The long weekend ended way too fast, but luckily for me, I get to enjoy another one the next weekend. Yesterday we took the munchkin to Botanical Gardens and had breakfast there, before taking turns to show her the fish and swans. I spotted lots of pink dragonflies and was trying tell Nat they were different from butterflies. To her they are all 'bubba'.
Did a spot of marketing and decided to 'tapau' some Nonya kueh for tea, which I spotted while driving near Tiong Bahru market. Joanne and Tarek were in town and we hosted them for tea, along with Germaine and Joanne's brother Jason. The kueh was a good find, the dadar and ondeh-ondeh had standard.
They got to meet Gigi whom we were babysitting and Tarek got to practice carrying babies, something he'll be doing very often from October onwards! Germaine couldn't get over Joanne's new-found boobs!
I made us mushroom and ham omelettes for breakfast and a chicken, mushroom & zucchini risotto for lunch today. It was my second time making risotto but the first time from scratch. Turned out not too bad, but need to perfect it some more. Gotta try with white wine and more parmesan next time.
In the afternoon, we went over to Nya-nya's to introduce Gigi to swimming and also let Nat try it for the second time. She hated it the first time back in December, but today she relished it. Maybe because the water was warmer or she was older, but she had a great time frolicking on her float. Yay, now we can go swimming more often...more incentive to lose weight!
Gigi loved hanging in the pool too, except she didn't appreciate almost drowning. Kevin let go of her when he thought she was sitting on a step, except she was too light. She floated up before going under the water, but he was on hand to rescue her immediately. She screamed as expected but was back to normal in no time, no damage done except a gulpful of chlorine...but that has taught Kevin an important lesson on water safety.
While at Nya-nya's, I learned that Uncle Radha had passed away earlier this afternoon. It took me by surprise because we just saw him at Ata'a prayers last week. He had complained of feeling ill in the morning and went to the A&E at NUH. Doctors were about to wheel him in for an emergency stent but he collapsed before they could do so, he died of an aortic aneurysm. Sigh, another one bites the dust...he would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary this July.
Did a spot of marketing and decided to 'tapau' some Nonya kueh for tea, which I spotted while driving near Tiong Bahru market. Joanne and Tarek were in town and we hosted them for tea, along with Germaine and Joanne's brother Jason. The kueh was a good find, the dadar and ondeh-ondeh had standard.
They got to meet Gigi whom we were babysitting and Tarek got to practice carrying babies, something he'll be doing very often from October onwards! Germaine couldn't get over Joanne's new-found boobs!
I made us mushroom and ham omelettes for breakfast and a chicken, mushroom & zucchini risotto for lunch today. It was my second time making risotto but the first time from scratch. Turned out not too bad, but need to perfect it some more. Gotta try with white wine and more parmesan next time.
In the afternoon, we went over to Nya-nya's to introduce Gigi to swimming and also let Nat try it for the second time. She hated it the first time back in December, but today she relished it. Maybe because the water was warmer or she was older, but she had a great time frolicking on her float. Yay, now we can go swimming more often...more incentive to lose weight!
Gigi loved hanging in the pool too, except she didn't appreciate almost drowning. Kevin let go of her when he thought she was sitting on a step, except she was too light. She floated up before going under the water, but he was on hand to rescue her immediately. She screamed as expected but was back to normal in no time, no damage done except a gulpful of chlorine...but that has taught Kevin an important lesson on water safety.
While at Nya-nya's, I learned that Uncle Radha had passed away earlier this afternoon. It took me by surprise because we just saw him at Ata'a prayers last week. He had complained of feeling ill in the morning and went to the A&E at NUH. Doctors were about to wheel him in for an emergency stent but he collapsed before they could do so, he died of an aortic aneurysm. Sigh, another one bites the dust...he would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary this July.
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