happy 3rd birthday

This year, we felt that leanne was ready for her own birthday party and decided to save on her Christmas and birthday present and throw her a cupcake party instead. We celebrated one day in advance as leanne's birthday fell on the eve of lunar new year. leanne chose the purple (her favourite colour) party bag. these are for the babies.

party bag for the small toddlers

party bag for the older children

mr s and leanne looking happy and contented. the top with the golden wings was a recent gift from sy yeema. mrs s went on a desperate hunt on the day of the party to look for a matching skirt and found one that leanne wore when she turned one.
looking pretty at the afc sudio while waiting for her guests to arrive

when can we start?
finally chef wendy and chef karly started the baking party

fully attentive to every word

finally a glance at mrs s

let me do it myself

leanne and brandon admiring the ice cream birthday cake while waiting for the cupcakes to bake

still admiring the cake

didn't manage to take any photo of leanne doing the cupcake decoration as mrs s was too caught up watching leanne do it

leanne was extremely pleased with her creations

this is her self stylized 'cute' pose

still happy enough to give another pose with her cupcakes

ok, i need to taste it now!

yummy

thank you all for coming!

leanne's antics

leanne says this is an aeroplane

picture is a bit blur but this is the lion dance in action
the tired lionessleanne sees

leanne does...

we finally made it to the zoo!

we tried going a few months ago but turned back when we couldn't get a parking lot because the carpark was closed. then after, mrs s grand plan was for us to go with the two yee mas and the two cousins. however, as leanne was down with hfmd, we got to scrape the plan.

we finally made it the saturday before sy and joyce left. however, we forgot to download the old photos and the memory card was full after a few shots.

our super trooper walked all by herself throughout the outing- about 6 hours! yay!

btw, this is her all time favourite outfit

waiting for the splash safari show

wow, close view of the kangaroos, we even some one hopping...

enthralled by the kangaroos
i want to come to the zoo everyday!

adios

sf and benjamin were only back for two weeks this time round. poor benjamin because of hfmd was home bound for almost a week and a half and couldn't meet his target of 15 chicken rice meals.

leanne got on so well with them and always tells mrs s that she missess benjamin gor gor...
a big thank you to sf yee ma for all the story books and educational toys, and benjamin gor gor for the drawing blocks. leanne has been drawing on them.

all in

cupcake baking

leanne has been watching lots of cupcake decorating on the ipad and she has been pretending to be decorating cupcakes at her kitchen stove. when sy yee ma heard about this, she got leanne a little apron and cupcake baking set complete with piping bag and nine different nozzles all the way from sydney!

our little leanne was so happy and was fully attentive when we had our little cupcake session.

step 1: leanne in her apron with her spatula

mix the flour and water

blend in the butter

prepare the piping bag

colouring to the frosting

when can we stop this photo taking???

putting the frosting into the piping bag

lips pursed in concentration

by leanne

this is really important

feeling smug about her creations

oh, it's yummy!

when you wish upon a star...

thank you to the yee mas, joycelyn jie jie and benjamin gor gor.

leanne's princess castle

leanne is into princesses and castles now. one day, she started arranging her beads to form her castle.

leanne in her favourite pink t-shirt with sparkies (the one that sy yee ma bought her two years ago) and the castle that she built. it does have a little tower doesn't it?

christmas 2012

the much awaited dec holidays finally arrived with sf yee ma, benjamin gor gor, sy yee ma and joycelyn jie jie coming back from melbourne and sydney.

the little ones especially leanne and brandon had so much fun with their yee/ gu mas and cousins. unfortunately, leanne was down with hfmd (this came after her fake measles that came after her h1n1). and unfortunately, benjamin also got infected and didn't get to enjoy his holidays as much as he should.

nevertheless, we had our own little christmas lunch celebration at home. the bench and the space outside the stair landing just next to our flat came useful.

our outdoor eating area while ben and leanne are confined to indoor dining
the two iou due to travel and time restrictions as ben was 'quarrantined'

introducing the hugely adorable brandon and brian chan

leanne acting coy with sy yee ma
and lots of affection for her best friend
swinging monkey with sy yee ma
family photo!

photo taken by leanne

- she made us sit on the steps again...