Swimming with Summer

It's been a while since Gwendolyn last played with Summer...both family met up at Far East Plaza for lunch and shopped for a while, before deciding to return to Lyn Lyn's home for a swim.

Lyn Lyn requested for a pair of funnel from Ikea, when we shopped there on National Day, and decided to bring them along to the pool to play water with. Also, Papa bought the floating bed from Toys R Us and have used it yet, we brought that along for the kids to play!

Without fail, Lyn Lyn showed off her braveness in jumping into the water, only with her arm bands, all by herself!

Step 1: Prepare at the pool side

Step 2: Get into position

Step 3: JUMP!

As usual, after playing at the big pool, Lyn Lyn will ask to go to the small pool, showing off how tall she is and can stand in there all by herself!

Playing Water at VivoCity

Gwendolyn hasn't met up with Frederick Di Di for a long time, as Auntie Adele was busy with her assignments in July. Finally, we managed to meet up at Vivocity on 4 August 2007, when Papa brought grandma to preview the National Day Parade. When we arrived, Mama brought Lyn Lyn to Mothercare to buy a pair of Dora sandles, before meeting the rest of them at the top level.

Once Lyn Lyn saw Frederick Di Di playing in the water, she didn't bother about her own clothings and just hopped in to join in the fun!

After the waterplay, we all went to Hogsbreath Cafe for dinner. Both Frederick Di Di and Lyn Lyn ordered kid's meal, with chicken nuggets and fries, with Lyn Lyn ordered additional corn on cob as a side! In the end, she finished all her corn on cob and Mama's corn on cob, but not the nuggets or fries!

I am STRONG

Gwendolyn went to try out the newly refurbished playground at IMM 3rd floor, which was previously located indoors on the second floor.

I am born in the year of the monkey and a strong monkey I am. See how I can hold myself up in the balancing bar!

She is considered strong for a 3-year-old child!

Art and Craft

Everytime when we walk past this art and craft store at IMM, Gwendolyn would ask curiously what that is all about. Finally, this time Mama let her to have a go at it and asked her to choose a cartoon character that she wanted to "paint" on. She chose Pooh bear and happily sat down with Mama to try out this new activity. She was so happy to be able to identify all the colours on Pooh bear's body and took the paints from the shelf to fill up the space!

Bowling @ West Coast Community Club

After trying out Wii, Gwendolyn learnt a new post in playing bowling: it's to stand on one leg and lift the other at the back after rolling the ball. See, she was practising this at the West Coast Community Club!

Fu Fu and me

Mama saw this picture from Patrick Fu Fu's msn and asked for a copy. Isn't it a very sweet picture?!

I Love Swimming

As Gwendolyn grows, she starts choosing her own swimming costumes. Sometimes, she wants a more girlie look, so that she is "pretty". This time, she's chosen one where Mama's bought quite some time ago, but she hasn't really worn for swimming before.

Getting ready to go into the water

Dog paddling

I swim...I swim...

Hi mama, I can swim by myself!

Quick quick...it's getting cold!

Cable Car Ride

Last Saturday, Mama's friend, Auntie Eva was in Singapore for an assignment and we met up for lunch at the Jewel Box @ Mount Faber. We ordered 3 set lunches and Gwendolyn was given some colouring to do.

Cheese...I'm colouring the cable car!

Auntie Eva and me

After the delicious lunch, we were given 3 free cable car tickets into Sentosa and the adults just bought an additional child ticket for Lyn Lyn to fulfil her wish for a cable car ride! Yeah!

Finally, Lyn Lyn is seated in the cable car after several requests!

There's a handle. Hold on tight!

I can board the cable car by myself

Trip to HK: 4-8 July 2007

Gwendolyn was really looking forward to the HK trip, as she has broken her Mickey Mouse waterbottle that she's bought from the previous trip!

Day 1 : Departure

Lyn Lyn, without forgetting her Spot and Steve, helped a lot in bringing the luggage from home to the taxi! Off we go!

I can...I can!

Even though Dora was the latest theme cartoon character on SIA and there were Dora show as in-flight entertainment, Lyn Lyn still preferred her "no-ear-piece" DVD machine that she brought along with her

Lyn Lyn: I take responsibility of my own DVD machine! It's mine!

Day 2 : Disneyland

Weather in Hong Kong was not very stable when we touch down. It was quite unpredictable as to when we can go to Disneyland, as Lyn Lyn had wished. On the second day, after waking up, Gong Gong noticed that it was not raining and suggested that we all go to Disneyland to get Lyn Lyn's water bottle. Yes, Lyn Lyn's main aim of the trip is to buy a new water bottle, as her previous Mickey Mouse bottle is broken. What an expensive bottle...with 4 adults accompanying a child all the way there to buy!

Anyways, Lyn Lyn's other request was to take the "turnaround horsey ride"

The Pooh Bear Ride

AND Ultimately, to SHOP!

WHY did we buy an umbrella, because, it was raining and Lyn Lyn needed her own umbrella!

This is the first time Lyn Lyn taking the "Tea Cup" ride and she loved it! She kept turning the turnsile in the tea cup and screaming along the way!

Oh yeah! Not forgetting Dumbo, the flying elephant as well!

The last "Boat Ride" which scared Lyn Lyn with all the "mechanical" animals surrounding this Amazon river...

Poor Lyn Lyn was splashed by the "Baby elephant", playing water in the river! Woo woo...I'm wet...

Pirates of the Carribbean visiting Disneyland as well! Hi Pirate Mickey!

If you think the Disneyland mission is over after purchasing of the water bottle, you're very wrong! Who would have guessed that Lyn Lyn wanted a Mickey balloon? We went for the Golden Mickey show and before that, we saw a balloon-man selling balloon outside. Mama told her that we'll buy after the show. Unfortunately, it rained just before the show was finished and the balloon-man went into hiding. Our clever Lyn Lyn remembered the balloon that Mama had promised to buy and kept asking for the balloon. Poor Gong Gong, Por Por, Papa and Mama were hunting high and low, looking for the balloons, as Lyn Lyn was showing a long face. Eventually, Mama suggested that we all head for Customer Information and tell them about a desparate child wanting their balloons. Knowing the Disney culture, to make everyone in the theme park happy, they happily responded and tell us that they'll get the balloon-man to come to the Customer Information station to sell us the balloon. When Lyn Lyn finally saw the whole bunch of balloons appearing in front of her, she showed a bright smile and was very happy to have gotten her much wanted balloon! (P.S. unfortunately, she couldn't bring it back to Singapore, as it consists of helium and can't bring onto the plane. The poor balloon, hopefully, is still sitting in Hong Kong!)

After Disneyland, we had dinner with Uncle Yuen before we meet up with Auntie Annie and Uncle Derek in Tsim Sha Tsui for some ice-cream...surprisingly, Uncle Derek seems to be fun to Lyn Lyn and Lyn Lyn kept teaching him to sing a mandarin song!

Day 3: Papa and Mama shopping

Today, Papa and Mama went shopping and Lyn Lyn spent most of the time with Gong Gong and Por Por. Papa and Mama went out for dinner with Mama's ex-colleagues and Auntie Maria and Auntie Winnie baked 2 different cheese cakse for everybody to try: Blueberry Cheesecake and Lavendar Cheesecake! Yum Yum!

Day 4: Shatin Jockey Club

Another favourite place for Lyn Lyn, where she can play in the big playroom, submerging into the balls and sliding, jumping wherever she likes!

Day 5: Departure

The 5-day trip was very short for Gong Gong and Por Por to enjoy time with Lyn Lyn. However, it was enough for Papa and Mama...hehe...you know what Lyn Lyn has been doing most of the times in Gong Gong and Por Por's house? She got hooked onto the new game console: Wii...her favourite games were: Cooking Mama, tennis and bowling!

For more pictures of the Hong Kong trip, please visit Fu Fu's photosite:
http://fotop.net/patrickko/20070705

I can float with my arm bands!

Gwendolyn's been reading a story book under the Topsy and Tim range called : Learn to Swim. In the story book, Topsy and Tim are twin sister and brother and both were learning how to swim using arm bands. Ever since that book, Lyn Lyn's been asking to try out with her arm bands, where Mama bought quite some time ago, but has forgotten where they've been kept. Finally, they've been found and Lyn Lyn tried them out together with her floaty first. When she became more confident, she removed her floaty and used the arm bands only. See, she's enjoying herself so much and being able float by herself!

I can float in different ways: sideways, in front, bent, etc