A day in the S.E.A.

Big Sis A Loving Mother

I always try to let Cherie Ethan have a little touch with the Nature's lovely creations like the animals and the greens. Living in the hustle and bustle in city Singapore, I always believe we should have all the city ways of doing so. 

That's why Hub SH (first time appearing here, my hubby) and I always try to bring him to parks, the zoo, bird park etc.

S.E.A. was one of our most recent trips.

Sea? No. It's the SEA Aquarium in RWS, Resorts World Sentosa Singapore :) 

See how beautiful SEA is!!!

Cherie Ethan was very excited seeing the colourful fishes and sharks!

It was a great time for him pointing out all the different colours that he'd learnt from his books, this time on these moving living creatures: Gin (Green), Oran-chhhh (Orange), Boo (Blue), Yennow (Yellow)...

We also tried to touch the star fish, while Cherie Ethan kept mumbling "star star" "star star"...

He didn't quite get attracted by the jelly fishes, but he did keep calling these "ball ball" "ball ball" (I wonder why a kid always has to double the word that he says... haha...):

And we saw these very beautiful and elegant jelly fishes. Cherie Ethan was very much amazed! And so were Hub SH and myself!!!

I must say, it's really quite mind-relaxing looking at these wonderful sea creatures:

We also saw this very cute, spiky thingy which I loved very much :)

By the time we reached this big aquarium which accommodated this super giant stingray-like fish, Cherie Ethan started to feel very sleepy and was getting to fall asleep already. There he started to become uneasy and request to leave the place. 

Well... Darling... You've missed this very moving and shocking scene of the swimming giant escorted by all the little fish.

Although the trip ended a bit abruptly, it was a very wonderful and full-of-learning-fun trip. We just gotta plan our time better next time!

See you SEA!

SEA Ticket Fares

1-Day Pass

Adult (Age 13-59) $29

Child (Age 4-12) $20

Senior (Age 60 & Above) $20

We bought 1-Day Passes. Cherie Ethan's entry of course was free :)

Find little helper to clean!

Big Sis A Loving Mother

This is a brand new year, and CNY is just around the corner. Have you spring-cleaned your house?

We did it a few days ago ;) Started with getting rid of some unwanted or outgrown clothes to send to Salvation Army; also sorting out some perhaps to keep for the next baby? 

* Ha.. No concrete plan yet of course.

'Each time something is recycled and re-used, it is a positive step towards the conservation of our earth's resources and also help The Salvation Army to continue caring for the needy.'  -- Salvation Army

Salvation Army collects clothes, bags, shoes, books, toys and household items that are still in good condition!

Here are where their donation booths are located. It's very simple. Just drop your items there:

• The Salvation Army Red Shield Industries

       309 Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore 347693 

• The Salvation Army Praisehaven

       500 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 678106

• The Salvation Army Hope Centre

       7 Upper Changi Road North, Singapore 507705

• The Salvation Army Headquarters (open car park)

       20 Bishan Street 22, Singapore 579768

• The Salvation Army Haven

       350 Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 118692 

• IMM (open car park)

       2 Jurong East Street 21, Singapore 609601

I got my little helper in sorting out the outgrown clothes. It was such a good time to tell him about the value of sharing.

Me: This one baby cannot wear already...

Ethan: Cannot... Wear... Cannot...

Me: Some babies need it. We give it to babies who need, OK?

Ethan: OK. OK. OK.. (He loves to keep on repeating what others have said.)

He seemed to understand the great meaning behind. And he enjoyed helping out too. 

* Although most of the time, he's just playing with the clothes...

I try to get Ethan in the habit of being Mama's -- and Papa's -- little helper early on. I'm glad that he enjoys it (at least for now.. haha..)



After 2 hours of work, we finished clearing Ethan's, Mama's and Papa's 'outgrown' clothes. Hope that my little Cherie does learn to LOVE and SHARE :)

When the 2-year-old meets numbers!

