Leanne's outfits

Just because .... she's growing out of them too quickly!

Madrid September 2010

Here we are - in Lord Richard Rogers' fantastic Barajas Airport in Madrid. A highlight ...

- now where did i leave my box of strawberries?

In our little room in the little boutique hotel - Leanne is dressed to combat against the famous siesta-inducing Madrid rays.

And the happy family sets out.

At the larger than life Caixa Art forum.

Feeling at home in Caixa Art Forum's book and gift shop.

In the brilliant sunshine of Madrid that bathes nature outside and the art inside the Prado museum vividly into Life!



Happy posing for daddy when she is by mummy's side outside the Prado Museum.

Tapas hunting but we definitely had time to stop and smell the roses and play twistee on a spinning metal cap on the pavement.

leanne and her food, london

happy with her box of biscuits

in deep enjoyment of her strawberry dipped in yogurt ice cream

daddy's big breakfast

daddy share!

and she insists on carrying the grocery basket

london part ii

1st stop: long acre at covent garden, next to the sun tavern

leanne exploring the apartment when we first got there.

the bed that the 3 of us share

the dining room where we feast on four seasons roast duck and zizzi pizzas with shireen, dennis, beatrice, hui2, tze bin and xi yue

2nd stop: marquess' apartment in smith street, kings road

happy leanne!

we were really happy with the decision to rent a short stay apartment. we stayed at long acre in covent garden for the first leg. it was a very newly nicely done up apartment -such a pleasure to stay there. we stayed at smith street in chelsea, king's road in the return leg. the apartment is older but filled with paintings and photos of the owner's family. it's owned by a marquess.

leanne could sleep in the bedroom while we relax in the lounge and we could also cook dinners for leanne for some nights. she liked the soup i concocted: monkfish in celery, courguette and corn soup. though our european friends used to scorn at the vegetables in london saying they were tasteless compared to their home countries; the uk produce taste a lot better than what we get in singapore; especially the organic food which costs only a fraction higher.

Mrs S in Hong Kong

Little Leanne had her 5-in-1 injection on Saturday and she was her usual trooper self. She exclaimed 'Pain!' when she was poked and asked the paediatrician to check her other ear after she had her right ear checked. The doctor reassured us about her backwards pronounciation of 'bottle' (the-bot), 'button' (the-bun), 'water' (the-wat) saying that she probably finds 'the' easy to say and so says it first. She added that in fact, she has never met a 20 month old who would ask for the other ear to be checked and who would express the pain as a word rather than screams and wails. She was impressed with how aware and communicative Leanne was. Coming from a very experienced paediatrician who had 3 HUGE diamond rings as proof, we can't help but feel a certain glow of pride.

On Sunday, Mrs S flew off to HK on business. During Night no.1 without her dearest mummy by her side, Leanne woke up just after midnight crying for mummy. Mr S picked her up and reminded her in the most soothing voice he could muster that "mummy is in Hong Kong for work but she'll be back. She will always come back for you ...". Sleep resumed when I let her sleep on mummy's side of the bed because she asked. She turned 90degrees and kicked daddy of the bed at least twice.

In the morning, when Rolin and Mr S's mum asked Leanne where mummy was, she actually replied "Hong Kong!" Isn't she amazing? I must have only said it to her five times during the night.

We'll see how Night no.2 turns out. Wish me luck!

and covent garden too!

mr s monmouth coffee

leanne's neals yard cheese

mrs s favourite lunch shop

the lovely cath kidston that we could go everyday...

mrs s local pub when at kpf

leanne loves her shoes

leanne loves shoes...whenever we enter a shoe shop, she would immediately sit on the floor and start taking off her shoes and socks to try on the shoes on display. think it's genetic :P

from trying on mama's in the apartment

to the trotters for little kids like her

red pumps in office

a proper try on of the brown suede in selfridges

daddy ah!!! i think this is it!

amongst the three of us, leanne has four new pairs, mr s three and mrs s two only....

beautiful hyde park

leanne in hyde park

run run run....mama!

hey, what's up? faster!

jean nouvel serpentine pavilion

how about a coffee?

contented leanne and daddy

london aug 22- sept 4 2010

after two years, we finally did what we always wanted to do. we took leanne to hyde park. she was busy running around, chasing after the little birds and the pigeons till the swans and ducks started coming after her at the round pond.

Funky Diva

Strike a pose.

And here we go!

Can you feel the bass?!

Attitude! Strike a pose!

All in the Family

Just like how Yi-Ma did it ...

and just to go one better - acrobatically!

"Alright, I'm ready - shall I drive today?"

"Can you carry me to the car?"

At mummy's Cousin's house ...