Tuesday, December 13, 2005
What a busy Saturday!
Last Saturday, we brought Matthew to East Coast Park. We thought now that he could sit very well on his own, we could bring him cycling with us. I think he knew that something exciting was happening. On our way home in the car on Friday night, we told him about the trip, he was very happy and excited and made really happy noises, clapping his hands. Well, of course Papa and Mama were excited about it too, because it has been a while since we went cycling at East Coast Park.
I got to prepare all the food for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Friday night, as we would all going to be out the whole day. Breakfast was pureed apple and pear with Nestle brown rice cereal. Lunch was macaroni with carrot, meat and broccoli. Dinner was pork porridge with spinach. Yum yum!
Matthew woke up at 6:30am, as usual. So after his morning milk feed, we changed him and packed to go. We left the house at 7:45am and reached East Coast Park at 8:15am. We gave Matthew his breakfast, which he finished in double quick time. Then we were all ready to get on the bicycle by 8:45am.
But Matthew was apprehensive at first, refused to get into the child seat. Papa cycled around to show him the fun! Only then he was willing to be "strapped". Boy, did we have fun! We cycled eastwards towards Bedok Jetty. Matthew was happy. He was SINGING! So cute! Papa realized that Matthew did not like it with the sun "shining" down on his face, so we decided to aim for Katong Jetty instead.
It was almost half an hour Matthew sat in the child seat before he started making noise to get out. By then we had reached Katong Jetty. So we took him out for a breather. Now that he was nine-and-a-half months old, he was very aware of the surroundings and he saw the water (sea)!!! Papa took him to the beach and let him walk on the sand and the waves washed up and tickled his feet. He wanted more, but we said "no no". Next time, Matthew, we will bring you to the beach for more sun, sand and the sea.
We made our way back to the bicycle shop. This time he had no problem going back into the child seat. He enjoyed the ride, looking at the sea, ships, birds, cats, dogs, people etc etc.
It was time to leave and time for his nap. We managed to get him to nap in the car and we went to this little place near my workplace for breakfast. He woke up from his nap and we washed and changed him at my office. We made our way to Suntec City, where Papa was meeting somebody.
We settled down for Matthew's lunch at MacDonald's. Suntec MacDonald's was recently renovated to accommodate McCafe. It was their grand opening. There were balloons for the kids and Matthew had fun with the balloons. He had a big bowl of macaroni for lunch and it was obvious that he enjoyed it, because it was not the usual porridge. He loves chewing. I was so glad that he liked the macaroni. While we waited for Papa to finish his work, Matthew and I entertained ourselves with the people, the balloon and his Fred's Fire Engine Book. At one point, we were looking at his animal picture book and he was roaring like the lion and tiger. The lady sitting behind us kept turning her head to look at Matthew. Matthew stood up and smiled at her. Ha, he charmed the lady!
There's a koi garden in Suntec, so Matthew and I toured the garden while waiting for Papa to put some stuff in the car. As usual, he wanted to play with the water and touch the fish. Of course, that's a "no no".
Papa managed to coax Matthew to sleep at 2pm. We put him in the sarong carrier and I had to give him his milk sleeping. That made me wonder how babies drink milk when they are sleeping. Funny, right? Somehow they could do it.
Matthew woke up with a cry, when he was almost finished with his milk and he refused to go back to sleep. We put him in two of the coin operated cars and he enjoyed himself turning the steering wheel. Only thing was that he did not want to stand or sit on the seats. He sat down on the floor of the cars. *Mama slapped her forehead*
We went to Toys R Us again! It was so fun watching him play with the different toys. He did not like to play with toys previously and he would chew everything that he picked up and only books were the "toys" he wanted. Now? He knows where his toys are kept and he has a mind of his own - he decides what he wants to play. We bought a big ball for him. He chose it. We showed him two neon balls, yellow and orange. He chose the orange and we showed him another ball, this time with a plane cartoon on it, he chose the latter. When Papa put it back into the bin to choose a better one, he made noise!
Finally, we managed to get him to sleep in the sarong carrier. This is something which I had not done before. At least I did not need to carry him with my arms, if not my arms and back would suffer. He managed to sleep in the carrier for an hour! So comfortable.
