This is a very delayed post. These happened over the long weekend 2 weeks ago.
Brought the kids to Ikea for dinner on Sat, my bro wanted to buy a drawing easel for Kate as Xmas present. I tagged along coz I heard from my client that Ikea has a kitchen set (still in search of a kitchen set for Chloe’s birthday).
Found a display of the kitchen set at the toys section next to restaurant and had a small encounter with 2 “unfriendly” kids. Kate and 2 girls (one is about 9, the other 10) approached the kitchen set at the same time.
Then the older kid told Kate (in a rude tone) “You go away, we want to play now, you come back after we finish playing.”
Upon hearing, I ask the kids nicely, “why don’t you all share the toy?” The older girl took a look at me then turned to tell Kate (who was still trying to get near the set coz the 2 girls were blocking her), “you come back later, we want to play now.”
I was taken aback, the girl totally ignored me even though she clearly heard what I said. So I told Kate to go see some other toys, no point staying since they clearly didn’t want to share. I looked around to see if the parents were near and found none.
Walking further down, we found another kitchen set in one of the kid’s display room. Both Kate & Chloe entertained themselves by busy washing cups, serving & cooking.
Halfway thru it, Chloe climbed onto the display bed and layed on it and Kate joined her on the bed. Something hit me when I saw the scene, I think 15 years down the road, probably 2 of them will be doing the exact same thing like now, sitting on each others bed and chatting about boy-girl relationship. 
I like the kitchen set very much, it’s very nice and the stove can even light up. Hubby prefer those plastic kind that’s selling at Toys “R” Us as he feels that those are more lasting.
My concern is on the price, this is definitely more pricey. The bottom part (stove + basin) cost $129 and the top cabinet cost $49. We saw a few kinds at Toys ”R” Us, ranging from $49 – $119. The $119 one is even bigger than this.
Still have time….I shall look around for more options before deciding.
On the next day, we brought them to IMM and they were excited to play at this…….errr, I also don’t know what it’s called. Some sort of interactive games, Chloe was fascinated by the cars going round and round. 
I barely have time & chance to blog properly. I share pc with my dad and he needs it every night.
I get about half hour to one hour to use on a daily basis, depending how fast Chloe fall asleep.
So for now, I’ll be updating via BB and there will only be lousy photos as my bb only has a camera with 2 megapixels.
Jan just passed me some used toys over the weekend (thanks bud! I really don’t mind used toys and Chloe is overjoyed with them)
Chloe is currently in love with this chair. She loves hitting the lamp (that’s how chor lor she is) as the light changes colour every time you press it.
One good thing about these kind of pricey toys is that they really last and you can pass on to your next kid or give to friends.
So tempted to get one of these …. more gift sets here
SK-II Pitera™ Discovery Set*
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Facial Treatment Cleanser (20g)
Skin Signature (15g)
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Set also includes these complimentary items:
Facial Treatment Cleansing Gel (15g)
Facial Treatment Clear Lotion (20ml)
Facial Treatment Mask (1pc)
Skin Signature (15g)
Took me half hour to wrap all these presents, I think I’m quite good in it.
Last Friday, we brought the kids to the water playground at Lot 1. First time at the water playground, the last we went to the dry playground with not very good experience.
The water playground is good, especially so as it comes with a shower area for the kids. The only thing is that they do not have toilet for the adults to dry up and change.
Hubby & SIL had to walk into the mall, dripping wet just so to use the toilets inside the malls to change. It will be good if they install a toilet at the playground area.
The kids had so much fun, even Enya enjoyed herself. The sun was good that day and I managed to take lots of photos; in fact, the sun was so bright that quite a number of photos were over-exposed.
I shall now flood with you photos.
Dry playground
Wet playground
Hubby carry her to run thru to get her warm up, which didn’t take long before Chloe starts running about on her own.
SIL with Kate
Kate doesn’t really like the water splashing on her face.
Enya is more daring, she loves crawling around and let the water splash her.
See! doesn’t need hubby anymore. Among all, this is the one with the strongest spray of water.
She’s not scared of water at all.
She’s so wet that her shorts & diaper is dropping. Will have to let her wear swimming diaper the next time.
Walking pass a pet shop and saw some rabbits & guinea pigs on display.
Me: Kate, you see, these are guinea pigs.
Kate: Hi guinea pig, nice to meet you!
Made us all laugh….super duper cute!
Being mischievous and playful makes Chloe more prone to injury.
On Monday, she injured her finger at the lift door. On Tuesday, she knocks her head on the dining table. Thank god, no injury for today.
How she knock onto the table?
She was playing with her blanket in the bedroom, my mum already asked her to stop playing with it but of cos she won’t listen. Just as my mum turn her back to attend to my niece, Chloe covered herself with the blanket and ran out of the room.