Big Sis A Loving Mother

Little stories that brighten up my days to share with you all :)

...STORY ONE...

We were walking on the street while Ethan was crying asking me to carry him from his daddy's arm. I was thinking of strategies to distract Ethan so that I could free myself from dragging my legs with the extra 11kg load.

Ethan: Mama, carry, mama carry.

Me: Ok, you count from 1 to 30 first.

Ethan:

Mon (One), two, three, four, fi (five),

six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

e-we-wen (eleven), twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fiveteen (fifteen),

sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty,

twenty-mon (twenty-one), twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-fi (twenty-five),

twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty!

*Wow, The 2-year-old Ethan did it. I am so proud of him!

Ethan: Mama, mama carry....

Me: Ok, come.

...STORY TWO...

Ethan has been asking me to read him the "Learn with Thomas 1 2 3" these two days. He loves the book! I think I have read him thrice.

During our bedtime chat last night:

Me: Darling, who's number 1?

Ethan: Thomas!

(Hmm... That's correct! Not bad!)

Me: Number 2?

Ethan: Edward!

(Wow, he really can remember!)

Me: Number 3?

Ethan: Henry!

(Wow, wow... Ok, let me ask him the next one and hopefully he really did remember all.)

Me: Number 4?

Ethan: __Don

(Ok, I knew he meant Gordon!)

Me: Number 5?

Ethan: Jame!

(Bingo! JameSSSS!)

Me: Ok, it's James.

Me: Number 6?

Ethan: Cheeky Percy!

(He even remembered the adjective the book used to describe Percy! Well done my Cherie!)

Me: Number 7?

Ethan: Toby

(That's amazing!)

Me: Number 8?

(He was thinking hard, maybe "Steamie Duck" doesn't come easy for him to remember. So I decided to tell him the answer.)

Me: It's Steamie Duck!

Ethan: Steamie Duck!

Me: Ok, then who's number 9?

Ethan: Donald!

Me: Number 10?

Ethan: Donald!

Me: Hmm... it's Douglas even though Douglas is Donald's twin brother...

(Ethan has been insisting that Donald and Douglas are the "same same" "same same"...)

Me: Yay, Darling, clever boy, let's clap hands!

*Clap clap clap!

*I did not expect him to memorise the names of the engines in sequence. It's a surprise to me indeed! I was so proud of him! Well, by the way... I have never expected myself to remember the names of the engines in sequence too! Haha...

...STORY THREE...

I let Ethan stand in the basin so that I could clean him easily before bedtime (Of course I was holding him with my left hand while my right hand cleaning him).

Ethan was covering the tap of running water with his palm and the water shot out to everywhere.

Me: Stop it Ethan! 
(Firm & loud)

*Obviously, my firm and loud tone didn't do any magic on the terrible-two.

Me: If you continue doing this, I am going to turn off the tap.

(While talking, I turned off the tap)

Ethan: Water! water! water! 
(Screaming and stretching in my arm)

*In order to prevent him from slipping off my arm, I turned on the tap again and said:

Me: Ok, Ok. I count from 1 to 10 and I will turn it off.

*Ethan smiled

Me: 1, 2, 3, ....10! 
(I finished the counting in 3 seconds and I quickly turned off the tap and carried him away from the basin.)

Ethan: 鱼尾纹 (yu-wei-wen)! 鱼尾纹! Mama, 鱼尾纹!

Me: What's 鱼尾纹? Mama don't have 鱼尾纹!

*I was thinking hard what he meant by 鱼尾纹. I swear I've not taught him saying 鱼尾纹.

Ethan: ........

Our conversation ended.

After a while.... I was laughing non-stop myself as I finally figured out what he meant by 鱼尾纹..... It's ELEVEN!!

This cheeky boy was asking me to count to 11 instead of 10!

Me: Mummy ask you, just now you said 鱼尾纹, did you mean eleven?

*Ethan nodded his head....