Ping's Birthday Celebration at her Infant Care Centre

After dropping off Ping and Ting Yee, Xuan and I went to collect Ping's My Melody cake for this afternoon's birthday celebration:


And after dropping off the cake at home, Xuan and I headed to Changi Airport to pick up my father. While waiting, Xuan was playing with the child pram provided at the airport:


The three of us went back home to meet up with Ting Yee and altogether went over to Ping's infant care centre for her birthday celebration, where our little princess was getting suited up for the occasion:


And after a brief meeting with her brother:


Ping gathered all her loyal subjects to wait for her cake:


After a family photo:


the cake finally was prepared for Ping (or Xuan in this case) to blow the candle:


After which, we went home to change Ping's clothes:


and watched Xuan performed his "stickers" trick:


Then, we headed to City Square Mall for an early dinner, where Ping actually fell asleep at her seat:


while Xuan enjoyed riding with Tom and Jerry:

Extended play area in the living room

I extended Ping's play area in the living room so that she could walk around more:


Of course, Spider-Boy was always there to make sure his baby sister was safe:

More Birthday Celebrations for Xuan and Ping

After the kids woke up, we started to let them open up their presents. Check out all the presents both Xuan and ping received yesterday from our friends:


In the afternoon, Xuan opened one of the presents to play:


At night, we had dinner with Ting Yee's sister, uncles, auntie, and cousins, where Xuan was spotted eating from a "pirate ship":


and celebrating their birthdays with an ice-cream cake:


which of course only Xuan was allowed to eat:

The Polliwogs "Lite" Birthday Celebration for Xuan and Ping

While heading towards The Polliwogs to meet up with our friends and their kids to celebrate Xuan and Ping's birthday, Xuan did the ultimate Mandarin recital:


After we reached the indoor playground, Xuan and Ping were having fun with our friends' children, be it playing with the swing:


playing with the plastic balls:


sliding down together:


Ting Yee having a group photo taken with the kids:


and simply hanging out at the swing:


Then, we headed to a near-by Korean restaurant and had lunch as well as an Angry Birds birthday cake for Xuan and Ping:


And here we have all the children present for this celebration:


Of course, both Xuan and Ping received many birthday presents, which they will open them tomorrow...

Xuan is 4 years old!

We celebrate Xuan's 4 year old birthday by first giving him a ride to his childcare centre:


Then after collecting this Doreamon cake:


We went over to Xuan's childcare centre to celebrate with him:


and his class mates, who participated in singing the birthday song and of course eating the cake:


Then we picked up Ping and all of us headed to the eXplorer kid @ Ang Mo Kio to play in their "tunnels":


Xuan also did a bit of shooting:


and played the plastic balls with Ping:


After which, we walked around the shopping centre where Xuan hopped onto Thomas the Tank Engine (moving because Ting Yee paid for it this time):


Xuan received some gifts from the eXplorer kid:


but the real presents were waiting for him back home:

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!

Ping's sleeping position

Check out how our little feisty girl sleeps:

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: