"Toilet toilet" this is what Oliver says when he needs to go. We are very happy that his toilet training has been successful (so far). But I have to say, "toilet toilet" at 5:30 in the morning is a little bit too much...
Tuesday, 6 September 2011
Big TV mummy!
Oliver went to the movies for the first time last week with Lucas and Linnea. He has seen Cars (the original one) so he knew what he was going to watch and was very very excited. We weren't too sure if he could sit still for the entire movie though, but no problems at all. Matthew came home and told me he was just sitting there with his eyes wide open!
He enjoyed it so much that he has been talking about the big TV for the rest of the week. So I thought it would be nice for me to take him to the movies this time and spend some mummy and Oliver time!
Aynur (Muhammad's mom) and I had some coffee and a chat before the movie. The boys were very excited and looked so cute holding their hands together, bouncing to the movie theater.
I couldn't get Oliver to look at me as there was a little TV behind me showing previews of Cars2...
The theater was pretty much empty, only 8 of us in it. We were in the new theater which was very cosy and clean. And guess what? Oliver just sat on my lap for the entire movie! I actually bought him a seat but he was too light to sit on the chair, it kept flipping back... poor little man.
I really enjoyed being with Oliver alone and eating salty popcorn :) It was a lovely afternoon.
He enjoyed it so much that he has been talking about the big TV for the rest of the week. So I thought it would be nice for me to take him to the movies this time and spend some mummy and Oliver time!
Aynur (Muhammad's mom) and I had some coffee and a chat before the movie. The boys were very excited and looked so cute holding their hands together, bouncing to the movie theater.
I couldn't get Oliver to look at me as there was a little TV behind me showing previews of Cars2...
The theater was pretty much empty, only 8 of us in it. We were in the new theater which was very cosy and clean. And guess what? Oliver just sat on my lap for the entire movie! I actually bought him a seat but he was too light to sit on the chair, it kept flipping back... poor little man.
I really enjoyed being with Oliver alone and eating salty popcorn :) It was a lovely afternoon.
Sunday, 4 September 2011
My hand?
I think Luca has discovered the annoying things moving in front of him and smacking his face might belong to him...
Saturday, 3 September 2011
Hari Raya 2011
We certainly enjoyed celebrating Hari Raya this year! The first day was busy busy busy - we had three open houses we were invited to. I love open houses as it allows as to experience Hari Raya in the local way.
We visited our friend Hals and Keiko's house first. At open houses you are supposed to greet and eat the nice foods they provide and not stay long and go. But we had lots to catch up on and ended up staying for far too long : ) We were lucky Hari Raya started on Thursday. Matthew had a flight to Perth from the evening for a few days so almost missed the celebrations.
Tomoko-Natasha and Oliver.
The beautiful host Keiko and Hals with Oliver.
Unfortunately after leaving Hals and Keiko's we were sort of in a rush. But we still managed to visit two more of our friends places and enjoyed more chatting and more of the lovely food!!
The next day was a big day again. We decided to pay a visit to the Istana (the palace!) to meet the Sultan (the King) and the Queen. I really wanted to meet the Sultan but only males are allowed to greet him on this occasion.
We parked the car and rode the bus to the entrance. The ride wasn't long at all but Oliver got the biggest buzz from it!
When we got there we registered our visit:
And received these numbered tickets for... something special.
When we got in we walked though this corridor - with a plate and as you walk along you get what you would like to eat. Of course Oliver got his favourite food - Rice!!
He was pretty impressed the rice wasn't ordinary rice he normally has at home - it was yellow!
We then walked into this huge food court-like area to eat the food. It was just soooo crowded!!
It got rather uncomfortable with watching out for a little one and a baby in my arms. Luckily I had my friend to help me out. There was no way I could get there by myself with my two boys.
After a long queue we got to this area, which was packed with people but we each got a seat. But the unfortunate thing was by the time we got here it was almost at the end of the morning visit time. We missed it by 10 or 20mins and ended up waiting in these chairs for another 2 hours!!
Luckily Luca was entertained by Gemma and slept in my sling the rest of the time. Oliver was so well behaved on his iphone : )
The afternoon visit was from 2pm. But we were led through the security and entered the next room at 1:30. The room was heavily air-conned with lots of seats. There were signs saying no photos so I didn't take any from this point onwards.
When it was finally our turn I got very excited but found out there would be MORE waiting, this time outside and it was so hot!
