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SmellyCat's Birthday.

SmellyCat turns 28!!!

Can't believe we are getting so old!

But this year is kinda special coz its Bb Raine's 1st Bday with her Smellycat Daddy!
(Still remember last year's funky MacD Bday Party- Heehee)

Decided to just go for a simple dinner at Vil'age at Heeren coz his fav Wolf Blass white wine is being served there!

And i told him he can have the whole bottle to himself. :)


While on our way there. Cutie Bb Raine was actually sleeping but then i caught her reflection on the Bb mirror......


Can't resist. She look soooo cute when she is almost falling asleep.


Bb Raine: ZZZzzzzZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzzZZZZzzzz.........


Put her Mickey glasses on coz its a very sunny day!!


A Very Cool Baby.


A very Cool Daddy.


Funky Mickey Baby!!
( Got these sunglasses during my last trip to HongKong in July06)


Trying to take a nice pic with her but she kept moving and moving hence the blurry Bb Raine.


I think it is a conspiracy with her and smelly cat.
See how well she behave when she is taking a pic with him.


Can you see the Resemblence?
Scolded her when she started to throw her toys and book on the floor and she gave me that look.


Bb Raine finds these cows fascinating!
I think they are uber kawaii as well! :)


Bb Raine: Wooooow!!! What big nostrails you have??

In the end, i have to carry her away from the cows after she attempted to climb onto them.

Wahahahahahahahhaha.

That's all for smellycat's 28th Birthday.

Simple. But one of the best i ever had.

:o)

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Momolita.

I wanted the Momolita Blythe so badly.

And i can't bring myself to pay those absurb price she is being sold at.

Thank God for my Guildie in WOW who is working in Tokyo. He help me got her at a reasonable price!!! And brought it all the way back to Singapore with him.

So Sweet of him!! Thanks a lot Azilogg!!!


Isn't she a darling!

*happy*

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Monitor.

It is always difficult to get Bday Present for R4 every year .

Seems like there isn't a year that i could get him a present that could make him truly happy.

(Its different in my case, gimme anything blythe and tokidoki i will uber happy!)

Anyway, as i am fretting what to get for him, R4 solve the problem for me himself.

His PC's monitor decided to go haywire and died on him

He almost went crazy.

Hehehehehehhehehehehehheehhehehe.

Hence, he told me that he wanted a monitor for his birthday.

Made my life a hell lot easier.

Wahahhahahahahahhaha.

After Bb Raine's Music 1 Trial class at Gymboree, we decided to head down to Funan to get the montior.


Bb Raine fell asleep on her way to Funan, think she is too tired after her Music class.
R4 refused to put her in the pram. He insisted to carry her all the way.
Crazy Fella.


See what i mean?


And even when she is awake, he still carry her all the way.
I think not only his monitor gone haywire, he's gone haywire too.


In the end, i got him this 22" monitor.
It looks so damn freaky huge that i think if R4 carries on playing WOW on this, he will go blind.

Wahhahahahahahahhahahahaha.

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Sansan is an astronaut.

I really dunno what happen.

But my noti furkids got into a fight and poor sansan got injured.

I was opening the door with Bb Raine in tow (after sending R4 to work) when it happened.


Sansan the astronaut.

Her right eye got scratched and needs to be on antibiotics, eye ointment and cream.

My heart aches from her injuries and not to mention the hole in my wallet after the vet visit.

Sigh......

What got me in a fluster was it was early in the morning, the vet is not opened, not to mention Bb Raine is with me.

How to bring Sansan to the vet with Bb Raine in tow?

R4 working.

MummyHelen not feeling well.

Garlic needs to go in to office early.

Really OMG.

Anyway since the vet is not opened till 0930hrs, i've decided to take a nap with Bb Raine( since is barely 0800hrs) and we only woke up around 1030 hrs when JP came home.

Help arrived in the form of JP. Wahahahahhaha

Thank God he came home early and he can help me bring Sansan to the vet.


