Monday, December 18, 2006
We had a fun Sunday!
It was a gloomy Sunday morning. Mike and I decided to go to West Coast Park, instead of the usual Sunday market trip. It has been a long while since we last went there.
What a big difference! Now we don't need to follow him around that much. Matthew climbed around on his own and had fun.
>> Matthew walked across on the narrow timber bridge on his own
>> Preparing to go down the slide
>> No no, still need Papa's help with this one
>> Look at then and now. I had a similar post previously, comparing photos taken in Feb 06 and Oct 05.
After all the playing and the rain clouds closing in, we went to MacDonalds for breakfast. Matthew declared that he wanted hotcakes, so hotcakes he ate, with jam and corn margarine. Yum yum. We had breakfast and read newspaper and what was Matthew doing? After his hotcakes, he kept himself occupied and entertained. It was amazing. We were there for an hour, but I can't remember what he did. Hahaha!
After breakfast, we went to VivoCity. Thank goodness we decided to stay indoors, because according to the newspaper today, yesterday saw one of the worst thunderstorms of the year. We were early, reaching before 11am and it was still quite empty.
VivoCity is HUGE! Where to begin about VivoCity? One thing Matthew loved was to be able to see cable cars!
>> Cable cars in the background
>> here's a shot of Matthew and Mama
>> here's a random shot of Matthew, eating rasins
We had lunch at the Kopitiam foodcourt. Matthew had his usual macaroni. Then we walked around. It was almost 2pm and we wanted to sit down at one of the many F&B outlets for a break. When we finally decided to sit down at Ben & Jerry, Matthew said he wanted to look at cable car. So we went to Haagen Dazs instead. Then he said he wanted to pee. Mike brought him to pee and he came back with Matthew asleep in his arms. heee..
We let Matthew nap on the sofa, while Mike and I shared a triple bowl of Strawberry, Summerberries cream and Cookies and cream with hot fudge and strawberry toppings. Yum yum. I must say that I've fallen in love with the Strawberry ice cream. Simply delicious!
After letting Matthew nap for almost an hour, we decided to make our way home. Luckily we did. The crowd started to come in and the sky opened up after we reached home. It was still raining quite heavily when we went to the market for dinner. Matthew had a whole bowl of kway teow for dinner.
Matthew had an early night, sleeping about 9:20pm and Mike went back to camp at about 11pm. Me? I was up, watching Man Utd lose to West Ham Utd, while sorting out some clothes and ironing my work clothes. Finally slept at 2am. Matthew, my alarm clock, decided to sleep in on this nice cool day, waking up only at 7:50am. Hahaha.
What a big difference! Now we don't need to follow him around that much. Matthew climbed around on his own and had fun.
>> Matthew walked across on the narrow timber bridge on his own
>> Preparing to go down the slide
>> No no, still need Papa's help with this one
>> Look at then and now. I had a similar post previously, comparing photos taken in Feb 06 and Oct 05.
After all the playing and the rain clouds closing in, we went to MacDonalds for breakfast. Matthew declared that he wanted hotcakes, so hotcakes he ate, with jam and corn margarine. Yum yum. We had breakfast and read newspaper and what was Matthew doing? After his hotcakes, he kept himself occupied and entertained. It was amazing. We were there for an hour, but I can't remember what he did. Hahaha!
After breakfast, we went to VivoCity. Thank goodness we decided to stay indoors, because according to the newspaper today, yesterday saw one of the worst thunderstorms of the year. We were early, reaching before 11am and it was still quite empty.
VivoCity is HUGE! Where to begin about VivoCity? One thing Matthew loved was to be able to see cable cars!
>> Cable cars in the background
>> here's a shot of Matthew and Mama
>> here's a random shot of Matthew, eating rasins
We had lunch at the Kopitiam foodcourt. Matthew had his usual macaroni. Then we walked around. It was almost 2pm and we wanted to sit down at one of the many F&B outlets for a break. When we finally decided to sit down at Ben & Jerry, Matthew said he wanted to look at cable car. So we went to Haagen Dazs instead. Then he said he wanted to pee. Mike brought him to pee and he came back with Matthew asleep in his arms. heee..
