at the wading pool and it turned out that the floor's gonna be all wet after all!

After a quick shower, the girls had snacks of baked chicken wings, fried scallops and chicken nuggets before they continued with their whatever indoor 'fun', :).  When they've had enough, the mommies took over the dishes, hahaha.

Time really flies when one's enjoying the company and soon, it was time for them to go home.  I can tell that Renee's glad to have the girls over and hope that they could come over again, lolz.

Looking longingly at the pool when they were told they cldn't swim...

Couldn't wait to get into the pool after the group shot, hahaha

(poor)Baby Rachel looking on whilst the girls played...

September '11 Holiday Play Date III

I finally got to meet up with mommy Janice(mummy of Renee's ex classmate from Kinderland) today!  She's moved from Chiltern Park to Grandeur 8 and now to Rosalia Park and we only get to meet up today, today's mothers are just soooo busy, hahaha.

Renee has made aunty Janice a card(rushing out, so din get to take a pic of it, :<) and when we arrived at their place, I was told that Jerome has also drawn me something but he didn't finish painting it, and thus I didn't get to have it, heeee.

The 2 kids played indoor games for a while but being of different gender, I guess the home toys don't really appeal to Renee much and so, when the boy told Renee about the playground, they both requested to go there.   Luckily it's already late afternoon and the sun wasn't that strong anymore, so we went there with them(with little Rachel in tow of 'cos :D) but not long later, the boy was distracted by other boys from the neighbourhood and poor Renee was left alone, so she began to feel bored...  However, although she didn't have as much fun as with the girls, she still got her fair share of snacks at aunty Janice's and guess what, she was finally persuaded to try a bottle of Vitagen and she likes it, aiyoh!  Now she's asking me to order from the school for her to take during snack time, :).

Lately, with my hormones adjusting/resuming, my naturally waved hair has become a mess and no matter how badly I needed the cut, I hadn't the 'freedom' to go for one.  So, when Janice told me that the place is actually rather near to the Nex mall, I was elated!  When papa arrived to pick us up, I told him about it and he said ok, hurray!  Aiya, I should have had my haircut before I embarked on all these playdates lah, fancy meeting all my friends in my mop of messy & pong pong hair, hahaha.

And today, not only did I get my haircut, I've also finally got to taste the Wendy's shrimp burger!  The 1st and only time I've eaten this burger was when I was a teenager, when my sis, Elsie brought me to Far East Plaza.  That was the 1st and only Wendy's restaurant  in Singapore then but it was soon closed down before we could enjoy more of their food.  However, as usual, I needed to hurry over my food due to the care of the kid(s), so though I've got the burger I wanted, I couldn't exactly savour it like I did before.....

September '11 Holiday PlayDate II

It's been quite a while now since Renee last met up with Emma and I thought it's high time we pay my friend Karen a visit(has never been to their home since we knew each other!).

Despite not being regular playmates, they still played well together and Renee had a good time today at their home, eating, playing and exploring their toys, even their new bunk bed!(now she's open to the idea of us getting her and Rachel a bunk bed in the future, :D) lolz.

Mommies also managed to have a nice little chat although baby Rachel got the in-between attention with her cries(wanna sleep lor...), :)

When we got home, I was informed that Renee had left her favourite charm at their place!  haiz, this girl ar...

This is the card she's made for aunty Karen, with a pop-up fairy, :)
(forgotten to take pic of e one she's made for aunty Sharmaine)

September '11 PlayDate I

It's the start of the September school holidays and knowing how busy my mommy friends are during such periods, I'd quickly text them last week to 'book' them, hahaha.  For today, we've arranged to meet up with Sharmaine, Shuen and her sister Lyn and Renee had woken up early excitedly this morning.  She even showed me the card she's made for aunty Sharmaine, I was surprised...(and she's gg to make another for another of my mommy friend tmrw, and was even more excited abt it just now after hearing aunty Sharmaine's comments, perhaps she felt appreciated, :>).

However, instead of heading to Sharmaine's house straight, we met up at United Square first, which is good, 'cos I needed to buy the Bellamy's organic baby's rice...(we went to the one at paragon on Sat but it's alr OOS...)

