The year is drawing to a close. This year, our helper went home for a holiday so we didn't get to bake any cookies for Christmas. Well, there are 12 days to Christmas and it is not too late. On the last day of the year, Gerald helped to bake a batch of nice, yummy gingerbread men, though we later switched to gingerbread pooh and tigger and mickey. =)
Gerald helping to measure and sift the flour.
Pressing the M&M buttons onto the gingerbread men.
Before going into the oven.
Made quite a large batch of cookies.
Gerald enjoying the fruits of his labour on the kitchen floor while watching some cookies bake in the oven. Happy New Year everyone!
Have not updated Gerald's blog in a while cos so many things are happening. Just came back from a HK holiday with Gerald so uploading some pics. Enjoy!
We have started Gerald on music lessons. So far it is just learning about the basics of music like notes, bar lines, beats and counts. He seems to enjoy the lessons and at least we know he is not tone deaf. =)Gearld: See I can play the piano! I know how to play the 2 black keys and 3 balck keys!
We converted Gerald's high chair into a set of writing desk and chair for him. He is almost 4 now and has no need to sit on a high chair. Gareth is using the high chair as a climbing toy so we thought we will reduce the risk of him falling off by reducing the height of the chair. So now the high chair has become a low chair and a desk. Gareth still sits strapped in it for meals but maid has to sit on the floor to feed him. =P
Gerald enjoys using his new little table.
We didn't remove the harness so Gareth is still using the chair for meals. Otherwise he will be crawling all over the place when Titin is trying to feed him.
Gerald loves to play in the bath. He likes to draw soapy letters on the glass door and play with the soap bubbles on his hair. Look at his ultra-man hairstyle. (*-*)"
Gerald is getting better at posing for the camera now. Say cheese!
Everyday when Gerald gets home, I would ask him what he did in school. Invariably, he would answer, "I do colouring and homework." (he has no concept of tenses yet)
His concentration span has indeed improved after going to school for almost 9 months now. He can sit still better and complete a few pages of colouring before getting fidgety. Writing doesn't fare so well. He gets bored more quickly.
The Istana was open on the 3rd of August for National Day and I brought Gerald and Gareth for a visit. The camera ran out of battery halfway through the visit so the pics are limited.
Posing outside the Istana. Say Cheese! It is such a sunny day!
Gareth basically slept through the whole visit so no pictures of him this time. Will take him to the Istana again.
There was an art installation of windmills. Look at Gerald posing in patriotic red and white.
Gerald doing some colouring at the National Heritage stalls set up in the Istana Garden.
After a long walk, we finally reach the Istana building itself. After this photo, the battery ran out and the boys got too hot and cranky. So we went to Swensons at Plaza Sing for a meal of Fish and Chips.
Super busy at work lately... absolutely no time to update Gerald's blog. So I'm gonna update a summary of July for people who are interested in Gerald..hehehe.
Gerald had a haircut.
He got a new "cheena" suit for Racial Harmony Day... his 1st one. I foresee I'll be making a trip down to Chinatown every July to get one of these.
We brought Gerald cycling for the 1st time. He didn't really cycle but he enjoyed the ride.
And the little monkey had a great time on the horizontal flying fox!