By this stage Luca was deep asleep in my sling and Oliver was getting very very tired (he still has his afternoon nap around 2-3pm). We just started to feel very uncomfortable when we saw all the royal family come back from their lunch and enter the room where we could meet them. Yes we saw Sultan too! He was smiling and waving : )
And guess what!? Oliver fell asleep 3 minutes before meeting the Queen - after 4 hours of waiting he didn't get to see the lady he (or I made him) queue up for. Poor Nicole ended up carrying him to greet the Queen...
I was delighted when I greeted the Queen saying "Selamat Hari Raya" she said "You need to be careful with your baby" as Luca was sort of coming out of my sling! It wasn't a proper conversation but I at least got some words from her!
When we came out from the greeting room there was a person collecting the tickets with numbers, in return we received a special yellow box each and a greeting card. Both of my boys got money in the envelopes too!
To conclude this year's Hari Raya we had one more open house we got invited to - our friend Maria & Donncha's house.
Three of us together!
Oliver
Luca
It was certainly a long long day but it was definitely worth it. I hope Matthew can join the celebrations next time.
We visited our friend Hals and Keiko's house first. At open houses you are supposed to greet and eat the nice foods they provide and not stay long and go. But we had lots to catch up on and ended up staying for far too long : ) We were lucky Hari Raya started on Thursday. Matthew had a flight to Perth from the evening for a few days so almost missed the celebrations.
Tomoko-Natasha and Oliver.
The beautiful host Keiko and Hals with Oliver.
Unfortunately after leaving Hals and Keiko's we were sort of in a rush. But we still managed to visit two more of our friends places and enjoyed more chatting and more of the lovely food!!
The next day was a big day again. We decided to pay a visit to the Istana (the palace!) to meet the Sultan (the King) and the Queen. I really wanted to meet the Sultan but only males are allowed to greet him on this occasion.
We parked the car and rode the bus to the entrance. The ride wasn't long at all but Oliver got the biggest buzz from it!
When we got there we registered our visit:
And received these numbered tickets for... something special.
When we got in we walked though this corridor - with a plate and as you walk along you get what you would like to eat. Of course Oliver got his favourite food - Rice!!
He was pretty impressed the rice wasn't ordinary rice he normally has at home - it was yellow!
We then walked into this huge food court-like area to eat the food. It was just soooo crowded!!
It got rather uncomfortable with watching out for a little one and a baby in my arms. Luckily I had my friend to help me out. There was no way I could get there by myself with my two boys.
After a long queue we got to this area, which was packed with people but we each got a seat. But the unfortunate thing was by the time we got here it was almost at the end of the morning visit time. We missed it by 10 or 20mins and ended up waiting in these chairs for another 2 hours!!
Luckily Luca was entertained by Gemma and slept in my sling the rest of the time. Oliver was so well behaved on his iphone : )
The afternoon visit was from 2pm. But we were led through the security and entered the next room at 1:30. The room was heavily air-conned with lots of seats. There were signs saying no photos so I didn't take any from this point onwards.
When it was finally our turn I got very excited but found out there would be MORE waiting, this time outside and it was so hot!
By this stage Luca was deep asleep in my sling and Oliver was getting very very tired (he still has his afternoon nap around 2-3pm). We just started to feel very uncomfortable when we saw all the royal family come back from their lunch and enter the room where we could meet them. Yes we saw Sultan too! He was smiling and waving : )
And guess what!? Oliver fell asleep 3 minutes before meeting the Queen - after 4 hours of waiting he didn't get to see the lady he (or I made him) queue up for. Poor Nicole ended up carrying him to greet the Queen...
I was delighted when I greeted the Queen saying "Selamat Hari Raya" she said "You need to be careful with your baby" as Luca was sort of coming out of my sling! It wasn't a proper conversation but I at least got some words from her!
When we came out from the greeting room there was a person collecting the tickets with numbers, in return we received a special yellow box each and a greeting card. Both of my boys got money in the envelopes too!
To conclude this year's Hari Raya we had one more open house we got invited to - our friend Maria & Donncha's house.
Three of us together!
Oliver
Luca
It was certainly a long long day but it was definitely worth it. I hope Matthew can join the celebrations next time.
First time sleepover
Oliver had his very first sleepover the other night - with his favourite simpang brother Lucas!
They watched a movie and played with toys before they headed to bed.
We read story books (Gruffalo and Gruffalo's child - Oliver's favourites) each holding their own teddy bear in their hands. So cute!
I was worried it would take forever to settle them down as they were both in Oliver's bed. But nothing to worry about, they were both fast asleep after 20min or so!
The next morning Lucas read Oliver a story (of course - Gruffalo!) until Luca woke up, then both boys enjoyed a morning chat with Luca : )
They watched a movie and played with toys before they headed to bed.
