Our cheeky little boy!

Xuan knew that 2 days from now, he will be eating lots of cake!

First time Ping stood up and walked!

In the afternoon, Xuan posed in front of the camera while putting up two "track" ears!


And today was the first time ping stood up and walked 2 steps towards me! Then after that, I was unable to capture it on video, but Ping still tried her best:

Talking Elmo for Ping

In the morning, Xuan was wearing his old Bumbo seat like a helmet:


While at a toy shop, Xuan drew a helicopter:


Back home, he wrote the whole alphabet:


We went out again to have dinner:


and walked around United Square where Xuan stopped to "ride" with Bob the Builder:


took a picture with Hi-Five (from a far):


put on the Snake-Eyes helmet:


while Ping put on the Spider-Man mask:


We eventually bought a Singing Elmo for Ping's birthday:

Father's Day Gifts for Daddy!

Xuan and Ping made some gifts for me for Father's Day from their childcare and infant care centres respectively. Check them out:








And during dinner, Ting Yee was playing with both kids, making funny noises!

A day at the movies watching Madagascar 3!

Today, we brought the kids to watch Madagascar 3. At the cinema, Xuan posed in front of the upcoming Ice Age 4 movie:


the upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man movie:


and The Avengers movie (Xuan mimicking Iron Man):


Back home, Xuan was playing the tunnel again!

Xuan's Childcare Parent Teacher Day

Ting Yee attended Xuan's parent teacher day. Here are some of his records both in Mandarin and English:












In the afternoon, all of us stayed home and played with cars:




with me pushing our kids between the rooms:

Home alone with Xuan again

I stayed home to look after Xuan because he was still not well. While I was working from home, Xuan was playing and building his MegaBloks:

Ting Yee brought Xuan to the doctor's

Ting Yee brought Xuan to see a doctor about his fever. Then at night, we had fun with Ping sitting on my shoulders:


And Xuan showing his scary face!

Xuan having fever

In the afternoon, Xuan was playing with Ting Yee's old truck set:


After coming back from Ting Yee's auntie's place for dinner, we placed Xuan and Ping together in the same room:


but later "pulled" Ping out because Xuan started having fever.

And more Mandarin recital

We were having a fun Saturday night at home after Ting Yee finished bathing Ping:


Posing for group pictures:




And these are taken by our little photographer:




Before sleeping, we present you, Xuan's recital:

Xuan with another Mandarin Recital and Ping clapping!

In the morning, Xuan again performed his Mandarin recital:


And at night, Ping was clapping happily:


while Xuan drew his version of his family:

Ping is 11 months old!

To celebrate Ping's 11th Month, Xuan performed for us and his baby sister:

The Avengers Again and More Mandarin Recital by Xuan

This evening, we went to watch The Avengers again using free tickets. It was a disaster not because of the movie, but because of the never-ending crying of Ping.

Anyway, here's another Mandarin recital from Xuan:

Ping and Xuan interacting with each other

On a lazy Sunday, the two kids were actually interacting with each other:


At night, Xuan drew a few of his masterpieces; 3 angry men:


and Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars:

Ping's first time at The Polliwogs

About one month before her 1st birthday, we brought Ping to our favourite indoor playground: The Polliwogs. Before that, we had our Mandarin recital from Xuan:


Then we headed to The Polliwogs where Ping was playing with the plastic balls:


with some "wall-directional" toy:


and sliding down a baby slide:


while Xuan was happily running around and playing with the shooting gun:


sliding down the spiral slide:


and playing with the pop-out balls device where he actually throw a ball up into the opening (at frame 1:43):


Excellent Shot, Xuan!

Having Fun during dinner!

During dinner, Ping was playing with Ting Yee by lifting her hand, while Xuan looked on and shouted happily:

Club Med Bintan Holiday Part II Day 5

We headed back to Singapore today, not before bringing Xuan to Petite Club and relaxing again at the Pandorama Cafe with Ting Yee and Ping:


Then we boarded the ferry and headed for home.

At night, Xuan recited another Mandarin book before going to sleep:

Club Med Bintan Holiday Part II Day 4

We started the day by Xuan wearing a hat he made from his Petite Club yesterday:


Then a happy Ping was having breakfast:


together with a not-so-happy Xuan:


After breakfast, Xuan joined his Petite Club friends, where I caught a few minutes of what they were doing:


Then we went back to the suite to put on Xuan's hat, starting with Ting Yee:


then me:


then Ping:


After having tea at an open-air restaurant:


We met up with Xuan and had a "Water-Blast" at the swimming pool:


And we ended the night with Xuan participating in the Club Med performance: