The gobbler

At 7 months old, our littlest has quite the appetite.

Sure, we started off shaky with avocado, (see here), but he has since graduated to greater (and yummier) things.

To date, he's tried brown rice cereal, avocados, spinach, pumpkin, butternut squash, sweet potatoes, apples, pears, bananas, plums, carrots, potatoes and broccoli.

I'd steam the veggies/fruits using an electric steamer, blend it using a hand blender, and then freeze it in baby cubes.

(Top to bottom): Spinach, pears and carrots

Sweet potato puree, ready to be frozen

Here's a video of him gobbling up broccoli puree.

Love my little foodies!

Legoland Malaysia Waterpark

We received an invite to Legoland Malaysia's new water park last week and I was all excited about bringing the boys when I realised that Connor didn't have a passport yet! Doh!

After realising that Ewan's passport was on the way to expiring as well, we quickly sent the online applications to ICA and kept our fingers crossed that the passports would be ready in 10 days - and they were!

So, on Saturday, we happily packed ourselves into the car, along with Marra, my mum's helper who'd help us out with the kids.

Christian was super duper excited, having seen the Legoland ad on Okto the previous day and my parents had told him that he'd be going tomorrow.

Super psyched

The drive was pretty smooth and easy all the way to the checkpoint at Malaysia where there was a bit of a jam. But once we got past that, it was really easy to get there. Took us about an hour in all.

The walk from the car park is a little long, especially if you have kids. But we later discovered that there's a drop off point for passengers too, cutting the walking distance.

We also spotted the "dry" Legoland area, which we'd been meaning to check out some time soon, and the almost-ready Legoland Hotel. Would be a blast to get a room and check out both Legoland sites!

Walking towards the park

Entrance to the main Legoland

And walking by the Legoland Hotel, still under construction

Entrance to the Legoland Water Park

The first thing we did when we got there was to have lunch! It was really tempting to just get going straight into the water but the kids had to eat and it was already half past noon. We had chicken and cheese sandwiches at the Brick Bay Cafe - RM25 for a huge Focaccia sandwich, fries and a drink.

Marra and Connor at the Brick Bay Cafe

There, we ran into my colleague Jass and her family. They'd gotten a cabana and invited us to share - perfect! I forgot to take pics but the cabanas cost RM150 for a day's use, and comes with deck chairs, a safe, and cooler to keep your drinks chilled. It was a great idea and alternative to just renting lockers. There were even Cabana hosts who would take your orders for food and drinks and have them sent directly to the Cabanas, saving you time and effort queuing for food.

Right in front of the Cabanas is the Wave pool. This was perfect for the bubs, because it was shallow - even Connor could sit comfortably in the water.

Enjoying the wave pool

Big C perpetually trying to wrestle Daddy

For the little Kiddos, the Duplo Splash Safari was perfect.

Riding the croc

There were Duplo characters that had steering wheels, water spouts, etc, and Christian absolutely loved it.

He also majorly hogged the mini-slides - which meant Ewan had to do them with him some 20 times.

Wheee!

One of the slower slides, but he loved it anyway

Even Connor had a go!

There was a build-a-raft river, which was pretty much a lazy river kind of ride with a twist: There were these floating foam bricks that riders could collect along the way and attach it to their tubes.

Enjoying mummy time

Till this happened

Connor was having fun sitting on my lap, till we went through a water shower - My bad, I didn't even know there was one on the ride! It gave him quite the shock, and he struggled quite a bit, so I had to take him off the tube to calm him down, haha.

So, we completed the river like this, much to his delight.

Happy again

Proud to have completed the river, sans tube

Daddy and Christian, meanwhile, had a blast, collecting as many bricks as they could.

Brick hoarders

Champion hoarder

The larger rides looked awesome as well, but well, we've got little kids and there was more than enough to keep them occupied.

 We also loved the Lego models, scattered around the park, which just added to the atmosphere.
 

Can't believe even this guy is taller than me

Poke-ty poke

We ended the day at the shop, which didn't have much, but we did pick up a few minifig magnets for RM6 ($2+)... what a deal!

The ones Christian decided were "his"

And the others

We were lucky to have left slightly earlier, at 3pm+, as the kiddos needed their naps - and thankfully we did, as it started storming shortly after. We kids were so konked out their slept all the way back to Singapore.

One with bricky

 Looking forward to our next visit there - probably at the main Legoland!

The outdoors

We love taking the kids out on weekends.

But more often than not, because of our humid weather, we end up retreating to a nice, air-conditioned shopping mall.

Yes, along with half of singapore'a population. Which means huge crowds, lotsa noise and no space for strollers.

Well on Tuesday, despite the heat, we decided to suck it up and take the kids to the Marina Barrage. We'd been here before, but never spent much time just lolling about, enjoying the sunshine and breeze.

Kite spotting

We forgot to bring our kite, didn't pack our picnic mat, nor did we bring a basket of goodies, but the impromptu-ness of it all was part of the fun.

Baking in the sun

We discovered there was a little shop selling kites - but they cost an unearthly sum, starting from around $25 for a teensy one! Instead, we bought a bottle of bubble solution and an "old school" spinning wheel toy and headed for the roof.

Bubbling

As daddy and big C ran around chasing bubbles and spinning wheels, I settled down with lil C who was simply in awe of everything going around him.

Teensy picnic mat

He sat on his diaper changin mat (no picnic mat, remember?), watched the colourful kites soar, the older kids (including his brother) run around, and dug into the ground, exploring the grass and soil. He got his chubby little fingers all grubby, which in my opinion, was absolutely adorable!

Bros

Christian had a brilliant time (attempting) blowing bubbles, watching the kites and chasing the spinning wheel.

Mickey kite's up there somewhere

At times he simply wandered off, observing his shadow, soaking in the outdoors.

That's my shadow?

It was a really pleasant change from being cooped up indoors with air conditioning and digital devices all the time. Great way to spend a couple of hours. :)

The One Ring

We were at Toy Tag at harbourfront on Sunday, and while Ewan was browsing in the store, I was watching the kids just outside.

Christian wanders up to the store window, and spots this game.

 
"One. Ring." He says, with a dramatic pause between the words. Surprised, I almost half expected him to start reciting this.

"Oh my gosh, what did you just say? Who taught you that?" I ask him, completely bewildered.

He goes closer, points out the image of the 'O', and says there! "One, ring."

Phew. Ok tile with a ring and number '1' on the bottom right.

Thought we had a 2-year-old LOTR genius on our hands.

In The Swim Of Things

When I was pregnant with Christian, I swam loads, easily doing about 30 laps, right up to the end of my pregnancy. Must have rubbed off on him, cos he loves going to the pool now.

With Connor, things were different. Having a toddler around, I hardly had the time for anything, much less going for a swim. Any spare time I had was happier spent lazing in bed. So, we were keen to see how he'd like the pool.

Last weekend, we brought packed the boys up (along with a huge bag - it's amazing the amount of stuff you have to bring for a swim when you have young tots and babies) and took them to the club.

Connor's eyes lit up the second he saw the pool.

Get me in da wataaaaar!

Christian, on the other hand was busy instructing daddy how to help him change into his swim diapers and swimsuit.

The two older boys headed for the water first while I got Connor ready... And the water was colddddd!

Brrrr cold!

Christian was shivering as he got in, saying "bubby (his nickname) moving, bubby gone crazy!" Guess he's never quite experienced the sensation of shivering before!

I'm swimming, I'm swimming!

Then it was Connor's turn and the little guy just absolutely adored the water!

Now you see daddy

And now you don't!

Only one person looking at the cam

 Lil' C splashed and kicked and floated and had an awesome time.

Shiok-ness

Water ballet - I can point my toes!

Daddy time

Family fun!

We'll definitely do this again soon!

Christian turned 2 and Connor's 1 month celebration!

Happy birthday sweethearts

A backdated post here on the bubs' celebration that we had on 29th March '13. 

Looking after a 2-year-old and a 1-month-old is no mean feat by itself so planning an elaborate party was certainly out of the question.

We just wanted to book a restaurant/cafe and let them handle the food, and give us the opportunity to give Christian a treat, and introduce Connor to our friends and family.

We went with Empire State at Greenwich, because Christian always loves the "monkey place" and there's a nice open space with a water fountain right outside for the kids to run around. 

He was going through this 'Thomas' phase at that time, so I just ran around a couple of party shops to pick up some balloons and decor. Thomas and Percy cakes were from Polar.

Here are some beautiful pics (as always) that Ben took for us.

With my parents and Godpa

Candles time

Thomas & Percy cakes

In his element

Bubbles with Godpa

Little Ian

Grace and bubbles with her Godma

Sweetie Joy

Happiness

Eli and fam

Wide-eyed cutie

Cheeky bugger

Little Eena and fam

Who's birthday is it?

Happy 1st month chubster!

Fry or ang pow?

One with mummy