The boys have been talking about going camping - especially after Sean's school camp experience - but the haze situation has been quite dismal recently so we did the next best thing we could: we decided to bring the outdoors into our home by setting up a play tent for them out on our patio ( Read more... )

It's been an action-packed September holidays - we went to Phuket, then we came back to a very hazy Singapore and the kids took turns to fall sick one by one (Sean is still sick!) and we had the very thought-provoking 2015 elections. Phew!


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Sean and Ryan just went for a holiday art class - their only holiday class this September hols - at HeART Studio.


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Recently, we trooped down to the flagship Ben & Jerry's scoop shop at 313.

Ben & Jerry's just launched 2 new Cookie Core flavours - Boom Chocolatta (mocha and caramel ice cream with chocolate cookie, fudge flakes and a chocolate cookie core) and Spectacular Speculoos (dark caramel and vanilla ice cream with Speculoos Cookies and a cinnamon ( Read more... )

If there is one cuisine our family (kids included) could eat for every meal, it is Japanese.

So we were very excited to celebrate my mum's birthday at the recently re-opened Kuishin Bo now located at the new North Wing of Suntec City ( Read more... )

Over the weekend, we did our first ever family run - the DC Justice League Run - at Sentosa.


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Our week started off with a big bang - with a day trip to LEGOLAND MalaysiaIt was my first time bringing Sean and Ryan (who, err, missed school) into Malaysia via a coach on my own. The transfers at the checkpoint were a bit stressful - coz I had to corral the boys and carry the stroller and all our bags on my own - but the boys were very ( Read more... )

Sean and Ryan are already halfway through their term at HeART Studio.

Just to recap, Sean is in the Little Picasso class (for 5.5-7yo) and Ryan is in Little Dali class (for 3-4yo).

For their second assignment in class, they both did pencil drawings over two weeks. Here's a little update on their progress.


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My boys have been long-time fans of the CBeebies channel on Starhub.

In a way, I feel like they have grown with the channel - they adored In the Night Garden and Teletubbies in their baby days, got busy with Mister Maker and I Can Cook and now they love the hijinks that Charlie and Lola get up to and Sean enjoys watching the science experiments ( Read more... )

Foops turned a year older recently and we celebrated his birthday with dinner at Fix Grill.

Started by the same people behind Cookyn Inc and GRUB, the halal-certified Fix Grill prides itself in serving char-grilled 'Original Handmade Goods ( Read more... )