My Melody and Colin

Drawings and creations

2012-02-10T18:05:00.001+08:00

Branches and rocks

2012-02-05T18:03:00.000+08:00

Their fav :)

I'm strong!

Me too!

Xuan rides a horse!

2012-01-25T18:02:00.000+08:00

No matter how many times we've been to the zoo, we somehow manage to find something new :)

Those beautiful big eyes...hidden behind the glasses... :(

We saw HUGE manatees...

and the beautiful Chinese New Year decorations

But little boy has to sulk

Pictures taken by Xuan:

We saw the Children's Pet Show, again, and played with bubbles after it ended

Topless little boy spotted!!! (cos he doesn't want to wet his Transformer t-shirt...)

Biang!!!

SPLASH!!! （吓死我了一大跳……）

Wheee! Now she's officially drenched.

Children's world is fun! :)

We had our KFC "lunch" after that. Didi with his trademark frown...

Xuan asked to to ride on the horse then and I thought, why not?

Xuan proudly queueing with her ticket

Xuan rides a horse! :D

We went to the Fragile Forest next and came upclose to some huge bats...

Another wonderful day at the zoo~

南大牌坊

2012-01-22T17:42:00.000+08:00

I've been staying beside this historical monument for years but it's the first time we actually visited it.

Little boy sliding off...

...and he's back up! So cheeky.

Little monkey climbing...

...while zeh zeh "exercises"

Some unhappiness over who gets on the kiddy ride...

Sulking!

But nice zeh zeh always gives in.She is such a doting sister.

Pretending to fish

"I caught something!"

Home we go...一代新人换旧人……

雨中情

2012-01-19T17:36:00.000+08:00

Find the little ppl under the big umbrella, all huddled up together...

Painting and drawing

2012-01-18T17:35:00.000+08:00

My little girl loves to draw...

and my son prefers painting and building blocks

Both paint brush and finger painting! :)

A Saturday morning at Jurong Park

2012-01-14T17:31:00.000+08:00

We met this boy at the park who generously shared his toy after a little persuading by his mother and some 霸道ness on my son's part... :P

Xuan created rainbows...

Then it turned into big circles...

Two girls came later and didi couldn't tear himself away :S

嘿哟！嘿哟！

2012-01-08T17:26:00.000+08:00

Xuan in costumes

2012-01-06T17:24:00.000+08:00

New year, new kindsa fun!

2012-01-01T17:23:00.000+08:00

Didi's creation with lego. He's getting quite creative with creating stuff! They are all quite symmetrical in shape.

This is a bag, I believe.

A board game set from her gift exchange in school. I bought Chinese books as their gifts :)

Neat little circles!

I'm teaching Xuan how to play "dum". Sort of...Still getting the hang of it.

And they are starting to take photos!

Didi takes it rather seriously...

Checking photos...

Different angles...

Xuan explored it a little further too, taking pictures of her feet

It's time to pick up some new skills in the new year!

Giving a little girl a push. :)

I ask her everyday after school: did you help anyone today? Did you ask teachers questions today?

Random pics of didi

2011-12-25T17:16:00.000+08:00

At David's wedding. We look alike! ^^

Poor boy so exhausted cos he didn't nap in the afternoon. So cute, short arms... :P:P

Boys are boys

2011-12-22T15:47:00.000+08:00

Little boy saw a group of boys playing Dragon Snooker and just squeezed in between to watch...

...for like ten minutes and he didn't even care where I was! At three and he's already such a boy~

手足情

2011-12-15T15:35:00.000+08:00

How convenient to have a right hander and left hander :)

Exxon Mobil concert at Botanic Garden

2011-12-11T15:22:00.000+08:00

My handsome boy at Ion Orchard

2011-12-10T15:14:00.000+08:00

Passport photo

2011-12-10T15:03:00.000+08:00

Xuan's passport is about to expire so we took some shots at home with a piece of majong paper as a backdrop

Didi wanted to join in the fun too

Some people said ppl who tilt to the right subconsciously are more of a right-brainer

They look quite alike like this :)

Funny faces

Gingerbread cookies

2011-12-05T14:51:00.000+08:00

Tis' the season to eat ginergerbread cookies!