Not being able to see where she going, she headed straight to the dining table. I can only say that luckily she’s not tall enough to hurt the eye. She hit on the area just above her eyebrow.
Heard that she cried really loudly (it must be really painful) but after awhile she’s back to her normal self, running & climbing yet again.
Took leave on Monday as well cos need to help my mum with the kids. Doctor advised that she cannot carry heavy stuffs for at least 5 days thus she will have problem bathing 3 kids.
Brought the kids down to play bubbles after their nap. Small little bubbles never fail to make kids happy.
On the way down, Chloe had a little accident with the lift. No one actually saw what happen, I immediately turn to see upon hearing her cry and saw her removing her hand from the lift door. My guess was that she wanted to hold on to the lift door while walking out, the door was still opening so her finger got trapped.
Luckily, it was nothing serious, only some abrasion on her forth and last finger, her last finger being the more “serious”one.
After cleaning her wound, I put on plaster on her last finger. Being the drama queen, she makes a fuss out of it. For the whole night, she does everything with her last finger sticking out. As if it will hurt very much if something touches the finger.
Ps. I always find Chloe’s hand very much like those dolls from Cabbage Patch Kids. The little dimples on the hand are just so cute!
We spent the whole day out on Saturday.
Had LNT class in the morning (Japanese lesson this week) —> went to see Agape open house —> went home to shower & feed Chloe lunch —> went to my colleague’s house warming —> went Vivo then Bugis to buy Xmas present.
Phew…..I felt tired just typing it out. How did we actually survived it? 
End of the year is usually a busy period for hubby. Come December, he will have to work on every single weekend (and I mean whole day work). I’m not confident to do Xmas shopping alone with Chloe, so I had no choice but to settle it within these 2 weeks.
I’m very lucky this year, it only took me 2 days to complete my Xmas shopping!!!
Due to the tight schedule, I did not cook anything to bring as Chloe’s dinner and I’m also in the “it’s ok to let Chloe eat outside food” mood. We had dinner at Ajisen and ordered a kid’s meal for her, the meal was served on an aeroplane plate (nice looking but not practical to use).
Chloe had a great time self-feeding and for us, we had a great time cleaning the table. The aeroplane plate is very shallow so whenever Chloe tries to scoop the food, some of it will sure drop onto the table.
Ironically, I just realized from the pics that Chloe was wearing her “Bless this mess” bib. Hur hur…
Took some photos with the indoor Xmas tree in Bugis. There are 2 Xmas tree in Bugis, the other one which is at outdoor is not attractive enough to make me whip out my camera.
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On Sunday, my dad wasn’t working so we went Causeway point to have lunch. We took a train as it’s only 4 stations away. Kate & Chloe were happy to see and be on the train.
Both of them decided to play “catching” just below the block while on the way home. They had so much fun running about with hubby pretending to chase them.
Chloe fell twice cos she’s still not very good with running yet. She did not make a noise after she fell, just got up and continue running. It’s either the fall is not painful or her skin is really thick to not feel the pain.
On a side note, I found out that Toast box serves nice milk tea. Now I know where to go if I have sudden tea cravings.
My mum had her surgery today, to remove the lump in her hand. This surgery was postponed from last month. As usual, the whole gang took leave to look after the kids.
Our plan for the day is to bring Enya to KK hospital for her review, then to Forum Galleria to check out Julia Gabriel Centre and try to grab some Christmas presents at Toys ‘R’ Us.
Upon reaching Forum, we had lunch at Jade Palace for Dim Sum. I let Chloe ate by herself today; it’s her first time doing it outside.
Result consider not bad, she finished her lunch with some assistance. Only 10% of the food dropped into her bib and floor. Last time, about 50% were landed on the floor, 40% on the high chair and only 10% goes into her mouth.
We plan to switch school for both Kate & Chloe for them to try other stuffs. Have not decided which school we prefer. Since we were on leave, we took the opportunity check out Julia Gabriel Centre.
JGC’s environment is nice but the schedule for classes is not very suitable for me. They don’t have classes on Saturday for Chloe at Forum and they are having a long waiting list. The one at Evans Road is not very convenient for me in terms of location. Will have to see how we can work around the schedule or look for other alternatives.
Toys ‘R’ Us trip considered quite a success, I managed to get toys for Chloe & Enya (both getting puzzles) and chose the present for my bro & SIL to buy for Chloe. We already bought Kate’s present last week. I still got 3 more presents to buy for my friend’s kids then I’m done for the Christmas shopping!
Impressed with Forum’s changing room. Love the brass tap and the wallpaper and lightings, makes the whole room feels so comfy. I like shopping malls with nice changing room, it’s an effort to show that they are family friendly.
