Jack is 2.5 years old

Boy! Time sure flies fast....before you know it....it is Jack's 2.5 birthday. Sigh.......and Ben will be 3 in January.......Ok, these are photos of the cutey-pies. Got them Thomas Train clothes set from Sg Petani for RM10 per set! Pretty cheap. As usual, Ben insist on the "brue" colour one. Nowadays clothes which are not blue - not nice! Haha...

Friends' Visits

Ex-colleague came back from Russia and had to put up in a nearby hotel as her stuff are still stuck in the container. So visited her and her two girls. The two girls have grown so much and are so pretty.

Ben took to the both of them very well. Here is he lazing around with the eldest girl. Ask them to post and this is what I get....! This is a model to be... ....another model in the making...........this one ...emmmm...I am not too sure....The 3 of them at the shopping mall ......

...and my favourite hangout area...

Lessons from Precept Upon Precept ("PUP")

I have been attending a Bible class called Precept Upon Precept (founded by Kay Arthur - you can goggle it) for more than a year - it is really a good in-depth Bible study which really makes you think in a different perspective. Before this I have to admit, I read the Bible like a story-book especially the Old Testament. :)

We are currently doing a study on Exodus after going through Genesis starting from Abraham, Friend of God. What really impacted me from Lesson 5 of Exodus is from Chapter 15 and the verses as below. The Israelites have already escaped from Egypt and seen all the plagues of God and His miracle of parting the Red Sea (which was just 3 days ago). But guess what? The Israelites were now grumbling for lack of water!

Hmmm...that really made me think of myself. Do I look at the circumstances around me and grumble? Instead of thanking God for His provisions? I guess I do make excuses that I am still human (and of flesh).....but it is about time that I start to disciplining myself to grumble less and think more about God's grace. Anyway enough of sermons! :) A book that I was reading was the Screwtapes - by CS Lewis. It is a great book as it is written from the perspective of the devil workers! In this book, an uncle devil is writting advice to his nephew devil on how to tempt human beings into failing in their walk with God. It is really a mind-opening book.

Puzzle

Ben really loves his puzzles. I have tried many type of puzzles and I got this Farm Floor Puzzle at 50% discount during the last MPH sale. Unfortunately it was a mistake since it is paper cardboard puzzle as Ben would pull here and there - hence the puzzle will not last long. Here you can see him setting it up.

He really loves the red farm tractor and will always start with that part first. He has this unique way of putting together the puzzle, he will knock-knock at it with his elbow!Almost done.... ....his attention span very short.....now he goes to play with his masak-masak....

.....throw all over the floor first. I ask him WHY!!!! He just look at me kind of "blur-blur"....

...all his toys everywhere. His car abandoned behind him already.

...and his kitchen which I have meaning to show all of you. :)....

My Birthday

The month of October passes by and I am another year older. Sigh...in another few years, I will need to change the description on my blog to a 40-year old mother... :(....Hey, then again, you are as old as you think, right? :)..

My beautiful carrot cake - ordered from one of my class-mates at Bible class. Yummy. Not as dry as the usual cake and very healthy too as it had loads of nuts and raisins. HL, you know what you are missing! Bro, next time you are back, I will definately order one for you. The family........the extended family, Dad was not in the photo as he was in his singlet and thought it was not proper to take a photo in it. Edwin was the one taking the photo....look at Jack, isnt he a cutey too? Brother-hood...eating and ....

...blowing candles together.

Singapore trip

Friends asked me to blog about our recent Singapore trip. Actually there is nothing much since we spend most of our time in shopping complex. We did not go to Singapore Zoo or Jurong Bird Park, etc. Entrance fees are pretty expensive (S$1=RM2.47!) but I do think they are justified since most of these places are well maintained. But it is just that Ben is soo young to appreciate.

On Saturday my uncle took us to East Coast beach. There was a yoga event there...! And gosh, they were giving out yoga mats and goodie bags! Even after queue-ing for 10 mintues, we still got our free stuff. Here are photos of the out-door yoga....

Dont think I can do it. :)

And here is Ben with his mat - looks like he wants to join in the fun. :)

Dinner at Porky Place in Sunway Mas

Thought that we will do something different yesterday night and we went out for dinner. It will be our first test out at a formal place with Ben...Phew, he passed with flying colours.