Wedding at Sentosa Cove

2011-12-03T14:32:00.000+08:00

Little boy having his own bowl of sharks fin soup

Papa peeping at Little Girl to see what she is doing with the bears

The bears in sailor uniforms that we got from the wedding :)

My cousins :)

Papa and Mama So

The beautiful yachts and my beautiful children

Exhausted from the journey...

Jumping at the grand stand

2011-12-03T12:35:00.000+08:00

We used to do this quite often when Xuan was younger, and I'll hold her hands as she jump down the grand stand, then climb up again, and jump down again...It's quite a workout for me too. Now they can finally jump on their own!

This is how I teach them to jump: knees bent for the spring, and knees bend for the landing too.

I do hope that they play a sport when they grow up. I can't do much about catching or throwing balls, but at least I can make sure they have proper running posture and build up their stamina and interest in sports. Still not sure how to teach them how to swim though. Maybe I should do what my father did...just throw them into the deep end and see how :P

Welcome home Papa!

2011-11-30T12:59:00.000+08:00

Papa spotted!

Papa! *hugz*

*kiss kiss*

Helping to push the luggage

Tired...Hitching a hike

Racing to see who gets to the gallery first

Taking pics as fire fighter Fred

Quite a challenge to get didi to pose properly!

Papa getting a pic too

Happy Sunday

2011-11-27T12:15:00.000+08:00

Going to the playground with the bats. Copying zeh zeh balance on the bricks~

Chasing birds! I love seeing them run around like that :) but why are there so many pigeons here?

Ohhh...There's an old man feeding them lots of bread

Watching the birds peck on the bread

Then we got tired so we went home and build a tent with umbrellas and 大姨's old sleeping bag that 外婆 sewed

Yah...kids nowadays should learn to sleep on the floor once in a while

Then it's the playground with Barney playing on the slide!

Artistic Didi

2011-11-23T11:13:00.000+08:00

Replicating the lego house

Colouring zeh zeh's drawings

Craeting his own "iron man"

Learning how to use the scissors correctly...

though he really preferred using it this way

Realism artist

2011-11-23T10:31:00.000+08:00

Xuan is going from drawing princesses (and princes) to more everyday stuff recently:

Brushing her teeth in the mirror

Xuan distributing food

Xuan eating bread and hot milo with fan on top

Mama distributing food

People on a bus

哪吒、乾坤圈、混天凌、鹿(a scene from the cartoon)

Phantom of the Opera

The scene where they get onto the boat

I'm not too sure what this is...

Jack and the beanstalk

Bird in a tree singing

Didi building houses. Inspired by the three little pigs

Mama and xuan preparing food in the kitchen

Play time in school....?

Xuan sharing a glass of water with papa. Look how happy everyone is with a glass of water :)

Food and lions...?

Xuan eating bread

MMI End of Year Concert!

2011-11-20T11:26:00.000+08:00

Mama putting on make up for the children...the instruction was: golden eye shadow, foundation and lip gloss

Xuan's turn

Done! Isn't she gorgeous?

Didi looks good too! ;)

Dressing them up

Done! They're dancing a Fillapino dance

Didi refused to stand properly for a shot

But when it comes to milo...

Xuan: I want too!

Setting off! Still not posing properly...

By the time we reached NTUC auditorium, didi was alseep...

Xuan was led up to the stage by the teachers. I like the Vietnamese costume!

It was a stormy afternoon...

Sooooooooooooooo cute!!!!!!!!!!!!

Little girl spotted in the front row, 4th from right. Didi is facing her from the back row

Didi is always half a beat slower, so he is always facing the wrong side from everyone else. Mama So spent half their item laughing and the other half trying to get some pics and videos so ended up didn't really watch anything at all :P Guess I have to wait for the school video!

The K1s from MMI Jurong Extension

K2s from Jurong West Extension. There's this boy with an ah beng look that I'm totally a fan of. So sad that he is graduating :{

My fav costume: Taiwanese

Finale was spectacular with the blinds going up and the whole CBD view behind!

Concert was over and children were dismissed batch by batch

Beautiful little girl

Still cannot get a good photo of my handsome little boy

Nice costumes that cost us $60 each!

