Worcester Woods Country Park

It was our first time to the Worcester Woods Country Park. A friend, Helen suggested that we bring our two kids there, and she could bring her twin buggy so that Lily-May could enjoy the great outdoor in the buggy. Helen is a mom of two too, her son Edward, who is three and Annie who is ten months old enjoy going to the park!

The country park is very close to our home, less than five minutes drive. It is a very baby friendly park. Car park is free. It has a play park for younger children, and another one for older children.

Weather was lovely. We had a great time playing in the park, and had a good walk in the woods. Lily-May was fast asleep in the buggy when we were in the woods. Jinc enjoyed himself too! Later, we went to the cafe for some snacks. There is a little play area in the cafe too.

I simply love baby-friendly park.

Yummy Annabel Karmel Snacks

I loev to give Jinc a treat once in awhile, and I am very careful in selecting snacks for my toddler. I, especially love Annebel Karmel snacks.

Looking at the wide choices, Jinc's favourite is the Cheese & Onion & rice & corn snacks, and he especially loves the Mickey packaging.

If you too like Annabel Karmel like I do, I am sure you will love all her books, check them all out at Amazon:

You could be a millionaire tonight!

I do play lottery online, therefore I am a registered user of Lotto.

It is very convenient to play lottery online. I am not a weekly player, not very regular I would say, but, once in a while, when I feel 'inspired', I will just play some...who knows?

I receive emails from them every week, and most of the time I will just delete those emails. Today, this email caught my eye and its subject simply said 'you could be a millionaire tonight', oh! how I wish! It is the Euromillion rollover. OK, why not, go on then, let's give it a try. It is only £2 for each play.

Let's hope I will become a millionaire tonight!

All sorted..

Christmas shopping, all sorted!

What a relieve!

JInc is 21 months

Jinc is going to be two...

This is a very fun and annoying stage, as he still cannot communicate his needs properly, he gets very frustrated and throws tantrums, anytime, anywhere!

Scary, yes, and this is the so-called Terrible TWO! They did not call it the terrible two for nothing!

20.11.2011

Today is 20.11.2011.

Babies born today are going to be so special, 20.11.2011!

The White Company

Sugar and I decided to have an early Christmas shopping to sort out all the Christmas presents. So, we took Jinc and Lily-May to nanny's, and off we go, two adults, no babies, no buggies, and a shopping trip to Gloucester Quay.

There, in this shop called The White Company is having a SALE. Brilliant. We bagged most of our bargain from this shop, and most of things were for our two little ones.

We bought four pajamas sets for Jinc, four little dresses and two cute cardigans, and a pajamas set for Lily-May (some shown in pics). Most of Lily-May's are of merino wool. I, especially love merino wool for babies, just perfect for winter, as merino wool is excellent at regulating body temperature. It can do this because each of the very fine fibres has a microscopic layer of trapped air. This then traps body heat to keep baby warm when it is cold and cool when it is warm.

As for myself, I bought myself a pair of white jeans..white jeans from The White Company, how convincing! It is straight leg and it fits me perfectly. This is also my first pair of new jeans after I have given birth to Lily-May. It is in lovely white and I feel so elegant, and the cut fits my body shape perfectly.

We did not get any candles or bed linen this time.

The rest of the shopping, consists of more cloths (man and woman), lingerie, man's underwear, some accessories, and small little unique gifts as stocking fillers!

Cars 2

We were over at a friend's, and they played the Cars2 DVD. Jinc absolutely loved it, as he is very obsessed with cars. It is a boy thing I guess. He could sit still and watch the whole movie without feeling bored. Now I know how to keep him sit still!

Cars2 DVD is easily available online, if you fancy some Pixar movies!

Learning new words everyday...

Jinc is talking, in single words.

He can say da( for daddy) and he calls me 'ma'. I could not remember when exactly he started to call me ma, but i feel the love every time i hear him calling me!

Jinc can say many other words, both in English and in Cantonese.

Here is a list of words that he can say:
- car
-book
- bird
-ladybird (beerd)
- bee
-clock
-horse (Hor..)
- nana (nanny)
-dadd (Grandad)
-dog
-cat
-pup (puppy)
-chips
-ketchup (Chap)
-Helicopter (hep)
- Santa Claus (Cos)
-Socks (Sok), In Cantonese (Maat)
-Popo (grandma in Cantonese)
- Ma Ma (grandma in Cantonese)
-GongGong (Grand dad in Cantonese)
-YehYeh (Grand dad in Cantonese)
-Mei Mei (sister, calling Lilymay)
- Tong (In pain, in Cantonese)
...and many others, and I realise it will take me more than 2 days to list them all.

