A day of play for Justin

Its important to dedicate a day to the child once their sibling comes along so that they do not feel that they have “lost” their parents to their sibling.
So on Monday, i decided to bring Justin out on my own and spend some quality time with him. Along with that, we have to go to ICA to collect his new passport as well.
And so, off we go for the day!!!
Took this picture before we set off. Love this boy to the max!! :D

Thank God for e-appointment. Within 15 mins, we were in and out of ICA!

After that, we proceeded to our second destination: Playful Elves

We last check out this place after reading Klessis’s blog about the place a few months back. That day we went on a sat and the place was packed. Justin remembered the place and he kept telling me that he wanted to go back there. So, we took a train to clementi and then a shuttle bus to West Coast Plaza. He was so excited throughout the journey and totally looking forward to his play time!!!

As it is a monday afternoon, the place was pretty empty.. in fact, there was only 2 other children in the play gym other than us… and so, we literally have the whole gym to ourselves!! And so, Justin could really play to his heart’s content!!

The Happy boy!!!

 

The whole place is filled with lots of colors and it just make me feel so happy in a place filled with bright colors! A good way to beat any Monday blues!! :D

We were there for 2 hours and he was almost dozing off by then… cos it was way into his naptime! Haha.. we ended the day with a sumptuous lunch at Sushi Tei before we headed home for his nap.

Looking forward to the next outing with Justin again!! :D

Gerald’s 34th birthday

On Tuesday was Papa Gerald’s birthday. This year, we have a new addition to the family to celebrate his birthday and of cos, we did not really have any big celebration as the small one is still a lil hard for us to enjoy a proper meal outside. So we just took a lazy afternoon off and I treated him to a sumptous dinner, to a place that we always wanted to visit, and of cos, ended off with a birthday cake at home with his two precious boys.

Simple design in the restaurant, calm and peaceful on a tuesday afternoon.

Picture taking while waiting for the food.

Crispy Shio Ba!

Juicy har kow! 

Meaty Siew Mai

Braised chicken feet…. a must have in all our dim-sum meals!

After the dim sum, we walked around to do a little bit of shopping. It is really so much better to shop on a weekday, as both of us are really quite afraid of crowds now.. think age is really catching up .. hahaha….. but i must say, there is still quite a lot of people hanging in Ion Orchard  
When we were ready to go for our early dinner, there was such a heavy downpour outside and in the end we have to make a detour back home to fetch justin from school before heading out to the dinner place again. :D
We always pass by this restaurant at Anchorpoint and we really always wanted to try it. If you are a beef and BBQ lover like us, then it is really a great place that I recommend. However, I must put a disclaimer, that the price is also quite… Ahem…… not that cheap lah.. So we always say that we need to find an occassion to go there. Hahaha. and the chance came!

a hot pot of charcoal is served in the middle of the table for our cooking.

 
Since it is our first time there, we were a bit suaku to be honest. Don’t know what to order as the menu look a bit complicated and we do not know what’s the best choice. So we had the waitress to recommend and she suggest that we order the set menu for 2., which basically consist a bit of all and we can try. Not a bad idea.
So i think picture tells a better story and we really enjoyed our evening much!!! :D :D :D

Horenso salad – juicy Japanese spinach with mushroom

Kimchi

Bacon

Meat platter, which consist of duck, pork and 3 types of wagyu beef

Japanese rice

Cod fish in miso and mayo

Assorted mushroom

And of course, dessert a must-have to end off every meal.

 Milk pudding – highly recommended !! Love the brown sugar that mix so well with the milk pudding beneath. Heavenly!! ~~~

My black sesame ice-cream with red bean.

And lastly, cake cutting at home!!

The proud daddy with his 2 boys!

That’s a day of celebration for Daddy Gerald !

Happy Birthday Daddy!!! Thanks for being the cool daddy and spiritual leader of the household!

May Day Holiday

One of the Justin’s fave activity is to go swimming, which he always associate to our staycations.

Now that Audrey and Edward have shifted to a rented condo at Bukit Timah,there is a huge swimming pool and we can go there for swims from now on.

And so, on the May Day holiday that just passed, we decided to name it as Justin’s special Day. Actually, it is more of to give him all our full attention for the few hours without Joash. Ever since Joash is borned, we have spent much time on the small one and we did not want the big brother to feel neglected.  So after hearing the advise of many parents and friends, we knew the importance of spending quality private time with each child, even if its just a few hours, to do their favourite activity and let them have the parents all to themselves!!!

And there we go, spent a good hour in the pool and the boy was grinning and smiling all the way that day!!  He was simply so HAPPY!!! :D

 

  

And to end off the day’s activity, we went to his all-time-favourite place!! The Macdonalds!!! A place that win the hearts of every child indeed. :)

Time to plan for the next outing! ~~~ :D