Thank you teachers from MMI for putting up such a good show! The kids had fun and were wonderful! Overall I think it's a great experience for the kids, building up their self confidence and stage presence!

Xuan can play

2011-11-15T13:39:00.000+08:00

Xuan can now play pieces that she can sing the solfege of :)

Drawings and coloring

2011-11-13T22:39:00.001+08:00

Xuan is starting to make up her own spelling ('in sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came'; colors), while didi has his own style of drawing... The red and blue coloring is transformers/ironman I think? In the mess of fighting... The yellow robot is Bumblebee, the other one is Optimus Prime? Both drawn by xuan for her lovely didi to color.

Fun with plastic wrap

2011-11-12T13:17:00.001+08:00

I made a photobook of our Beijing trip in May! But we had more fun practising our 一指神功with the bubble wrap!

Moon

2011-11-09T13:41:00.000+08:00

Very bright and round moon

Not feeling well...

2011-11-07T13:38:00.000+08:00

Xuan and chern wearing their new clothes from Aunty Yanni! But poor little boy wasn't feeling well...

Cat

2011-11-06T13:45:00.000+08:00

Xuan found a cat napping at the playground and decided to pat it...didi decided to traumatise it... Love the look on the cat

Colours!

2011-11-05T13:35:00.000+08:00

..and xuan is proud to arrange the markers in ascending shades.. :)

Ambidexterity?

2011-11-05T13:32:00.000+08:00

My son is a left hander but seems like he could be ambidextrous too? Or perhaps he is still exploring which is his dominant hand..

Monkey!

2011-10-31T15:05:00.000+08:00

Whee!

Help!

Ouch..

Up and about again

Heehee

I can climb~

All the way to the top!

A little boy's afternoon

2011-10-29T14:46:00.000+08:00

Playing with my birthday present from 大姨

Monkeying around

Elephant ball

2011-10-27T15:23:00.000+08:00

We went to Aunt ppt's new house and swam in the pool!

Practising on the piano

2011-10-26T12:49:00.000+08:00

Colin is three years old!

2011-10-24T16:27:00.008+08:00

Didi's birthday cake! :D

Didi in his classroom~

My race car cake! :D

Zeh zeh's been called from her class to join us

The girls from his class

The boys~

There are four cars~

Colin is three years old!

(Didi: Are we done yet? I want my cake...)

Giving out the cake

Yummy!

Rubbing the cream on my shirt...yeeks!

Zeh zeh having her cake (and didi scratching his head with a fork in his mouth...)

Evil smile~

Ummmmmm!

Face in the plate!

Blue tongue!

Giving out cake to the other teachers

Ms Magdelene, the centre principal

Ms Rachel

Ms Mala

Mummy and my babies!

Smile!

Happy birthday Papa So!

2011-10-20T12:46:00.000+08:00

Mama So's gift to Papa :) A card sized bookmark

With a little love from Xuan

Happy birthday to Mama So

2011-10-11T15:53:00.000+08:00

My free Firehouse at Swensons!

Didi trying to take the cherry~

Having fun at Seramban

2011-10-09T15:38:00.003+08:00

Little monkey hanging onto Papa

Making a make believe tent with the bed and blanket

Peekaboo!~

Children's Day!

2011-09-30T11:18:00.000+08:00

We're going to Pasir Ris Children's Farm!

Didi playing on the bus. Mama So is proud to observe didi learning to quieten himself after half an hour of twisting and turning on his seat, just staring out of the window.

The koi pond. My boy is so tiny...

Looking at the fish...

Little girl spotted!

Uncle giving us an introduction to the kampung chickens, ducks and turtles.

Feeding the ducks

And rabbits. But didi kept dropping the feed on the floor.

Next we watched the pet show...where Mickey and Minnie had a race

Children watched in awe...

Poor mouse was passed around

Cheese!

I'm not scared too

Finally, the kids get to catch some guppies!

And we get to keep the bucket, the scoop, and the fish!

After almost a month, 30 over guppies were down to 9.

Photos from Aunty Peiting and Uncle Yicong's wedding

2011-09-25T13:14:00.000+08:00

Balloon gun!

2011-09-18T15:13:00.000+08:00

Wow...

I have a gun!

Look out! Bang!

Pushing you along...

