the morning after: Boxing Day out

Heylow everyone~ How was your Xmas?
Ours was spent with friends, Xmas Eve was dinner with my parents, Grandma & Aunt LY.
On Xmas Day, Andy, Adam & I attended a Xmas party at Jason & Erin's new pad @ Punggol Tree Lodge and in the morning, Adam opened his presents. He now has a full selection of Thomas The Train tracks and trains, thanks to our friends and clients!

then today is Boxing Day. I call it "The Morning After".
Not fans of crowds, we brought Adam to Animal Resort off Seletar Farmway for some quiet family activity.


There, he is free to run around and be up close and personal with animals, most of which he already knows from his Melissa & Doug magnets at home.

When we came, the animals got into a feeding frenzy. Luckily, Adam is not afraid of the screaming geese that come peck peck peck!

this chooks is fostering a gooseling on top of her brood of 2 chickies because the adult geese might trample on it!

My boys are... . . . Horsing around!


You know what Andy said? "Beh pio (read: 'horse bet' or 4D) tonight come!" :P

Adam is not afraid of a tall & huge horse! He offers horsie a blade of grass he plucked from the ground.

Beautiful stallion.

then there is a lone billy goat.


"Good day mate"

Along comes a Cassowary in the same enclosure as billy goat

and Adam runs away from the big bird. Haha!

Over at the Rabbit hut...

Wabbits are less scary.


"Wabbit"

That's all from our day out to the farm - Adam's first time visiting a farm, or any animal enclosure for the matter!
Being fans of outdoors-learning instead of classrooms and TV for our kid, we enjoyed ourselves loads!
The farm is seriously lacking a Border Collie to herd the animals in place :D

Stroller review: Maclaren Techno XT

After trolling the HK streets with my Combi Miracle Turn, I vowed never to buy those pansy prams with tiny wheels again.
I recently got myself the Maclaren Techno XT, and to my delight it is easy to open-fold with one hand, and most importantly, this stroller can really take a beating.
I bring it out alone to malls all the time, it can go up and down escalators with ease, and we even brought it along to our recent Bali trip.

Techno vs Quest (and other smaller Maclaren models)
Cons:
- Slightly heavier by approx 1kg
- Doesnt have a front safety bar (same throughout all Maclaren models but the bar can be bought at additional cost from Kaki Bukit)
- Handles are rubber and can get sticky with sweaty palms, but I overcame this issue by covering with Adam's outgrown newborn socks. Another idea I thought of: You can buy those badminton racket handle covers from sports shops.

Pros:
- Bigger chasis and frame
- Bigger wheels (good for grooves and crevices)
- Extendable canopy to offer full coverage with a window for viewing
- Full decline, suitable from birth onwards
- Doesnt topple backwards when your bags are hanging on handles because of the bigger frame

With this hard-working stroller, I am not sure if I will ever turn to my Bugaboo Cameleon again.
This is definitely value for my $$!



P.S. Flying off to HK again in Feb ... my wonderful parents suggested the trip, on my Birthday weekend. OOoooohhh Happy Birthday to me in advance! :D
But first things first, MERRY XMAS and HAPPY 2011 to everyone!

Bali Indonesia Dec 2010... Lifes a beach!

We are back!

Enjoyed loads of sun, sand, water, and seafood. Even our little riot enjoyed himself running around, swimming, and getting his tan. I dont wanna come back to reality!

Adam was actually dancing outside the Hard Rock shop to the Rock 'n' Roll music!


and he danced his way back to our room :D

My Kuta cowboys!

Having dinner by the beach watching sunset. This is the life :D

Julia Roberts was here.

Natural water spring temple.

Visited coffee plantation. Coffee from civet cat poop? No thanks for me! :P

Andy is roasting poop coffee beans :D

at Kuta Beach...

Our lil Rascal!

Came back with (small) presents for my gal friendssss :)))
Recharged and rejuvenated now.

Happy Holidays dear all!
Lotsa love,
Veron, Andy, Adam :)

Dinner at IRODORI Jap Buffet

with my girls, and our expanding family!
We started out as four crazy girls in Sec school, nicknamed the Funkiest Four hahahaha! That was more than a decade ago. Come to think of it, we did some really absurd things back then!
Now, we have recruited more members by means of linking up with more sec school girls, dating, marriage and children. But our friendship remains unchanged :)


Missing in action is Huiwen, who is currently pregnant in her last trimester and ordered bed rest by her doctor.

Jarrett kor kor kept wanting to kiss my bochup Adam di di. So cuteeee!!
Siew Wei recently just gave birth to another boy, Princeton. Our girlies outings are increasingly stinking of testosterone!

After dinner we hung out at Angeline & Sean's pad...
Adam and Latte became fast friends and sidekicks.
See? Do everything also must caught in action together :D


The aunties and uncle very serious in mahjong. The uncle still can multi-task on iPad...

We always try to organise an outing but because of the large group our gang has become, it is near impossible to fit everyone's schedule.
Like Carol says, our plan is to have a plan!

Robinsons Closed door sale

My dearest sale guru Meena asked me along to the Robinsons closed door sale yesterday.
I went to fetch Vetrin & her and we all happily headed out to Centrepoint together.

At Aunty's house:

The 2 munkies and their munky business!


At the closed door sale...
So there we were, 2 aunties, with 2 boys, our prams, diaper bags, and an appetite to sniff out good buys. So many people, so long Queue!

I finally, finally bought our Nespresso Citiz & Milk. It was heavy, but also very discounted, so I happily lugged it home because I know how much Andy wants it (well, he's the birthday boy... tee hee..). Thankfully, my brother already said he wants our Martello coffee machine before this so the equation kinda worked out for us (otherwise I can't imagine what to do with two coffee machines).




As for Meena, she bought Foogos thermos food jar, cooking utensils, and lots of toys/ fabric books for her lucky boy Vetrin. Very discounted as well. *nods head in agreement*
Happy Mommies rule :D
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Before I forget, we're packing up and heading to Bali next week to celebrate Andy's birthday, get some much-needed respite, and have a family celebration of Christmas - Andy, Kai and me.


Here's wishing everyone a merry merry Christmas~~ :)


With much love,
V.