We went to Ah Ma's house for dinner. Matthew had his porridge, but crawling all over the place, because there was no high chair for him. When he finally finished his porridge, he was bathed and changed and it was time to go home.
Matthew had a long day, so did Mama. He slept, so did I. Exhausted! We all had fun!
I got to prepare all the food for breakfast, lunch and dinner on Friday night, as we would all going to be out the whole day. Breakfast was pureed apple and pear with Nestle brown rice cereal. Lunch was macaroni with carrot, meat and broccoli. Dinner was pork porridge with spinach. Yum yum!
Matthew woke up at 6:30am, as usual. So after his morning milk feed, we changed him and packed to go. We left the house at 7:45am and reached East Coast Park at 8:15am. We gave Matthew his breakfast, which he finished in double quick time. Then we were all ready to get on the bicycle by 8:45am.
But Matthew was apprehensive at first, refused to get into the child seat. Papa cycled around to show him the fun! Only then he was willing to be "strapped". Boy, did we have fun! We cycled eastwards towards Bedok Jetty. Matthew was happy. He was SINGING! So cute! Papa realized that Matthew did not like it with the sun "shining" down on his face, so we decided to aim for Katong Jetty instead.
It was almost half an hour Matthew sat in the child seat before he started making noise to get out. By then we had reached Katong Jetty. So we took him out for a breather. Now that he was nine-and-a-half months old, he was very aware of the surroundings and he saw the water (sea)!!! Papa took him to the beach and let him walk on the sand and the waves washed up and tickled his feet. He wanted more, but we said "no no". Next time, Matthew, we will bring you to the beach for more sun, sand and the sea.We made our way back to the bicycle shop. This time he had no problem going back into the child seat. He enjoyed the ride, looking at the sea, ships, birds, cats, dogs, people etc etc.It was time to leave and time for his nap. We managed to get him to nap in the car and we went to this little place near my workplace for breakfast. He woke up from his nap and we washed and changed him at my office. We made our way to Suntec City, where Papa was meeting somebody.
We settled down for Matthew's lunch at MacDonald's. Suntec MacDonald's was recently renovated to accommodate McCafe. It was their grand opening. There were balloons for the kids and Matthew had fun with the balloons. He had a big bowl of macaroni for lunch and it was obvious that he enjoyed it, because it was not the usual porridge. He loves chewing. I was so glad that he liked the macaroni. While we waited for Papa to finish his work, Matthew and I entertained ourselves with the people, the balloon and his Fred's Fire Engine Book. At one point, we were looking at his animal picture book and he was roaring like the lion and tiger. The lady sitting behind us kept turning her head to look at Matthew. Matthew stood up and smiled at her. Ha, he charmed the lady!
There's a koi garden in Suntec, so Matthew and I toured the garden while waiting for Papa to put some stuff in the car. As usual, he wanted to play with the water and touch the fish. Of course, that's a "no no". Papa managed to coax Matthew to sleep at 2pm. We put him in the sarong carrier and I had to give him his milk sleeping. That made me wonder how babies drink milk when they are sleeping. Funny, right? Somehow they could do it.Matthew woke up with a cry, when he was almost finished with his milk and he refused to go back to sleep. We put him in two of the coin operated cars and he enjoyed himself turning the steering wheel. Only thing was that he did not want to stand or sit on the seats. He sat down on the floor of the cars. *Mama slapped her forehead*
We went to Toys R Us again! It was so fun watching him play with the different toys. He did not like to play with toys previously and he would chew everything that he picked up and only books were the "toys" he wanted. Now? He knows where his toys are kept and he has a mind of his own - he decides what he wants to play. We bought a big ball for him. He chose it. We showed him two neon balls, yellow and orange. He chose the orange and we showed him another ball, this time with a plane cartoon on it, he chose the latter. When Papa put it back into the bin to choose a better one, he made noise!Finally, we managed to get him to sleep in the sarong carrier. This is something which I had not done before. At least I did not need to carry him with my arms, if not my arms and back would suffer. He managed to sleep in the carrier for an hour! So comfortable.We went to Ah Ma's house for dinner. Matthew had his porridge, but crawling all over the place, because there was no high chair for him. When he finally finished his porridge, he was bathed and changed and it was time to go home.Matthew had a long day, so did Mama. He slept, so did I. Exhausted! We all had fun!
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