2011-09-18T15:08:00.002+08:00

Circle line preview!

2011-09-17T14:24:00.001+08:00

A preview of the Circle line! Got our balloons at the Botanic Gardens stop

Didi fell asleep...

...but was soon awake! :)

Drawing at Telok Blangah

Xuan and mom and 大姨, and her pets (the dog, cat, horse and rabbit). And the train behind!

Love notes

2011-09-13T14:19:00.000+08:00

Macoroni and rice...

Mid Autumn Festival Celebrations

2011-09-12T11:23:00.000+08:00

Xuan was one of the emcees! She read out riddles for all to guess

Kids are still kids... :)

Didi was a little restless

So ah beng like...

Decided to walk around a bit. Naughty boy! Everyone is still seated...

After the show, we tasted mooncakes, Chinese tea and pomelo

Didi started running around

Xuan posing. Didi running still...

Hello~~~

HA!

The Angry Bird latterns

Didi's favourite black Angry Bird

Roll~

2011-09-11T15:33:00.000+08:00

Didi practising his forward roll...

Success! :D

Kampong spirit

2011-09-11T15:01:00.002+08:00

It's sweet to see children play together at the playground...

My little ballerina

2011-09-03T14:16:00.000+08:00

Bought the wrong costume at first...This is for below 4...but so cute! She loved the tutu!

To her first class...

For older kids...looks better! :)

Science Centre

2011-09-02T12:27:00.000+08:00

It was Teachers' Day and we went to the Science Centre for some exploration~

The sound tube

Bottle

2011-09-02T11:08:00.000+08:00

Didi insists on shaking his bottle himself every night...

It's time to wean off the bottle, didi!

Gender specific roles

2011-08-20T14:12:00.000+08:00

Look at how Xuan is folding clothes while didi plays with cars...

Kiss!

2011-08-19T11:06:00.000+08:00

Gowns and tux!

2011-08-18T14:05:00.000+08:00

We're going to Aunt Peiting's wedding!

This is a little too short...worn at Uncle Eddie's wedding...

Yayy new dress!

Playing at the void deck

2011-08-14T11:58:00.000+08:00

小牙刷

2011-08-14T11:44:00.000+08:00

Zoo!

2011-08-13T11:32:00.002+08:00

We're going to the zoo today!

Didi would look quite cool with the cap if he wasn't sitting in the baby pram~

Examining the crocodile's huge mouth

Looking at the deers from the top of a big rock...

我要下来！

Cheetah

Up close!

A beautiful spider web with flamingoes behind

A giraffe drinking water

A very active turtle!

Mama So loves the look on didi's face :)

The komodo dragon

Huge bronze turtle. One patting it, the other stepping on it

Cheese!

我要拿给爸爸坐的(cos zeh zeh and mama are both sitting on a zebra chair and he wants to sit on the same "animal" as papa)

Afraid to get his pants wet, haha :)

Wet and wild!

Little dolphin！

Fav pic of the day :)

Two cool dudes driving the car

Another wonderful day at the zoo! :)

Ribbons

2011-08-13T11:24:00.002+08:00

Tangled!

Zeh zeh help please~

Remote control car

2011-08-04T17:05:00.003+08:00

Expressive kids

2011-07-30T13:51:00.000+08:00

Xuan's Drama performance

2011-07-30T11:08:00.000+08:00

Watching zeh zeh's performance!

Enter the N2s!

A wonderful show put up by the MMI students! Am impressed by the way the children held themselves on stage. Good job teachers! :)

外婆生日快乐！

2011-07-24T16:42:00.002+08:00

A usual Sunday at grandma's house where the cousins play together...

Xuan giving Kai a thumbs up!

Dancing~

Kai following suit~

Cheese~

In the afternoon, we went for a picnic at Botanic Garden with Mama's friends.

A beautifully natural picture of father and daughter enjoying the greenery :)

Xuan being moody without her playmate...

Playing "catch the bubbles"!

A happy group photo~ Our growing family~

At night, we celebrated grandma's birthday!

Xuan drew a picture for grandma~

好幸福~

虎视眈眈……

寸步不离……

还在看……

“祝你生日快乐……！”

弟弟：终于可以吹蜡烛了！:D

Yayyy!