We let Matthew nap on the sofa, while Mike and I shared a triple bowl of Strawberry, Summerberries cream and Cookies and cream with hot fudge and strawberry toppings. Yum yum. I must say that I've fallen in love with the Strawberry ice cream. Simply delicious!
After letting Matthew nap for almost an hour, we decided to make our way home. Luckily we did. The crowd started to come in and the sky opened up after we reached home. It was still raining quite heavily when we went to the market for dinner. Matthew had a whole bowl of kway teow for dinner.
Matthew had an early night, sleeping about 9:20pm and Mike went back to camp at about 11pm. Me? I was up, watching Man Utd lose to West Ham Utd, while sorting out some clothes and ironing my work clothes. Finally slept at 2am. Matthew, my alarm clock, decided to sleep in on this nice cool day, waking up only at 7:50am. Hahaha.
Labels: playground, sunday, west coast park
Thursday, December 14, 2006
Things to do on a Sunday
1. Explore all the playgrounds in the neighbourhood
Mike brought Matthew out while I stayed at home to prepare lunch. They went exploring the few playgrounds in the neighbourhood. Here are two photos of Matthew:
>> Cheeky smile
>> Down the slide we go!
2. To the market for a chee cheong fan breakfast.
Not quite breakfast, more like a morning snack. He loves chee cheong fan and would mind eating it every day.
3. Eat Mommy's homecook lunch
I seldom cooked for all 3 of us these days because sometimes I simply don't know what to cook or what I want to eat (really dependent on my mood). It's so easy just to cook for Matthew; basically you can just give him white rice or plain macaroni, he would be happy.
Anyway, I felt like cooking on Sunday, so decided to cook the simplest one-meal-dish that could feed 3 of us - Claypot chicken rice, using rice cooker, with lots of Matthew's fav carrots and mushrooms. He was so excited when he saw his bowl of rice. He was actually more interested in the carrots and mushrooms when i gave him his bowl of rice. When he finally ate his 1st mouth of rice, his first remarks was "fan4 hen2 hao3 chi1" (rice is delicious in Mandarin). He made that remark spontaneously. It really made my day man!
>> Matthew feeding himself. yum yum!
4. To the airport to see aeroplanes
Well, this was something we wanted to do for a few weekends, but never got down to doing it. Off we went, to the airport. Matthew refused to sleep at home, but 5 min in the car, he was napping. We let him sleep a while more when we reached the airport. He was excited to see all the aeroplanes big and small. T1 had a better view of the aeroplanes, so we took the skytrain from T2 to T1 and back after that.
>> X'mas season at the airport
Mike brought Matthew out while I stayed at home to prepare lunch. They went exploring the few playgrounds in the neighbourhood. Here are two photos of Matthew:
>> Cheeky smile
>> Down the slide we go!
2. To the market for a chee cheong fan breakfast.
Not quite breakfast, more like a morning snack. He loves chee cheong fan and would mind eating it every day.
3. Eat Mommy's homecook lunch
I seldom cooked for all 3 of us these days because sometimes I simply don't know what to cook or what I want to eat (really dependent on my mood). It's so easy just to cook for Matthew; basically you can just give him white rice or plain macaroni, he would be happy.
Anyway, I felt like cooking on Sunday, so decided to cook the simplest one-meal-dish that could feed 3 of us - Claypot chicken rice, using rice cooker, with lots of Matthew's fav carrots and mushrooms. He was so excited when he saw his bowl of rice. He was actually more interested in the carrots and mushrooms when i gave him his bowl of rice. When he finally ate his 1st mouth of rice, his first remarks was "fan4 hen2 hao3 chi1" (rice is delicious in Mandarin). He made that remark spontaneously. It really made my day man!
>> Matthew feeding himself. yum yum!
