Friday, August 27, 2010

More Fun at the Airport


We took Chubbs to the airport again, after dinner tonight, to get his train-riding fix. He was super happy, excited and almost bounding off his car and stroller seats to get the train party started.

We did the usual skytain zoomarounds, and tried to lookout the viewing gallery, but it was too dark outside and too bright inside for us to see much.

After all the runaround, we decided to replenish lost calories by visiting Crowne Plaza for the first time and picking up some decadent durian mousse cake, and triple chocolate mousse cake. They were a great sweet ending to the day :) On our way home, we stopped off at Changi Coast Road, to watch the places take off. We did this after our last airport trip too, and it's definitely one of the highlights of the trip for Chubbs. I loved the sound of the bigger planes; deep, rumbling and strangely comforting, despite being thunderously loud.

Wearing shoes before getting on the train.

Crying for me when he saw me going down the lift without him.

Pointing out to the cakes in the shelves.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

So So Sogurt


Fuzzy's a little lactose-intolerant, so he usually prefers yogurt/ frozen yogurt/ sorbet over ice-cream. A few months back, Sogurt opened their doors 5-min away from us, and we remind ourselves to try it everytime we drive by.

The cafe is brightly lit, with clean lines and cool furniture. We were greeted by the staff once we entered, and she guided us along as we helped ourselves to the frozen yogurt. Basically, you grab an empty cup of your preferred size, fill it up with as much frozen yogurt of your choice flavour (there are about eight interesting options, and more if you include twists/ mixed flavours), add toppings if you'd like, and you are charged by weight.

We chose the plain flavour with no toppings, and our half-filled cup of frozen yogurt came up to $5.50, which I thought was a tad pricey considering we didn't think it tasted spectacular. The texture was too hard and icey, and we would have preferred it smoother, and more yielding. Chubbs tried some, and didn't really like it. He would rather have smooth, premium, pure-creamery ice-cream, just like his Mommy :)


Saturday, August 21, 2010

A Very Happy Day


Today was a special day. We had promised to bring Chubbs for a train ride since a week ago, and we finally took him to the airport, where he could ride the Skytrain, look at aeroplanes, watch cool glass lifts go up and down, and have limitless area to run around in air-conditioned comfort.

Preparing to leave the house.

Wearing Daddy's shoes.

We had lunch at NUSS' Guild House pool cafe first, and let me just say that we have not had such a bad meal in a long time despite ordering what we thought were safe bets. The pizza was made from a frozen crust, the burger pattie was charred on the outside and completely dried out on the inside, and there were funny bits of plastic/ bone/ hard bits in every bite. Had to spit most of it out. Plus, we suspect that the lobster bisque was what gave Fuzzy a really bad stomach afterwards.

Munching on a very tasteless bread-stick. He loved it, nonetheless.

Looking on as the lifts go up and down, and waving to the passengers.


Checking out planes at the viewing gallery.

Just before we headed home, we had dinner at Sakae Sushi for the first time with Chubbs. Fuzzy and I used to have conveyor sushi for our lunch dates all the time while I was still working :) Anyhow, Chubbs loves Japanese food, and he had an order of soba and two bowls of his new fave, chawanmushi (he calls it "mushi"), plus an omelette that I brought from home. Japanese food rocks!

Tired and ready for home after a long day out with no nap.


Pointing out trains on the other track on our ride back to the car.

He was a very good boy, and held on tight when we asked him to.

Chubbs was so thrilled today, that he had happy dreams too. I caught him laughing out loud many times in his sleep. It was magical and priceless.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

All Things Cheesy


Chubbs goes through phases when he loves one food, and will ask for it every meal. This lasts a week or two, and he'll switch to not wanting even a shred of it anywhere. I've read about the eating behaviour in numerous websites and books, and it seems like quite common amongst toddlers.

So the flavour of the week for Chubbs is, cheese. He asks for pasta with cheese, bread with cheese, cheese straight... for breakfast, lunch, dinner, supper... He's tried loads of different cheeses and different brands, but his favourite supermarket cheese by far is Coon's Tasty Cheese; it's an Australian product and tastes just like cheddar. It's all-natural, i.e. no colouring, or preservatives added, and relatively inexpensive. For variety, I alternate Coon with Mini Babybel or Bonbel; small round mounds of mild cheese wrapped in red/ orange/ purple-coloured wax. They are great to take on the road in an insulated container because the wax helps them travel well. It's fun for kids because the the different colours and the wax packaging keeps the mess at bay.

Cheese packed in Chubbs' favourite colour.

Chilling, waiting for his meal.

Cheese-mouth.

Very, very happy after his cheesy dose.

Monday, August 16, 2010

Bye Bye Katie


This morning, my (other) dear cousin-in-law left for her university studies in Vancouver Island, on a gnarly 22-hour flight. Chubbs is robbed of the company of yet another cool Aunt (whom he actually calls, "Katie") for the next year or so. Boo :( Anyhow, we met for a goodbye meal at the Okinawan eatery in Liang Court that we love so much.

Shan and Kat- Take 1.

Take 2.

We'll miss you loads, Katie. And Chubbs will be playing with the toy soldier, penguin and dolphin loads to remind him of you. Try to come home for Christmas, ok?

Monday, August 9, 2010

23rd at Labrador


Chubbs is one month short of two years old! Since it was a public holiday, my aunt and some friends planned a picnic lunch at Labrador Park. So we dropped by to say "hi", and had a little romp around of our own too.

Climbing the old pillbox.

Pointing out boats and yachts in the distance.

When the midday sun got too scorching.

Checking out a red ants' nest with Daddy.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Chubbs at Play and Mum's Birthday


Chubbs' been getting very creative when playing with his toys during the day. I suspect it's from the hour-plus of PlayHouse Disney he watches daily. This morning, he used his precious blue stool as a tunnel for his Tonka trucks to pass under. To my amazement, he managed to roll them in such a straight line that the trucks passed through both of the stool's tiny arches.


For dinner, we held an early celebration for my mum's birthday at a Japanese buffet restaurant in IMM. The food was not too bad, and the meal was rather value-for-money. But because the restaurant was almost full, the service was far from satisfactory. Nonetheless, Chubbs loves Japanese food, and had edamame, a bowl of udon, two portions of chawanmushi, and one scoop of ice-cream for dessert.

Playing coy before giving my mum her birthday hug.

Monday, August 2, 2010

"Che-Che Belle"


We haven't met our friends, May and TW, with their lovely daughter, Isabelle, for a long time. So we planned to chat over weekend tea at Great World City, and let the kiddos play together. I told Chubbs that we were going to meet jie-jie (elder sister) Isabelle before we left the house, and he was mighty excited :)

There were some children's rides outside of Cedele, and we ate bread and drank coffee while the kids ran around non-stop playing, screaming, laughing, and climbing up and down the pay rides. It was mega sweet when Chubbs and che-che (this is how he pronounces it) Belle held hands when walking, hugged, and Belle even sneaked in a kiss for little Chubbs. He was beaming from ear to ear after that :)

Awww...

Hugs.

Muacks!