外婆，生日快乐！:)

West Coast Park

2011-07-23T16:22:00.003+08:00

It's been a while since we went to West Coast for breakfast~ My little princess and prince had fun at the sand pit :)

My handsome prince...I'd prefer that his crown isn't pink though :P

My photogenic little girl~

In the afternoon, while xuan took her nap, little boy did his "homework". His favourite dinosaur toy waited in line for him :)

"Roarrrrrrrrrr!"

A typical Sunday

2011-07-17T18:26:00.000+08:00

Play-doh day!

2011-07-12T16:09:00.000+08:00

First time that xuan created something from the play-doh!

Rabbit and carrot~

Little boy got angry...I forgot why, but I just think he is so cute when he is angry! :D

Fun with wall stickers

2011-07-11T16:07:00.000+08:00

Chopsticks

2011-06-26T18:25:00.000+08:00

I can "giap" a star! :):)

iPad

2011-06-25T18:24:00.001+08:00

...... ......

Something that I hope will not become a common scene as they grow up

Farm visit

2011-06-25T14:25:00.002+08:00

The Sos joined the farm tour organised by the RC for young families and it was a great, sunny day! :)

We went to the Hay's Goat farm first, where the little ones saw live goats~

Didi doing his "iron man"

Trying to look for the billy goat

My babies

Yummy goat's milk!

"Hi!"

Just melts my heart to see them so close :)

Billy goat!

Cheeky little boy

The young families of Pioneer!

Next we went to the Frog's farm. Everyone sort of freaked out when the frog princess held up two bull frogs...

"Eeek!"

Poor frog...getting squeezed like that

The frog pool

We went to Bollywood for lunch, where we had a tour around the farm first.

A swordbean, I think~

During lunch many of the younger babies fell asleep. After lunch we visit a fish farm where we tried "longkang fishing" for the first time.

Yayy we caught many fish!

Giant fish in the fish tank

Many many turtles

We fed the koi too

It was an enjoyable day. Although didi fell hard and had a bad cut on his lip, we still had a good time overall. We should join RC activities more often!

Flip chart

2011-06-24T14:07:00.001+08:00

Mama So recyles the used flip charts from my office to let my little girl draw on it...

Didi's puzzles

2011-06-11T14:12:00.000+08:00

Xuan's new specs

2011-06-01T18:19:00.001+08:00

During Xuan's 4-yr-old check up at the polyclinic, she was adviced to do a thorough eye check at NUS. After a full morning of running here and there at NUS, the doctor concluded that she has astig of 150 and 200 degrees...inherited from Mama So cos no one else has astig in the family :(:(

With a very heavy heart, we went to pick out her glasses...

She liked it though, the only silver lining...

My pretty daughter, like before. She'll be doing lasik at her 21st birthday :P

Angry Bird

2011-05-29T18:17:00.000+08:00

Bedtime stories

2011-05-21T11:48:00.002+08:00

Xuan's first performance!

2011-05-21T11:31:00.003+08:00

It's a pity that Mama So had to work that day, so Papa So went to watch..

Enter the performers!

Being seated down by the teacher

Waiting to perform...

Singing and clapping...?

Finish! Bow and out

Papa So said they took ten minutes to prepare, sang for 30sec, and left again

Finale~ I think they were performing Eric Carle's "The Hungry Caterpillar"

My pretty little butterfly~ :):)

Downtown East

2011-05-17T18:15:00.001+08:00

We had a good time at Wild Wild Wet today! Didn't manage to get any photos, but xuan tried her first "rubber painting" thingy...

See how tanned we got :) Nicely done!

GE results night!

2011-05-07T18:13:00.000+08:00

人山人海的体育场~

Xuan's first trip: Beijing!

2011-05-06T16:37:00.001+08:00

We're setting off finally!

Papa So playing the Smarties game at the airport...

...while Xuan is already sleeping for the night flight

A surprisingly good on-flight sleep for Xuan
We've arrived!

Looking for our hotel while walking through 王府井

Our first dinner

On our way to 故宫。冰糖葫芦！:D

人山人海的天安门广场

Waiting for Papa So to get tickets into 故宫

Spectacular view! But cos of the Labour Day holiday, everywhere is super crowded

Waiting for the 饭盒to boil...