We've all arrived at the mall at about the same timing but as Sharmaine wanted to buy some clothes for her kids, I went in search of the cereal.  Then when I got back, I have to nurse Rachel and when I'm done with that, their friends came, alamak, ended up, I didn't get to chat with Sharmaine much 'cos soon it was time for hubby to come pick us up.  Luckily, we were all heading back to Sharmaine's house where I'm to pick up some of their baby stuffs.

Renee has had a good time running around their big yard and was reluctant to leave(we daren't impose on them for too long, plus we needed to get to J8 for dinner)...  Hopefully we'd have another chance to go over to their place again.

*Even Rachel was excited today, she couldn't sleep the whole while and when she finally KO, we were about to leave the mall already and she slpt all the way til we got home, how nice!

*Guess what, Renee's more excited about the baby stuffs and has already aimed at a couple of them, claiming that she'd wanna play wif them 1st hahaha.

Another Meetup

As we might be busier next week, I decided to bring Renee to her maths school today and although Sharmaine has just returned from a short trip to Penang, she brought Shuen and Lyn down to meet us(also for let Shuen to go for the diagnostic test).  Shuen was signed up for the course right after the test and the teacher's explanation of the programme to Sharmaine and because of their current referral promo, we both got to pay 50% of the coming month's fee! :)

We went for donuts and shakes thereafter, thinking that the kids could entertain themselves while we catch up for that short while but they had felt restrictive at the cafe and we had to move on.  Not wanting to walk over to United Sq, we took the kids to watch the ice-skating performance which ended just on time for the daddies to come pick us, :).  However, with the sitting down for snacks and watching of the performance, the kiddos didn't get to play much and needless to say, Renee wasn't happy again, hahaha.  She cried, awww and Shuen has to hug her, hahaha.  Finally, aunty Sharmaine had to placate her by offering to come visit us once we've settled into our new home(if we really move to the mentioned location, which will be near to Shuen's kindy/pri sch) but after the nap on the way home, she woke up feeling grouchy again, haiz.

Back home, as she didn't get to have her favourite dinner, she was upset again.  It was then that I reprimanded her and the idea of of not being able to join in the family X'mas gathering as punishment should she continue with her nonsense behaviour finally calmed her down...

She's been going to bed and waking up late for the past 2 weeks and I hope this can be corrected by next week.  Meanwhile, I've promised to bring her out for an early breakfast tomorrow morning so that she could get her 'gifts of appreciation' and then, another trip down to the mall for me to find mine(I hvn't gotten the exchange gift!) later in the afternoon - another busy day tomorrow, heee.

An Old Play Date

As usual, it's the time of the year(school holidays) for a meet up with Shuen, Renee's ex GUG playmate.  Our plan was to meet up for the Sponge Bob show 1st and Renee's been looking forward to it but, she was disappointed when she saw that Shuen's friend had came along with her mom & sister as well.  Naturally, Shuen is closer to her classmate and thus, Renee felt kinda rejected although I told her it's a good idea to make new friends as well and the other girl seemed like a nice girl but she was still feeling upset.  Then suddenly, after our sit-down round of ice-cream, she began playing with them, lol.

Soon, it was time to go for Renee's class and Sharmaine suggested walking over with us as she's heard about the maths school and would also like to take a look.  However, midway, she met another group of friends at the ice-skating ring and stopped to chat.  As I didn't want Renee to start her class any later, I told her that we'd go up ourselves 1st.  In the end, without Renee, Shuen wanted to go back to United Square to watch the 'Diego' show with her friend, so Sharmaine text me that they'd try to arrange another meet up before the year ends.

Renee came out of the classroom, 10mins before her session ends and was disappointed again, that her friend had not come over, :).

This week's the maths school celebration week and the kids are given a goodie bag each.  Seeing new 'Winx Club' items in the showcase for the children's 'good job board' redemption, she went into the other room, searching for a 'Winx Club' goodie bag, lolz.  Unfortunately, the teachers were unable to get them, so she chose this, arghhh :

Her X'mas present from Shuen

Mommy, Did You Enjoy Yourself?

It has been hard enough for me to meet up with my good friend, Vicky and more so now, since her husband's posted to India. However, not forgetting our pact(to treat the other to a meal on either's birthday), she contacted me 2 days ago, upon her return from the lastest trip to arrange a lunch date today.

As usual, Renee tagged along and we had a wonderful meal at Paradise Inn @Somerset 313. In order for us to catch-up in 'peace', without Renee bugging us to leave the restaurant, I've packed 2 of the Supermind activity cards and although she finished all 3 tasks very quickly, it was still good enough to keep her occupied(she retried them with different ways a few times each).

We didn't stay to browse the mall and headed straight to Plaza Singapura where we had a really nice time browsing through the stores(though at some point, Renee did urge us to move on to other stores 'cos she's bored there, haha). We both ended up with some buys - not much for me today, mainly what I need - I'm exercising my buying control, heee.

Out since noon, it's not before long we began to feel tired and with Renee complaining about hunger(??? she ate so much at lunch!), we stopped for an early dinner. Hubby came to pick us up at 8pm and oblivious to the 2 older ladies' fatigue, Renee complained "aiyah, why papa come so early to pick us?", kekeke. But once on her carseat, she too, had to try very hard to keep her eyes opened, :) and we have to take turns to tease her to keep her awake. However, after we've dropped Vicky off, she couldn't 'tahan' and fell asleep and in an attempt to wake her up, we had to detour to Punggol Plaza to get some snacks, :).

Whilst showering, Renee asked me "mommy, did you enjoy yourself today?", I replied "Yes, I get to meet my good friend..." and she added "me too, I had a good time!". From the expression she had on her face when waving goodbye to my friend, I know she's telling the truth, :)...

An Outing

An impromptu check with Janice, Jerome's mommy on the school fees payment had us arranging a meet up in the end, :).

As I wouldn't be driving, she offered to come pick us and we headed first to Rivervale mall, for Jerome to have his lunch(Renee didn't want to eat 'cos she's had a late breakfast). Then we kinda got 'stucked' there for a while more 'cos it's the 1st time Janice's been to a Daiso store and she's fascinated, lolz. However, as I was more keen to move on to Ikea, she said she'd made another trip down to browse through the store properly, lolz.

At Ikea, our que for the 2 kids to go into the playground wasn't long and soon, Renee was having a blast inside and we both continued with our chat whilst standing and watching the 2 kids from the outside, :). However, only an hour's alloted to each kid and they were reluctant when we went to fetch them from the counter.

just like Janice said, "it's so cute to see them carrying their own 'belongings' in"

Finally, they, especially Renee, started to feel hungry and we proceeded to the canteen for some snacks before browsing the store and she befriended a girl whom she saw playing in the playground earlier, :).

It was past 7pm by the time we got home and Renee was all smiles, :).

To Follow Suit?

After a couple of hiccups, we eventually met up with Catherine, my long lost touch friend, at Compass Point.

It's been at least 2 years since the last time I met up with her, which was also after a break of many years and this is the 1st time she's seeing Renee 'properly'. However, this naughty girl has to disappoint me by not just interrupting us whilst we chatted during/after lunch, she even made a rude comment that deeply embarrassed me... It had affected me badly 'cos this is the 1st time she's made such remark(dun ask me what she said) and what made it worse is that she did it on her very first meet-up with someone whom used to be a close friend of mine.

Although she had apologised(upon my prompting) and had held on to Cat's hand voluntarily when we went to get the materials for her coming Art classes, it still wouldn't undo what she's done. One may argue that she's still young but we must not condone such behaviour/attitude/choice of words and have to teach her right from wrong when she's young, else she might think it's really ok or even cute to do so.

I kept my cool til we got home and the minute her Papa heard it, he was also very upset. I tried to avoid speaking to her as much as possible but I spanked her during shower 'cos she hadn't shown sincere remorse earlier. She had cried earlier when her Papa was reprimanding her but it's only this time that her cries had sounded more 'sorry' and I took the opportunity to reinforce the ideas of some of the 'wrong doings and why she shouldn't have done them' stuffs to her.

Earlier, Hubby had told her when she was hving her dinner that we would not be giving her a 'full' birthday celebration next year if she still doesn't behave properly and it seemed like she had not taken his words too seriously and got distracted, so he repeated. He even told me that we should stop celebrating her birthdays and then I remembered what PC had once told me, that we shouldn't keep celebrating birthdays for our children and hubby agreed that we should perhaps follow her lead - to only give a 'full celebration' on their next 'milestone(or rather 'mile-year'? lolz)', like 1 year old, K2 or Primary 1/6. I'm not sure if he'd seriously adhere to this idea but I don't mind, just as long as she doesn't become too 'naughty' with too many celebrations. I've also told him that if we really are going to adopt this idea, then we can also follow what my sisters had done for their children on the 'non-significant' years - just a cake at gatherings to mark her birthday, we'll see...

Playdate at the Bird Park

It's time to meet up with Wae Shuen and mommy Sharmaine again, and for a change, we've arrranged to meet up at the jurong bird park which suits us just nice as I could get hubby to send us there in the morning and pick us up when we're done, :D - save my trouble of having to decide between hailing a cab or struggle with the routes, hahahahaha.

Good thing I didn't have to drive as it turned out that I've only managed a 4 hr sleep! I had gone to sleep at around 3am and had woken up at 7:30am by Renee going to the toilet and couldn't resume my sleep, :...( now super tired but yet still don't feel sleepy... Am I having a sleeping disorder? Oh man.

The lack of sleep has certainly added to my already forgetfulness and indeed, I've forgotten to load in the fully charged battery to my camera, haiz... Such a pity, it's Renee's and also my first time('cos it's been soooo long since the last time I stepped into the Bird Park) there and with so much changes to the place and the cute penguins, it'd been an good opportunity for me to test out the new cam, :(. However, I still couldn't resist and took some pics with my mobile although I'm too lazy to upload them, lolz.

This is a very very small park and we had waited about 3 hours in order to get on the monorail and guess what, the rail only covered 3 stations(not too far distance either) which is supposedly to cover the whole park and U're only allowed to take the rail ONCE! Of cos, we didn't really waited as in que-d for 3 hours as we'd detoured for an early lunch(with not much variety) and we almost ended up 'alone' when Sharmaine suddenly had tummy cramp(her younger daughter had already been sent back earlier, together with 1 of her maids who came along).

Renee had been rather co-operative today, despite having woke up earlier as well - hopefully she'd be like this all the time, lolz.

Hubby had sms-ed me twice during our outing, the 1st asking if we'd had lunch and the 2nd, 'not done yet?' and I got him to fetch us at 4pm. Otherwise, I think we might have stayed there til 5pm, not really 'touring' the place but merely enjoying each others' company(both kiddos and mommies), :D.

And no, I don't think I'd wanna go back to this Bird Park again(unless they've made tremendous changes or I've no choice) even though I've not seen much of it today, :).

More Holiday Performances

Supposedly to be checking out another 2 schools for some holiday programmes but although the weather's nice today, too nice infact - hot!, I decided against walking over to Rivervale Mall, heee. Instead, we went over to Compass Point where Renee could return her library book and I could do a little more shopping/browsing.

We were walking towards the costume jewellery shop when we spotted the area where we saw many people que-ing earlier(not knowing what the que was for) then we realised that there's a show coming up! The show finally began whilst I was still choosing some stuffs and Renee couldn't wait, walked outta shop to watch, without telling me so(I've told her to watch from the entrance of the shop but she obviously had forgotten). Good thing she's within my sight and I quickly pay up and joined her. Pity, I didn't bring my camera along, so no pics to show which Sesame Street characters were performing today but there were 3 hosts, Elmo, Ernie, Bert. Abby Caddaby and Cookie Monster. Unlike Tues, when we didn't have the luxury of more leisure time to stay and watch the whole Mr Men's performance at TSC , we managed to catch the whole show today and Renee's happy, :D.

