23 months old bean

I cant believe bean will turn 2 in exactly a month's time..where did the days go? I still call her my sweet baby - I guess that is what she will always be to me :)

she never fails to amaze us on a daily basis. yesterday she was picking up her books and one of my books got mixed up in her pile. she looked at it and turned to me and said :somebody's one, somebody's book - now I seriously don't ever remember teaching her that! could it be from school?

school - i know she likes going cos there are days she tells me :sophie wants to go school . and sometimes she even pulls at my hand and says :lets go! but even on these days, the minute we drop her off, she will do the 1 minute of drama tears. but the minute we are out of sight, she behaves and starts listening to her ms jessie.

potty training - we like to think she's fully trained in the poo poo department and getting there on the pee pee department. she is out of diapers throughout the day when she's awake (yes even at school!) but we put her on diapers during nap and sleep time. maybe try to wean her off diapers for good when she turns 2 but for now, very happy with the progress of saving gaya.

tantrums aka the terrible two's? - at least once or twice a day, bean will try to throw a tantrum. usually bcos she does not get what she wants..i deal with it by telling her to go stand in the corner which she obediently goes for like 10 seconds before running back to me and saying : All Done! :P

Because of school, a slight change in her daily routine. instead of the previous 1 hour naps and bedtime by 8pm sharp, she now takes 2-2.5 hours of nap after school which pushes her bed time to closer to 9pm. bedtime routine starts at 8pm with story books, followed by songs and then trying to get her to cooperate to get into bed usually takes the remaining 15 minutes :p

Here's what the Bean has been up to the past few months...

pretending to know how to order her own kaya toast

Puzzles , puzzles, Bean LOVES doing puzzles.

Celebrating Kai Ma's forever 28 bday ;)

Immitating a hamster at Polliwogs

Having water fun with daddy at the zoo

With chloe at baby josh's party

Having a go at her 1st musical chair game

A very happy bean to get her own chair from the game :)

Chillin with family

Lyn , G and their 2 bubs visited recently - we had a great time hanging out and bean really enjoyed having her ah yee and ko ko ryan around to play with. Dylan was a joy to hug and cuddle - he is too cute for words! we did a lot , the pictures will say it all :) (yes lyn - this is me being lazy ..heehee)

Cutie Dylan - always has a ready smile :)

Cooling off in the pool during the super hot days

Grandma was once again surprised by their visit. heehee

Chillin at Vivo city

We spent a morning at the zoo

Munching at Marina Bay Sands while the daddies tried their hand at the tables

Bean loved carrying Di Di

A weekend in KL saw the little ones cooling off at grandma's car porch

Waiting to hit the pool at KL Hilton Hotel

What's visit to Spore without checking out the Flyer?

Bean says : you forgot to feed that tortoise Kor Kor

Strolling at Botanical Gardens

Enjoying yummy bak chor mee at crawford lane

Whenever I ask bean where is her ah yee , di di, kor kor and uncle, she replies : in the taxi. Cos that was the last time she saw them..getting into the taxi to head to the airport .

Weekend getaway to Ho Chi Minh City

A typical traffic scene in Ho Chi Minh City


With in laws watching the bean, jin and i took off to a 4 day trip to HCMC. Jin got a great hotel deal for us to stay at the new Intercontinental hotel which came with free internet and a large LCD TV - we had a great time downloading LOST and 24 and watching many hours of it when the afternoon heat made it too hot to be outdoors.

There's really not that much to do in HCMC - we spent a morning traveling in style to see the CuChi tunnels. Traveling in style meant we got a speedboat to take us there and back cutting the 4 hour road journey time to just 2 hours via river.

Don't play play.. one should def watch where they are going here

Jin is just not a vietnamese - he can't fit into the hole soldiers used to hide in as they wait for their enemies

Hanging out with the local soldiers

After seeing the main attraction this city had to offer, the rest of the days were spent just walking the lanes , eating yummy vietnamese pho and spa-ing. we visited many art galleries in hope of finding a nice piece for the living room but the one we both loved was priced wayy out of our budget..sigh.

One of our fav eating spots - the food stalls inside Ben Tanh Market

Pho glorious Pho

Good salads too. we ate at this place twice!

Old style phone booths in the old post office