推不动！

等等我！

御花园

午门

护城河

Ice cream 铜锣烧！

北京图书大厦

要买书了！

买了纸巴比娃娃！

漂亮的大眼睛

Eating breakfast at our hotel room

Mama So was limited to 20 books per purchase :P

On our way to 长城

好陡的楼梯！

嘿哟嘿哟！

终于累了~

可爱的格格！

Scary experience carrying her down the steep stairs...

在伟大工程之下的渺小

Exhausted Xuan napping at 老北京

Woke up for an ice cream!

鸟巢

水立方

盘古七星酒店

颐和园

和贾丽珍老师合影

长廊

民间乐团！Am amazed by how spontaneous the elderly are

We joined in the dancing!

十七孔桥

Another choir

Waiting at the busstop...bus rides cost only RMB1 per person!

北京动物园

大熊猫！

水族馆

跳舞！

白老虎。（很久没有看过黄老虎了？）

Most impressive structure in the zoo...

好诗情画意的一幕！

自由地奔跑~

狼！

Our hotel，华侨大厦

景山公园，牡丹花开

崇祯皇帝自缢的地方

Different groups dancing

Dance!

好大的牡丹花

京剧~

葫芦丝

Yet another band

在新加坡没办法看到的花丛

路人甲邀歌

小顽皮穿鞋。完美的旅程！

弟弟来接机！好开心！

General Election 2011

2011-04-29T18:12:00.002+08:00

The little Sos' (and Mama So's) first election rally!

Cool guy~

2011-04-23T18:07:00.002+08:00

Motor bike!

Little boy at his E-classroom learning the letter B~ And imitating zehzeh's 招牌 "cheese!" pose

Quarrelsome Queen~

MRT ride

2011-04-22T18:06:00.000+08:00

Macritchie walk

2011-04-17T10:04:00.005+08:00

A sunny Sunday morning, a walk in the park. We were hopeful that as they grow older, they can walk further in...

Mummy's dearest

Didi blur blur

Daddy's girl making faces

Resting by the water and looking at fishes

Little boy is tired

Looking forward to the day they reach the cross country route and finish walking it!

Coming home from school

2011-04-13T18:04:00.001+08:00

A happy eveyday event :)

Cheese~

Breakfast at NTU

2011-04-09T17:59:00.005+08:00

The Macdonalds at NTU is quiet and offer more choices for Mama So. The campus is also big enough to find scenic spots to run around in~

" Iron Man!"

Head butt!

Xuan's drawings

2011-04-02T16:43:00.000+08:00

Xuan's been spending a lot of time at her drawing table recently. Here are some of her drawings:

A cat Boats! One of my favourite :)

Butterfly

Rabbits! 兔妈妈和小兔子。“小兔子乖乖，把门开开，快点开开，我要进来。”

ABC123

A house. I swear I have never taught her to draw houses with roofs and windows like that. She asked me once, why doesn't our house have a roof? Is our roof on 9th storey?

Rain!

Another house

A girl with a flower on her dress

Swimming pool! Another one of my favourite. Me, her and didi in the pool with our floats. The coloured circles at the bottom are our shoes.

A girl with many flowers on her dress

A couple with big smiling faces! And a tongue! :D

Rapunzel. Notice the looooooong hair?

A happy girl :) I like this too!

Her earlier works from last month, when she first started drawing a lot:

Me and xuan (I have dyed hair)

Xuan with a balloon

Didi with a balloon

Didi/papa sleeping on the bed

Xuan/me sleeping on the bed

It's amazing to see more and more details, and to see what she likes and wants. Love my girl! :):)

Days of our lives

2011-04-02T16:16:00.001+08:00

Didi's new bed

2011-03-26T16:18:00.001+08:00

Didi has been sleeping on "zeh zeh's" bed for the past few nights now. So glad that this bed that Xiang gave us is finally put into good use! :)

Towkay So

2011-03-26T11:38:00.000+08:00

"Kua simi!"

Rapunzel

2011-03-24T16:22:00.000+08:00

Mama So loves the animation "Rapunzel"! Now xuan loves it too and make me "lengthen" her hair every night with my scarf! :D