Hubby had text earlier that he'd be coming back at around 6 today and thinking that he had meant to pick us up at that timing, I told Renee we had to rush to the supermarket for our groceries. However, a quick check with him on the phone and realising that he's actually joining us at the mall(needed something from e bookstore), we quickly went to the bookstore instead, to look for some books. Not much time and too many books, so I told Renee that our priority's to choose some activity/work books. I managed to find these and by the time hubby arrived, I quickly took her to the story books section as promised but as I've still got some story books not read to her yet, I told her we'll come back another day for them.

With these, I think I'm looking for more 'trouble' hahaha

Out Again

I've got a missing piece from the CD Ms Mok has loaned me and thinking that Vicky would have it, I asked her to re-copy all the pieces for me and she's agreed to meet up today since it's also her off day. However, disappointedly, that last piece was also missing from her laptop but we still go ahead to meet up since she wanted to do some X'mas shopping.

She had initiated coming over here but since I'd be driving, we went downtown instead. Renee wanted Mcdonald's for lunch and luckily for that, we managed to catch a glimpse of the 'Mr Men' show!

We had gone out around 11am(reached Paragon ard 12pm) but after our lunch and little walk at Takashimaya, it's already almost 3pm and we decided to go elsewhere. However, knowing that Renee wouldn't be able to withstand the 'walk' to Robinsons, we went back to the carpark and retrieve the stroller. Quite a number of bumps here and there and Vic laughed at the fact that I've lost touch on pushing a stroller after such a long break, hahaha.

Just as we were leaving(just out from Paragon's carpark), Vic's got a call from her sis, decided to meet her last minute and had to get outta e car. Good thing, none of the cars behind me honked, hahaha. However, I think, due to the rush, she's accidentally knocked the left side mirror 'closed' and I didn't realised til I had to change to a lane on the left side on CTE, oh no! Luckily for the existence of road shoulder, I quickly pulled over, got outta car and push the mirror back(and no, if u're thinking, the 'remote control' within the car is only for adjustment, not to 'open/close' the mirrors), phew!

Renee said that she didn't really had a good time today(well, how could she when she wasn't indulged the time at the toys dept today, hahaha) but she said she did when her papa asked her, :).

A Nice Visit

Having slept late last night from backing-up the files to an external hard disk, I woke up late this morning(10am).

When I finally switched my mobile on, I was actually half way through handling the foodstuffs daddy's collected from Eileen. That's when I got a text from Sharmaine asking if we'd be free today and she could bring her 2 kids over if we like. So co-incidental! I was just thinking about them last night and had thought to ask if they'd like to meet after Shuen's chinese enrichment class but as I wasn't sure if it's on a Wednesday, I didn't ask her.

So, although they'd be coming late at 4pm, I decided to just welcome the idea! I've sorta 'declined' the last time after I've invited them the 2nd time, 'cos I felt that the timing's too short and Renee will surely feel sad when they leave. But this time, I thought, since Renee would be staying home for quite some time, it'd be good to let her enjoy her playdates whenever possible.

Initially, Renee was abit half hearted. She first said she didn't want them to come over and preferred to go meet them outside but later, she couldn't help but kept asking me "why are they not here yet, mommy?", "why is it not 4 o' clock yet?", every other hour! hahaha.

Finally, at 3:45pm, she asked again and this time, I have good news for her - aunty Sharmaine has just text that they're 'on the way'. She was very happy and even said that she didn't want to continue watching her Hi5 vcd anymore(she's rediscovered her love for Hi5 shows since e time e CC started playing Hi5's songs the last few weeks).

At slightly past 4pm, the door bell rang and she was very excited. Aunty Sharmaine came with Shuen, baby sister Lyn and 1 of their maids PLUS a tub of Haagen Dazs amd a box of Viennetta ice-cream. Oh man, I'm going to put on more weight liao, haiz...

It's a short get together but we(incldg the adults) really had a wonderful time and when it was time for them to go, Shuen said a few times "mommy, I want to stay here longer". It's really nice to see both of them playing so well(though there'd been a little 'i want this' now and then but usually Renee wld give in I noticed...) even though they don't meet up that often and Sharmaine had been a really nice guest mommy whom will 'prevent' her kids from going overboard(also when snatching began). Just for example, Renee led Shuen to the bedroom and invited her to climb onto OUR bed and jump! I've never seen her did this before and was actually surprised but I didn't think much of it. At that moment, Sharmaine and I were still chatting in the other room but the moment she heard this, she rushed to our bedroom and commanded Shuen that she's not supposed to be doing that. She said that she wouldn't like other children to do that at her home and thus, she would never allow her kids to do so. I'm just glad to find out one more thing in common among us, heeee.