Anyway, I am so very proud of him. I just cant wait for him to start talking in sentences, I believe he will turn out to be a very chatty little boy!

Babies, babies and more babies..

Wow, so many baby news!

2011 is full of baby news...first Lily-May was born on 8th of May, then nanny's daughter had baby Jacob (her fifth baby) on July, while a good friend, Tee has had her second baby boy, named Greyson on July too!

Just a few days ago, a Chinese friend, Sophy has given birth to her first child, a baby boy named Owen.

On yesterday, the 1st of November 2011, a very good friend back home in Kuala Lumpur has had a boy on this special day, 011111! How very special!

Congratulations to all! Well done to all moms!

...and another Chinese friend here, Kitty, is going to have her first child on December! How exciting!

Lily-May, six months old!

Oh dear, Lily-May is six months old! Bless her...
As the time passes quickly, she is growing up fast.
Six-month old is a very exciting stage. I am so happy, in a way, I do feel that my baby is growing up too fast!

Lily-May has started solids and she loves her food, she is putting on so much weight, and she is a very heavy baby, she is more than 9kg! She is almost as big as her 21-month old brother!

She loves her walker and she loves watching TV!

Three of us have fallen sick...

Awful!
It is the time of the year again... the weather has gone colder, and Jinc, Lily-May and myself, we all have got cold and cough! How dreadful!

Lily-May could not sleep well during the night, and I am having so little sleep in the night. Jinc is still alright but he is so clingy, just because he is not feeling very well!

Hope we all get better soon....

20 months, and counting!

Where have all the time gone, Jinc is twenty months old!

Jinc is a fast learner. I discovered that he has got very good memory. He can remember words of the things that I told him once, then he will say it out when I least expected. His speech is coming along well, but he still cannot say it in a sentence. Word by word, both in English and Cantonese, I am just amazed at the pace that he is learning. It is wonderful to see his development and every day, there is sure to be a little something that surprises me, be it a word, a gesture or a simple expression.

So far, his favourite thing to do in the morning is to wake his daddy up from the bottom of our staircase. He will shout, ' Da..Dada...Da...' nonstop until his daddy wakes and replies. How cute! He is daddy's little alarm clock!

Jinc is 20 months old!

Jinc is 20 months old....just cannot believe it myself, how time passes by quickly.

Newborn Portrait

Lily-May is nearly six months old... and we have only just got the photo CD of her newborn portrait, taken when she was about two weeks old. Oh, how time flies...she was such a tiny, wriggly baby a few months ago!

All the pictures are so beautiful, we love it.. Our photographer, Theresa at Egg In The Nest has done a very good job. We had her to take Jinc's newborn portrait last year too! We love her work!The delay of the photo is due to Theresa was having a baby in July. How wonderful!

Now, click on this link and see how beautiful Lily-May is!
Newborn Portrait

Pourty Potty

We just bought a blue potty for Jinc, it is called Pourty Potty.

We think it is almost time to start to potty train him, as he is twenty months old. Some said it is still too early to start potty train, well, I guess it all depends on the child. I would think Jinc might not be 100% ready, I just want him to get the idea, and having a potty will teach him the very basic idea of its uses.

Let's see how it goes, i know, this can be one of the difficult tasks for me, as I have got a 5-month old too, and we live in a house that it only has one toilet, which is on the first floor... I could foresee myself running up and down the staircase hundreds of time when Jinc starts to use the loo!!! So, for the moment, a potty will sit in one of the corner in our sitting room. hope Jinc finds it handy!

This is going to be challenging, and I hope it goes well as this is a big milestone for Jinc. He is growing up as a little young man!

Click below link to get this Pourty Potty:

Golly Doll

Nanny came over and brought us some old toys, and the Golly is one of them. This is a three feet tall Golly, which Nanny bought for herself years ago!

It can be cute for some, ugly for some, and some even think it is scary! Lily-May is not impressed! Whatever it is, I will keep it for awhile before I pack it with other old toys and give it to the local charity shop.

A hair cut...

Jinc went with his daddy to the hairdresser yesterday. It was his 2nd time to the hair dresser.
He did cry for a bit, and then he was fine throughout.

Jinc is, literally the youngest customer at the hairdresser so far, and daddy is the most regular Chinese customer ever. Sugar has been using that hairdresser for about three years now...

"They both deserve a framed pic to hang in the shop!", joked the hairdresser, himself!

A relaxing Sunday

When you have two under-twos in the house, and no one is helping you with looking after the kids, it can be a dreadful long day...

I have good days and bad days, and today is certainly a good day! Everything is so smooth, it is a breeze and both little ones are having long naps!

I can put my feet up for a while, and read some magazines...

Babybel Cheese

It's Babybel cheese...
Jinc's favourite snack. I love it too!