Bb Raine is so excited to be at the vet.
She seems more active than Sansan at the vet.
hahahahhahhahahaha


Bb Raine: Wahhhh, uncle Jp you see got phamplets to tell us about dogs!


Bb Raine: How much is that doggy at the window? Woof woof!


Bb Raine: Mummy, what do you mean thats not a real dog?


Sansan and her "astronaut helmet".
Actually, check out Bb Raine in the background pretending she is a dog. :P


Bb Raine: Mummy ! I think i wanna be a vet when i grow up!!

How i wish.

Hehehehehehehhehehehehe :p

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A day in the life of Bb Raine.

Maybe some of you been wondering why is there so many blog entries about Bb Raine these few days.

Coz i took leave to take care of her coz Mummyangela is overseas and there is a maid transition thingy goin on, hence i decided to be a "responsible" mummy and take care of Bb Raine all by myself ( ok, with some help from MummyHelen too.. hehheh :p)

Somehow i find this week with her is so fruitful that i really wish i could be a full time stay at home mum with her. But i know the smellycat will kill me if i don't work. He think that it is a waste of the education that i've gone thru, but i rather be the one educating Bb raine ( anyway this is another issue altogether).

Oh well....


Think Bb Raine is a bookworm like me coz i caught her reading quietly by herself in her play cot! :P


Totally engrossed with the Baby Enstein Dvd.
( In case you wonder, i carried her away from the tv and watched with her on the sofa, she is standing there coz we were putting the dvd into the player and i walked to my table to get the remotes.)


Got her an all in one drum set.


Little drummer gal in the making.


SmellyCat and i brought her to Ikea.


Peek- a- boo! Guess who???


Gotcha! Its me!!! Bb "noti" Raine!

:op

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Find Violet.

This reminds me of the book " Find Wally". (Where you have to "find wally" in many different scenerios. )

So........


"Find Bb Raine."

P/s: R4 did this when Bb Raine is taking a nap.


hehehehehhehehehehehehhehe :P

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Gym Baby.


What is Bb Raine so happy about??


Her 1st gymboree session!!!

Been wanting to bring her for classes since she was like 6 mths old but everyone tells me not to coz she's so young blahblahblah etcetc..... I think they think i will drive Bb Raine crazy, but i seriously think that if she has the potential why not maximise it??

I think it will drive her crazy that we are underestimating her.

Anyway, been doing some research and recee, i think i like the classes provided at Gymboree the best! When i brought her to enquire about the class, she was so captivated by the ongoing class and she started to dance to the music too!! Uber Kawaii!! :P

Hence i've decided to enrol her for their Level 3 (10-16mths) - The communicator : Being skilled in back and forth communication

Children this age are adept communicators.
They show what they want or need through actions such as pointing at a toy or leading you by the hand to open a door for them.
When they crawl or walk to a caregiver, tap an adult's leg, or point to the book they want to read, they are using gestures to communicate a full sentence, such as "Mommy, I want you to read this to me."
And when they roll a ball back and forth with an adult, they are learning about two-way communication and taking turns.

Effective communication skills are essential for feeling competent and forming relationships.
The ability to have "conversations" using sounds and gestures allows babies to let others know what they're thinking and feeling.
They may pick up an object and show it to you as if to say, "What's this?"
This two-way communication is also important for their intellectual development, as their gestures are an attempt to figure things out.
When adults respond to children's communications, they help them learn and show them that what they're "saying" is important.

I seriously agree with their program coz sometimes i noticed Bb raine gets frustrated when she cannot bring across to us what she wanna say, hence i hope at the end of these sessions, Bb raine and us will have a stronger bond and not to mention a more confident and sociable her.

I got up early to get her ready for her trial class ( actually i have half the mind to sign her up but just wanna be sure.) and we were raring to go at 0850hrs coz the class is at 0930hrs.

But R4 the Smellycat wanna come along last min hence we waited and waited and only left the house at 0910hrs.

