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, March 16, 2006
West Coast Park - Then & Now
Nothing to do on the day after Matthew's birthday, we decided to go to our favourite haunt, West Coast Park. Now that Matthew is old enough, we brought him to the playground. At first he hesitated walking in the sand. It just did not feel right to him. But with so many kids playing, he could not resist the temptation and gave in. After that, it was so difficult to get him away from the playground. We did not take any photos of him playing in the playground, because Papa and Mama were busy climbing and crawling around with him. But here's a comparison of Matthew at West Coast Park in September 2005 and now, on the see-saw and on the rock rock horse.
Labels: west coast park
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Vroom Vroom
Last Saturday, we met up with Jamie, Joash and baby Cayden at West Coast McDonald's because Jamie helped me to buy Gina Ford's From Contented Baby to Confident Child and also to give me her free 400g tin of EnfaPro A+. Thanks to Jamie and Ann, I don't need to buy one more tin of EnfaPro A+. I just ordered the next stage of formula, EnfaGrow A+. Anyway, Matthew had a great appetite that morning. He had three-quarter bowl of rolled oats, half slice of bread when we went to the market and a piece of HotCake. Here's a photo of Matthew & Cayden.
Then after that we went to Suntec City, because Mike had training. Despite the amount of food he ate in the morning, Matthew still managed to finish more than half of his alphabet pasta lunch! After that we walked around, as I tried to get him to nap. Finally in my sarong carrier, but not for long. I kind of shifted his position, he woke up, opened his big eyes and smiled at me!
Mike joined us. Matthew and Mike had a great time.
We went to the Fountain of Wealth. Matthew was at first quite hesitant about touching the water. After he saw me playing with the water, he had fun too!
Then after that we went to Suntec City, because Mike had training. Despite the amount of food he ate in the morning, Matthew still managed to finish more than half of his alphabet pasta lunch! After that we walked around, as I tried to get him to nap. Finally in my sarong carrier, but not for long. I kind of shifted his position, he woke up, opened his big eyes and smiled at me!Mike joined us. Matthew and Mike had a great time.
We went to the Fountain of Wealth. Matthew was at first quite hesitant about touching the water. After he saw me playing with the water, he had fun too!Labels: SMH, west coast park
Saturday, July 02, 2005
Fun in the Park
Nothing much to do today, so we decided to bring Matthew to West Coast Park.
First we took a wrong turn; instead of turning right, we turned left. Went as far as Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre to make a U-turn, because we missed our right turn to Car Park 1. Finally reached Car Park 1, but where was the big new McDonalds' that was opened recently? We thought we should just walk around and we would eventually find it...
But.. not a very good idea. Bad influence for young kids. There were cars and lorries parked around us. There were people inside them, doing... ahem... something.. ahem... well, some things are better left unspoken.
So we checked the street directory and decided to try our luck further down the road. And there it was! the new McDonalds' with McCafe. Remember that if you are going there, exit at Clementi Road (from AYE) and turn right at the junction with West Coast Highway, not left. It's at Car Park 3.
mm.. quite crowded, but we managed to find a car park lot quite easily. We walked around the park and was surprised by the re-development of the park.
There are six adventure playgrounds, with two specially designed for kids 3 to 6 and toddlers. Lots of open space, benches, shelters and even BBQ pits. There are also taps for washing up after playing in the sand. Lots of kids in the playground, adults and teenagers playing frisbees, flying kites and even practising softball.
We saw two ducks with five ducklings in the Marsh Garden. To me, it was a fabulous discovery. Obviously the little ducklings were borned in this little piece of wildery just a short distance from our busy bustling city centre. There were lots of fishes in the water. mm.. Matthew would learn to appreciate these little things when he grows up.
Matthew had fun, lots of it. He loves open space, blue sky, greenery.. He made lots of noise, happy noise. Kicked his legs, waved his hands. He was happy.
People love babies. They love to touch and coo with them. We had a student, who was there for a BBQ, coming up to us, talked to Matthew, held his hand and he smiled back at her. Amazing! CuteZ! How babies attract total strangers to open up and start a conversation? Well, like what my mom said, there are not too many babies to go round nowadays, I suppose.
I love you Matthew. You are a rare gem.
First we took a wrong turn; instead of turning right, we turned left. Went as far as Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre to make a U-turn, because we missed our right turn to Car Park 1. Finally reached Car Park 1, but where was the big new McDonalds' that was opened recently? We thought we should just walk around and we would eventually find it...
But.. not a very good idea. Bad influence for young kids. There were cars and lorries parked around us. There were people inside them, doing... ahem... something.. ahem... well, some things are better left unspoken.
So we checked the street directory and decided to try our luck further down the road. And there it was! the new McDonalds' with McCafe. Remember that if you are going there, exit at Clementi Road (from AYE) and turn right at the junction with West Coast Highway, not left. It's at Car Park 3.
mm.. quite crowded, but we managed to find a car park lot quite easily. We walked around the park and was surprised by the re-development of the park.
There are six adventure playgrounds, with two specially designed for kids 3 to 6 and toddlers. Lots of open space, benches, shelters and even BBQ pits. There are also taps for washing up after playing in the sand. Lots of kids in the playground, adults and teenagers playing frisbees, flying kites and even practising softball. 
We saw two ducks with five ducklings in the Marsh Garden. To me, it was a fabulous discovery. Obviously the little ducklings were borned in this little piece of wildery just a short distance from our busy bustling city centre. There were lots of fishes in the water. mm.. Matthew would learn to appreciate these little things when he grows up. Matthew had fun, lots of it. He loves open space, blue sky, greenery.. He made lots of noise, happy noise. Kicked his legs, waved his hands. He was happy.
People love babies. They love to touch and coo with them. We had a student, who was there for a BBQ, coming up to us, talked to Matthew, held his hand and he smiled back at her. Amazing! CuteZ! How babies attract total strangers to open up and start a conversation? Well, like what my mom said, there are not too many babies to go round nowadays, I suppose.
I love you Matthew. You are a rare gem.
Labels: west coast park