To stop Shuen's 'pleas' to stay longer, Sharmaine remembered the ice-cream and suggested to let the kids have it and that did the trick, they were immediately distracted, hahaha. However, I guess it's melted quite abit during their journey here and it didn't get 'harden' on time and so Renee didn't quite enjoy it(she's never like melted ice-cream) - she didn't even want it later when daddy and I were having it and it was already back in its good frozen condition.

Anyway, now that we're in a way 'free', Sharmaine suggested that perhaps we could see if any playdates together would be possible the next few months, instead of waiting for the next school holiday, :>. Sure, if that's possible with her already very tight/rushing daily schedule, I'm sure Renee would be happy too, :).

Playdate at the 3D Movie!

Finally, after a few months 'break', Renee met up with Wae Shuen today!

We've arranged to meet @ Orchard Cineleisure at noon and mommy Sharmaine offered to get the tickets in advance for us(whilst she's waiting for shuen's class at Berries to end). The last time we've gone to a movie was during my eye surgeon's anniversary celebration(din go for the 2nd one cos it's 'the eye' and dun think Renee would like it hahaha)and it was private screening, so we've no idea about the current cost of tickets til today... S$20 just for 2 tickets, geez!

The minute WS caught sight of us, she came running : "Renee, Renee!". It's sooo nice to see friendship in our young kids bonded in such a way, :).

We were the first to get into the cinema and we had thought to be the only ones. In any case, it wasn't even half filled in the end... Only a few other mommies brought their kids to the movie as well - that's 1 of the reasons why the tickets are priced expensive, daddy said, hahaha.

It was so cute to see the children in their 3D 'spectacles' - Renee even almost looked like a 2yr old! lolz...

After the movie, we went for ice cream at Takashimaya before heading over to the paragon where we mommies catched up abit whilst the girls played at the playground. There was even free popcorn at the site!(well, as usual, Renee din finish hers - doesn't really like it).

Due to the lack of sleep(I only slept after 4am, thks to the caffaine), I couldn't stay any longer and we parted at around 4:30pm. Renee, again, wanted her friend to come back with us to continue their play but we thought another day would be better(she seems to love having her friends to play with her at our home...). We popped over to the Tanglin Supermarket to get our favourite brand of ham and as daddy wouldn't be back early to have dinner with us, I decided to go to Punggol Plaza as well, to get her milk powder and more groceries. As expected, Renee fell asleep in the car...

At PP, instead of her initial request of home-cooked food, Renee wanted to eat the sliced fish noodles(without the fried fish though, 'cos it's not codfish! aiyoh...) and she declined to partake my dessert of Ice-Kachang(packed another box of iced red ruby home, haha), citing that she's had enough 'heaty' food already(she actually meant 'junk' I think hahaha), lolz.

On the short route back home, Renee said "mommy, I'm thinking about wae shuen already...", hahaha.

I was sooo exhausted that after I've got Renee's 2 slices of ham sandwiches ready(she wasn't full with the half bowl of noodles), I told her I needed a short nap and she did leave me to that, for a good 15mins. Good thing for the nap, else I could have fallen asleep showering her later, lolz.

Mommy sharmaine text me later that WS had enjoyed the day very much as well and had gone to bed at 9pm+...Only my girl is still wide awake at 11pm playing with her papa, :(.

Playdate?

Unable to meet up with Wae Shuen from this week, we invited them over to our place tomorrow. But since mommy Sharmaine has only indicated 'Wed - Fri' in her sms, I doubt they'd be able to make it. Anyway, we can always keep this invitation open for the next coming school holidays...

Renee would be sooo disappointed but as she's already been informed that we would be leaving her at Eileen's during the week, I guess she's mentally prepared... I think I'll bring out the new Playdoh toy for her to play then, at least an exploration with a new toy set would keep her busy/occupied, :).