Would you believe it that Ben took both of these photos of his Daddy??!! Yes, he did. Nowadays he loves to imitate us and he has been trying his hand at photography. Really cool, right? After getting bored with the camera - he played with his Thomas Story Reader. Got it pretty cheap at MPH Book Sale a few months ago. It asked questions and Ben will need to press one of the buttons to give an answer. He just loves it. Of course, the Book Reader will reward him with a "Excellent", "Well Done" or "Good Job"......Food arrive - quite fast since we were the only customer. I think partly it is because we were early as well and it was mid of the week. Daddy order this curried pork ribs - we thought it was pork ribs with curry powder and then grill - but we were wrong! It was actually curry pork ribs. Never mind - it came with rice which we need for Ben. Mine - 2 pork sausages which was yummy.
And the lady of the shop recommended this ice-cream on brownies. Yummy! Perfect ending to a perfect day! :)...Next time, we can bring Ben to more posh dining area as well since he can behave himself. We usually keep to "chap fan" place! Haha....

My Boy on his Scooter

I know a lot of people might go...Uhhhhh????

Haha...just want to show you how fast Ben goes. Once he kencing already, he climbs onto his scooter and off he goes...leaving his Mummy behind shouting at him!

Ben actually requested for the scooter. I do not know where he saw it but a friend suggest it could be from the Pocoyo cartoon where Elle (the pink elephant) does moves around in her scooter. One day, as I was sitting on the balcony Ben came along and step with one foot on his toy fire engine. He pulled up the fire engine ladder and then proceed to try to scoot on his made-up scooter. Then he told me that he wanted a scooter. Can you believe it???? I did not teach him this at all and the most surprising thing was that we did not need to teach him how to use the scooter which we later bought from Tesco (luckily on sale! cost us only Rm30 plus. But of course, it looks like it is starting to rust now, next time we will ge those stainless steel ones).

Enjoy the view of Ben's bottom! Hehe...

Ben's Kah Chang (Tools in Cantonese)

Friend C requested to see Ben's shoes. So on top of the shoes, I thought I will show you his other "kah chang" which has caused quite a bit of clutter at home (besides his toys, toys, toys). First up are his cups/water containers. I have been trying hard to wean him off his milk bottle. Spotted these at Cosway - RM7. Luckily bought the Cosway ones instead of the Tupperware ones which look almost the same (RM39).....because Ben ddi not take to the water containers. Sigh....

....his cups...you name it, I got it. Straw cup, cups, whatever cups......none, he still prefers his milk bottle.

Ok, next his shoes....recent purchases at the pasar malam.....

...and finally, the Nike shoes - for shopping complex especially on escalators........it is called the motion sensory system. The boy version will be in this colour (Ben loves it as his favourite colour is blue since Thomas is blue) while the girl's version is in pink. Approximately RM140. I am thankful to friend SN who recommended this pair of shoes (and the shop to buy from) as I was looking high and low for suitable shoes. That is I was TRYING to look since Ben does not give me much opportunity to browse. So SN recommend by sending me the sms and I went to the sport goods shop, showed the guy the sms and tah dah! got it. The sales assistant was thankfully very helpful as he measured Ben's correct size. We have tried to look at department stores and Nike shops but always, they will tell us, "No size!"...without even bothering to look into the store. Thanks SN!

Trip to IOI Mall

Sigh, once they learn to walk, then they refuse to walk, so typical right? So daddy has to be the taxi. And he refuse to sit in his stroller....how like that lar???? Was thinking of popping over to HK to see Disneyland but if he refuses to walk,susah lar kita.

He is quite afraid of heights....this is his frightened expression actually.

We went to IOI Mall as there was an advertisement in the newspaper that it was having tanglung decorations. All we found was this small space lighted with tanglungs. Just a small space in the walkway between the old part and the new part of IOI Mall. Not even the Centrecourt which has been taken over by stalls selling mooncakes.

Might as well, take a photo.....

There is however one part on the top floor where they are toy machines for children to put coins in and sit. Good thing about Ben is that he fear all this moving-moving toys and hence, we dont bother to waste our coins. He is pretty happy to just sit in them.
In the perahu with Pocahontas....................giving Pocahontas a hug.....

A bee machine

...and a car....

...of course, dont forget an aeroplane as well.