November november...

I always look forward to November..cos not only is it my bday month which means lots of makan sessions and some nice gifts, but it's also the month before December which means Christmas and often a long break off work. Seeing we were "stuck" in Spore every weekend due to Jin's unpredictable work schedule, I decided that this November will be the month for house parties.

and so...saturday saw the old and new of HP at a pot luck gathering. I made curry yong tau fu courtesy of Dancing Chef ;). WH made this orange choc cake which deserves to be featured here since it was the only true home made item.

sophie playing with emma



the old of HP meets

Sunday, we finally caught up with William and Jenny (who is 6 mths preggy!), who brought along Bailey. Bean was ultra tickled by the sight of a huge golden retriever in our home..she kept trying to hug him ..i think she torments doggies the same way she torments boys :)

part of our yummy tea treat

Back to November being a bday month, I had the first bday celebration last week with the ladies. Ah loi showed off her baby bump and erm, other well endowed assets, Angie entertained us with wedding news and annoyed andrea with the thought of having a destination wedding at the same month which means none of us would be here for andrea's big day..hehehe..good thing is was only a joke, made to rile up andrea (which worked!). it's lovely seeing the cool calm andrea annoyed :) Jessie shared stories of her holiday in Paris and I bored everyone with some pix of bean. Oh, andrea got the new flip camera and did this :

http://sharing.theflip.com/session/8a9d7b0efc2223d32d14dcd5a24f2824/video/7267005

I am soo going to get myself one of these flip camera for Christmas !!

and..we took bean to the zoo..and she saw the pygmy hippos..and nearly got her head bitten off by some huge reptile :)

had to slot a pix of bean here after helping out with shopping :)

I just lurve November..more to come : pie making with cheryl, pot luck lunch with Lilaine and anne..and oh, must order my passionfruit meringue from patissier. will i get it this time? :p

and soon it will be Christmas....

Scary pumpkin bean

well, it is Halloween and I expected bean to be a scary pumpkin but alas, she looks more like a cute pumpkin bean :)

Jin's been super busy at work the past week..coming back past 11 most nights and off by 8am the next day. So he promised to spend more time with us during the weekend - which meant cancelling his morning PT session so we could head to the zoo. WE finally explored the famous waterpark at the zoo. Check out the happy bean :) - am soo going to bring Ryan when he visits!!!

We joined the july 08 babies for a halloween party hosted by Adora. I did not take any shots so am shamelessly doing a link to the party pics here :)

Sunday saw us doing the early morning walk to BG - had a lovely brunch at Halia and then sophie got to run around till she got soo tired, she just went into her usual squat on the ground mode and waited for me to pick her :p.


White asparagus, eggs, parmesan shavings, prosciutto ham and truffle oil = super indulgence!





YL invited us for lunch at their new place - we had beef stew! and baby Josh has grown..soo "pretty" :). sophie had fun terrorising Julian...sigh.




The weekend ended with dinner at Gail's..a last minute dinner invite to have roast chicken and out of this world cherry tomato soup..we never turn down home cooked meals. :)))

Here's a glimpse of the little one who just turned 16 months today - watching her sesame street on tv.