Meeting with Uncle Peter

Papa Mama's friend, Uncle Peter, came back to Singapore for a home visit from UK and we went for lunch together! Mama brought Gwendolyn to look for a table and eventually settled at Imperial Treasure Teo Chew Restaurant! Lyn Lyn asked for a table for 4 and left her name at the counter. When Papa arrived, he was about to say in the name of "Paul...", then the lady at the counter asked: Is it Gwendolyn? Papa was shocked, but followed and found Mama and Lyn Lyn! When Uncle Peter arrived, he couldn't find us and haven't even thought of the table being reserved under "Gwendolyn"???!!! We had a good lunch and Lyn Lyn served Uncle Peter with some food! Uncle Peter was amazed at how Lyn Lyn could talk-back to him!

Say 'cheese'...

Nice picture taken by Lyn Lyn

Exercise Day!

Gwendolyn heard that Papa was going for his weekly Sunday morning jog, and was inspired to wake up early for her new exercise regime! In her conversations throughout the day, she can't stop, but kept relating to "jogging". Papa Mama knew that they had no choice, but to bring her for a "jog"! We set off in the afternoon, fully dressed into trainers, shorts and t-shirts, before setting off downstairs for some warm-up exercise:

Stretch right

Stretch left

Let's go!

Jog...jog...jog...jog

Stop by the pond to feed the fish

Let's jog to the swimming pool for a dip in the pool


I'm swimming with my life-jacket

Riding on Papa...

Final relaxation at the jacuzzi after exercising for 2 hours!

Lyn Lyn and Snoopy

13 October 2007 was a busy day...after visiting Mama's colleague for Hari Raya, we went on to Auntie Evanda's house for a visit, mainly to go and see her doggy, Snoopy! Gwendolyn fell asleep on the way and Papa Mama had a chat with Auntie Evanda before she finally wake up and took notice of Snoopy! Initially, she was a bit sceptical and asked Papa to carry her, whilst Snoopy was very excited about meeting a child! She kept crawling and trying to touch Lyn Lyn's feet, but Lyn Lyn was shy. Eventually, she let her guards down and started stroking Snoopy with Auntie Evanda! Slowly, after warming up, she offered to hold the leech and feed her with doggy snack as well!

After the home visit, we all set-off to Katong Village for dinner! Wow...Papa and Mama didn't know that there were so many eating places over there. We settled at Waruku Japanese Restaurant and after that, we bought chocolate ice-cream from awfully chocolate! Yum Yum!

Selamat Hari Raya

Mama's colleague invited us for a Hari Raya (Muslim New Year) open house. To give Gwendolyn a new cultural exposure, Mama decided to bring Lyn Lyn along for the experience. Lyn Lyn made herself at home once she's arrived and kept asking questions to Mama's colleague and her dad! We sat at the sofa and were offered cookies, crackers, etc, but Lyn Lyn didn't seem to appreciate those (she's not a snack person anyway)! Until we're invited to the dining table for some lunch, Lyn Lyn was exposed to eating with her right-hand and she enjoyed rubbing rice into her mouth and all over her face! What an experience!

My New Scooter

Gwendolyn's been asking for a scooter for quite a while. She took the chance to try it out at one of the shops at IMM, kept showing Mama that she can play very well and can balance herself. She waited for the chance to show Papa and make Papa buy for her. For safety's sake, she's asked for a helmet as well. Mama thinks that why she was so keen in the scooter was because Isa the Iguana from Dora's show has a similar "look" below:

Domesticated

Recently, Gwendolyn is addicted to helping out with washing up. She'll take all the time she need to brush and wash her utensils, bowls & plates and milk bottles, etc...making sure that they're really cleaned from inside out! Not only that, she even cleaned the basin after cleaning the above!

Lyn Lyn at work!

Jacob Ballas Children's Garden

Gwendolyn hasn't been to the Singapore Botanic Gardens after she's learnt how to walk and in view of the opening of the new Jacob Ballas Children's Garden, Papa and Mama thought that it will be good to bring her for a walk, especially when Mama read in the newspapers that there's a treehouse and a waterplay area! We entered via the main gate and realised that it's a wrong move, as the Children's Garden is actually on the other end of the Botanic Gardens. We then drove behind the Botanic Gardens and entered via Cluny side! Luckily we did that...it was a very long walk...

Started off from the main entrance...

Once we've reached the Children's Garden, it was like a kid's land...since it's new, there were a lot of visitors as well! Lyn Lyn, acted as if she were Dora, went through the garden by saying: Bridge, Treehouse, Waterplay! Summarising the places of interests which she needs to go through before finally settling down at the waterplay area!

The hanging bridge was sooooooo wobbly!

Treehouse!

Kid's all time favourite...toy house!

Waterplay!

Me and my hula hoop!

Gwendolyn has fallen in love with her new hula hoop and kept asking Papa and Mama to take pictures and videos of her playing it...

Look at my stylish moves!

I can keep the hula on mywaist!

So tired after playing for soooooooo long...let me rest for a while before I start again!

Not forgetting to drink some water!