"-________- * angry* coz we are so late!!!!

San-d: How are we going to get there by 0930 hrs!! Some more peak hour! Sure traffic jam!!*sulking* (i really hate to be late for her 1st lesson, we are so excited to go)
R4: Watch me.
San-d: *panic* Its ok , we can be late. Take your time.

Why the sudden change in attitude?

Coz knowing the smellycat, he will go into his F1 rally driver mode.

And i was right. I was hanging on to my dear life as he zoom and zip thru the traffic during the morning rush hour.

And we managed to reach the class by 0935 hrs!!! *Amazing*

And Bb Raine is so oblivious to what is going on, she slept the moment she got into the car!

She was so refreshed after the power nap, she was raring to go when she reached Gymboree!


She simply loved this doughtnut ring!!!


So young already checking other guys out. Hehheh :p


Bringing the toys out to play.


Totally engrossed with the toys.


Parachute time!! Where all kids gather on this bigbig colorful parachute for the cooling down sessions


She is really soooo happy!!

Though we missed the inital 10 mins of the class, i can see that she has no problems gelling with the kids and both of us really had a fun time there!

I felt so happy to see her enjoying herself and participating in the class, especially during bubble time, when she really tries to catch the bubbles. Uber Kawaii!!

After the class, when i was signing up for the membership for gymboree, R4 came back from his "tea session" ( it seems to him that it is not so "macho facho" to be hanging around all the mummies and kids), he asked me how many sessions am i going to sign up.

San-d: I think i will sign up for 4 sessions 1st .
R4: Why not 12 sessions?? Tot she likes it?
San-d: *actually a bit broke coz of my momolita coming next week and not to mention the "extreme makeover" of hellokitty plus... so...* er...i dunno...
R4: since i am paying it, you sure you don't want ?
San-d: You are paying????*shocked*
R4: Before i change my mind...
San-d: OK!!!! *turns to the receptionist*
I want to sign up 12 sessions for violet. * grin* :P

I don't know what made R4 the smellycat behave in this manner, probably Bb raine really know how to soften even smellycat's heart.

San-d: How about i pay for the sessions and you bring her to class instead?
R4: You might as well kill me.

Hehhehehehhehehehehehehheheheheheheheeeee :p


Bb Raine: Can't wait till my next class!!!! *happy*!!!

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Noah's Ark

Got the Fisherprice little people Noah's Ark playset for Bb raine and was playing with her, trying to teach her the "boy" and "gal" animals. And also to cultivate some Christian values to her. :P


Bb Raine attempting to get everyone out of the ark.



Bb Raine: Got Lion, got zebra, got giraffe, got bird, got noah, got his wife.......

San-d: Darling, can you bring the lion to mummy please?
Bb Raine: *happily counting and ignoring me*
San-d: Violet darling, bring the lion to mummy please?
Bb Raine: *Still happily counting *

In the end Sansan cannot take it after hearing me telling BB raine for at least 4 times, she went over and took the lion and happily "plonked' it in front of me.

Aw....... Furkids.

:P

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Photoblog.

Got some random interesting pics of Bb raine hence time for another session of photoblog!


Bb Raine: Mhhhmmmmmmmmmm* face turning red*


Bb Raine face already red.

Why???

Coz she wanna Poo poo!!! Wahahaahahahhahahahah


Bb Raine: Yup, i wanna poo. Gosh.... this is so embarassing.


Bb raine loves books. Even Menus.
Whahahahhahahah


MummyHelen and Bb raine!


Bb raine dun just go for kiddy rides, nowdays, she changed her taste to tractors!!


Bb Raine: Hmmmm..... something wrong with the engine??


Things Smellycat got for Bb Raine after his trip from Jakarta - got wooden slippers, name thingy, keychain( why on earth she need a keychain at this age???) and softtoy( not in pic) .

But a lousy handicraft yoyo that couldn't even wind up for me.

C'est la vie. Sigh. :p