We read story books (Gruffalo and Gruffalo's child - Oliver's favourites) each holding their own teddy bear in their hands. So cute!
I was worried it would take forever to settle them down as they were both in Oliver's bed. But nothing to worry about, they were both fast asleep after 20min or so!
The next morning Lucas read Oliver a story (of course - Gruffalo!) until Luca woke up, then both boys enjoyed a morning chat with Luca : )
Wednesday, 31 August 2011
Monday, 29 August 2011
Dry!
We tried to toilet train Oliver seriously a month ago, but we had visitors and so many playdates, we decided to put it off until now. We started to put him in his underwear again. He has been doing so well! I am very impressed - I guess the suggestions from other mums "when the time comes, he will do it without too much effort" was true!
He had one accident today (when he was playing with Linnea and Lucas and got too excited) but other than that he kept his underwear very "DRY!" Even after I put him in his nappy before bed time he still came to me and said "toilet toilet" and NO accidents!
I am very proud of you Oliver, but I feel a bit sad that our boy is growing so fast...
He had one accident today (when he was playing with Linnea and Lucas and got too excited) but other than that he kept his underwear very "DRY!" Even after I put him in his nappy before bed time he still came to me and said "toilet toilet" and NO accidents!
I am very proud of you Oliver, but I feel a bit sad that our boy is growing so fast...
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Sticker for you...
Oliver gave Luca a sticker, Luca wasn't sure what this thing on his nose was.
Hmmmm... I cannot quite see what it is...
Aha! Sticker I like it!
Hmmmm... I cannot quite see what it is...
Aha! Sticker I like it!
Lovely morning
As the school is off for another week, our simpang kids are available for Oliver and Luca to play with. They spend the morning with Lucas and Linnea.
Linnea is very gentle with Luca : )
Luca loves chatting - especially to girls!
Oliver showed Linnea how you should pose when your photo is taken...
Kids playing nicely mean I get a very quiet morning, I love it!
Linnea is very gentle with Luca : )
Luca loves chatting - especially to girls!
Oliver showed Linnea how you should pose when your photo is taken...
Kids playing nicely mean I get a very quiet morning, I love it!
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Baking playdate
As we are still on the school break (no Geckos and no nursery classes started yet) we are having lots of playdates with Oliver's little friends.
We are very lucky to have mothers who are interested in lots of different activities for the little ones. Sometimes they play outside jumping on the trampolines, splashing each other in the paddle pool or they do some arty crafty activities such as sticking paper, painting, playdough, and Oliver's favourite activity - cooking!
He really loves making pizzas but this afternoon I decided to do something different - gingerbread biscuit baking. Well... basically I prepared the dough in advance and the kids rolled it using a rolling pin and used the cookie cutters to make all sorts of different biscuits.
It was fun trying to figure out what animals and shapes they are:
Can you see which cutter Oliver picked?
Emma
Hannah
They all had a fun time - and the mummies enjoyed it too!
Taddaaaa nicely baked gingerbread biscuits - Kiwi, NZ map, giraffe, fish, duck and more!
And they tasted very good : ) We had such a lovely afternoon.
We are very lucky to have mothers who are interested in lots of different activities for the little ones. Sometimes they play outside jumping on the trampolines, splashing each other in the paddle pool or they do some arty crafty activities such as sticking paper, painting, playdough, and Oliver's favourite activity - cooking!
He really loves making pizzas but this afternoon I decided to do something different - gingerbread biscuit baking. Well... basically I prepared the dough in advance and the kids rolled it using a rolling pin and used the cookie cutters to make all sorts of different biscuits.
It was fun trying to figure out what animals and shapes they are:
Can you see which cutter Oliver picked?
Emma
Hannah
They all had a fun time - and the mummies enjoyed it too!
Taddaaaa nicely baked gingerbread biscuits - Kiwi, NZ map, giraffe, fish, duck and more!
And they tasted very good : ) We had such a lovely afternoon.
Bubble fun
We are having lovely breezes throughout the day the last few days, which means Oliver can get out and play outside more (usually he plays early in the morning and later in the afternoon as it gets quite quite hot!) and I enjoy my coffee outside.
Oliver and I had great time blowing bubbles today.
Concentrating very hard...
Pheuuuuuu----
So much fun!
Where is Luca?
He just chills out and enjoys his sleep in the fresh air - such a relaxed boy : )
Oliver and I had great time blowing bubbles today.
Concentrating very hard...
Pheuuuuuu----
So much fun!
Where is Luca?
He just chills out and enjoys his sleep in the fresh air - such a relaxed boy : )
Sunday, 21 August 2011
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