4. To the airport to see aeroplanes
Well, this was something we wanted to do for a few weekends, but never got down to doing it. Off we went, to the airport. Matthew refused to sleep at home, but 5 min in the car, he was napping. We let him sleep a while more when we reached the airport. He was excited to see all the aeroplanes big and small. T1 had a better view of the aeroplanes, so we took the skytrain from T2 to T1 and back after that.
>> X'mas season at the airport
Labels: playground, sunday
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Playgrounds in our estate
There are quite a few playgrounds around our estate. So on Sunday morning, Mike decided that we should do some exploring.
First, we have a regular playground downstairs. We pass by it every day, on our way to the multi-storey car park. Matthew always point to the playground, indicating that he wants to play.
Down at the fitness area, where there is a basketball court, a hardcourt soccer court and a jogging track, there is also a playground. It's quite big. Only thing is that the morning sun makes it very hot to play there in the morning. The better time to be there is the evening. I was just jogging the other day and saw lots of kids playing there.
The third playground is further down the jogging track, next to a skateboard rink. It's smaller than the first two, but it's definitely designed with toddlers in mind. There are steps and bars and a wheel to turn, and of course, not forgetting the slides.
To the end of the track, there is the smallest playground of those we explored that morning and it's shaded from the sun. Matthew had the most fun here. There are steps which Matthew climbed and a wheel to turn, a short tunnel to crawl through, then a slide to come down. There are bars on the sides for the more agile kids. Matthew had a go at it. Well, he could almost do it without our help. Almost. A white cat came to join us. Matthew just kept giggling, pointing at the cat.
Up the stairs, turn turn turn the wheel
Through the tunnel, down the slide. HOORAY!
Hahaha... a cat!
Up the bars I climb!
The last one we found was actually near the market. It is sheltered from sun and rain. This playground was built to cater to LOTS of kids. The "corridors" were wide. Matthew was not too keen to explore this one. He was just contented to sit on the steps, examining the holes in the platform.
Five playgrounds in total. I did not know there were so many playgrounds around our estate.
First, we have a regular playground downstairs. We pass by it every day, on our way to the multi-storey car park. Matthew always point to the playground, indicating that he wants to play.
Down at the fitness area, where there is a basketball court, a hardcourt soccer court and a jogging track, there is also a playground. It's quite big. Only thing is that the morning sun makes it very hot to play there in the morning. The better time to be there is the evening. I was just jogging the other day and saw lots of kids playing there.
The third playground is further down the jogging track, next to a skateboard rink. It's smaller than the first two, but it's definitely designed with toddlers in mind. There are steps and bars and a wheel to turn, and of course, not forgetting the slides.
To the end of the track, there is the smallest playground of those we explored that morning and it's shaded from the sun. Matthew had the most fun here. There are steps which Matthew climbed and a wheel to turn, a short tunnel to crawl through, then a slide to come down. There are bars on the sides for the more agile kids. Matthew had a go at it. Well, he could almost do it without our help. Almost. A white cat came to join us. Matthew just kept giggling, pointing at the cat.
Up the stairs, turn turn turn the wheelThrough the tunnel, down the slide. HOORAY!Hahaha... a cat! Up the bars I climb!The last one we found was actually near the market. It is sheltered from sun and rain. This playground was built to cater to LOTS of kids. The "corridors" were wide. Matthew was not too keen to explore this one. He was just contented to sit on the steps, examining the holes in the platform.
Five playgrounds in total. I did not know there were so many playgrounds around our estate.
Labels: Perth 2006, playground
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Peek-a-boo in the playground
We brought Matthew to the pool. Wee Suan came along too. Matthew is now tall enough to stand with his head above the water; i.e. he should be at least 75cm tall. He enjoyed splashing the water and putting his hand out to "catch" the water from the fountain. After his shower, he had his dinner of brown rice porridge with carrot, cauliflower, broccoli and meat and he finished it fast.
Then it was playground time. The playground at Caribbean is designed like a ship with ropes, sails etc. There were some portholes and we played peek-a-boo with Matthew. He was fast to pick it up and we had fun!
Labels: playground
