A beautiful mind

Its Mummy's turn to write from her perspective today. This past month has indeed been a challenging month - grappling with the demands of work, managing Ethan's tantrums and this irrational cloud of jealousy that clouds his good nature. Hence, in order to reassure him of our love, we have decided to set aside more alone time for him and have even instituted a countdown method to help him transition out of his crying tantrums. Its worked well for us so far. *fingers crossed*.

His grasp of mandarin has improved tremendously and now, he can even speak to us a few sentences in Chinese. I will never forget his first sentence as I was rubbing my nose, he asked me "妈妈, 你的鼻子怎么了?"

But most of all, Ethan never fails to amaze me with the most thought provoking questions that you would never think could be uttered by a 2 and a half year old. Just earlier this week, we were walking around the wading pool outside our home and we had this conversation:

Ethan: Mummy, why does the water come out of the pool?

Mummy: There is someone splashing about you see so they pushed the water out.

Ethan: Oh...then why isn't the level of the water coming down?

The next day, he asked me another question after observing the pool:

Ethan: Mummy, why are the waves going in the opposite directions?

Mummy: Well, because the water didn't get pushed out of the pool, it had enough energy to change directions. (Doesn't this sound alot like Physics to you?)

Its amazing how his mind works...I'm looking forward to more conversations with my boy already. Here is my latest favourite shot of him looking all suave and handsome. Love you loads my darling.

One last hurrah

Who would have guessed that 16 weeks would fly by so quickly? Thus, it was with a heavy heart that mummy returned to work on the last day of June. But before she did, here is what we were up to:

1) Brunch at Takumi Tokyo



This was the first time we have EVER set foot in Keppel Bay. Yeah, we're a little suaku. But everyone had a blast! Ally, Evan and I marvelled at the yachts docked at the marina and Mummy & Daddy enjoyed their Ala Carte Buffet at Takumi Tokyo. The food was overpriced to be honest but we may consider returning for the brunch at Prive Cafe one of these days.

2) MPH Book Fair

It has been a long while since we visited a book fair and Mummy & Daddy decided to take advantage of Mummy's last day of leave to check out the Robinson Expo Sale and MPH Bookfair. We managed to get some books for everyone but it couldn't beat the borders warehouse sale...wonder when that will be.

3) Cheesecake

Mummy has decided to stick to simple recipes and fool proof cookie making till she gets a proper oven as there is no fan in our current oven to help bake her goodies evenly. So here is the first of her efforts - a No-Bake Cheesecake! Yum Yum!!!

Ingredients:

75g butter melted

8-10 Digestive Biscuits

2 blocks Philly Cream Cheese

400 ml Whipping Cream

Juice from 1 lemon

65g white sugar

1. Pound biscuits and mix with butter. Press to form base in springform pan.

2. Mix Cream Cheese and Whipping Cream till smooth in consistency.

3. Add lemon juice and white sugar.

4. Pour into pan and refridgerate overnight.

Mummy received good feedback from this one.

Here is a collection of my treasured moments with my boys...love you all!