Sweet potato Doughcake

Yes, lactose-free

I use egg yolk only cos it's less allergenic 

mashed cooked sweet potato, sprinkled w sesame seeds

Yes, you got it. No sugar, no salt added.

I'll put cheese when she is older. Currently, cheese makes her bloated and cranky.

The Blue House Nursery

THE BLUE HOUSE is one of the few schools in Singapore implementing the Reggio Emilia curriculum. The Reggio Emilia approach is not child centered or teacher directed. It is child originated and teacher framed.

Cardboard tunnel with Christmas lights #1

She crawled halfway through the tunnel with much encouragement (with me at the other end) and then u-turn and crawled out of it. She sat there for quite sometime awed by the pretty sight.

Cardboard tunnel with Christmas lights #2

The #2 time we were there, she crawled in and even stayed inside for a while. 

She is afraid of this mirror prism - too overwhelming #1

G is scared of this and couldn't understand why there are so many of herself all over the place. She was always at the edge. Even when I carried her with me and sat in the middle, she would quickly crawl out of it.

#2 at the prism

She is not as afraid the second time we were there. We stayed inside together for a minute longer :)

sensory board #1

sensory board #2

Papa has decided to make a sensory board for G at our new place :)

acrylic mirrors and animal toys 

The rice shaker caught her attention. Mommy will make one at home for you .

Money plant #1

Money plant #2

G dug out some soil with her fingers and ate some of it. She went back again for more and I stopped her. 

The second time, she ate some soil again!

lightbox table #1

lightbox table #2

Mommy wants to get such a lightbox table at our new house. It costs more than S$300 to buy online from US. (excluding shipping and taxes) Should I, should I not?

Papa bought a 6 sessions package at the Blue House. So we'll be going back for more activities next month.  Each session consist of an hour is $25. Thankfully, it's 6 sessions and not more because venue is a challenge. Have to literally take a cab to and fro because of it's inaccessibility.  This is a beautiful school for children and I am committed to bring some of the inspiration back home.

Stay-cation at Roxy Hotel

We had a staycation at Roxy Hotel (courtesy of my brother-in-law). Yes with my hubby on clutches and a 11 month old baby. We had quite alot to bring. Mainly because we want to let G feel as at home as possible. We brought her pillow, bolster, teddy bear and bunny along.

yes we requested for a cot

The TV which was never on.

Cruising while mama unpacks

Snuggle with my fav bolster

Poor girl only had food jars to eat. If there were plain porridge, I would stir the contents in. Still, she didn't eat well. She could eat twice as much back at home when mommy cooks.

With the tired mommy, because G wakes up 3 - 4 times at night. And she refuses to sleep / nap without much coaxing, because she feels insecure in the foreign place.

My sweet G looking at the menu and wondering how come there's nothing for her, 

only lukewarm food in jars.

Really nothing for me to eat??

Ok, you may have wholemeal bread with unsalted butter spread

And we have my sis and gang to come and join us for high tea :)

It's going to be G's birthday this weekend! 

Fun with water

Blue Bergamot Playdough

Basic ingredient ratios:

1 cup flour
1/2 cup salt
1 cup water
1 tablespoon cream of tartar
1 tablespoon vegetable or canola oil (or any light-colored oil)
approximately 20 drops of food coloring


From: http://video.about.com/familycrafts/How-to-Make-Homemade-Playdough.htm

I didn't buy cream of tartar, so I replaced it with egg white + lemon juice and baking soda. No exact measurement (based on agaration).

I also added some begarmot fragrance oil so that it smells uplifting.

It turned out great!

As you knead, the texture becomes better

good texture for a playdough

Store in a ziplock bag for up to 3 months

This is dough in the ziplock bag.

Opps she ate it again.

G seems to put everything into her mouth. She ate the dough again this time. Ewww... and I stopped her after her first bite but she wanted to eat it again. She was fascinated that a lump of googey stuff can be transformed into different shapes and sizes.

She seems to like playdough more than paint. Perhaps I will make another colour soon.

Fun with umbrella

I believe in having fun with the simple things at home. I don't believe in buying endless expensive toys (and perhaps we can't afford to). And I think too many toys will not do her good. One umbrella can make her so happy already.

#1 Reggio Emilia project

I just made some paint in the kitchen. 

red, blue and green - added food colouring

Got my ideas from:

http://www.theimaginationtree.com/2011/03/homemade-edible-finger-paint-recipe.html
http://www.momtastic.com/parenting/activities/171489-kids-activity-edible-homemade-fingerpaint



I tweaked the recipe and used tumeric powder for the yellow and red cabbage juice for the purple. I added one drop of lavendar aroma oil into the purple for a better smell. As for yellow, I didn't add because it has the smell from the tumeric spice.

My little artist serious at work

G's first painting at 11 months 2 weeks old

It's the LEAF and BRANCHES theme. G is kinda surprised that mommy is allowing the mess when I poured paint on her fingers and some on the paper. She tore part of the paper and I quickly tape it down. She ate some red paint and almost wanted to put the spoon with green paint into her mouth as well. The whole activity took her about 15 minutes. Who says babies have short attention span? LOL.

A second go at it...

This time she ate some paint. And swallowed a flower when I tried to dig it out.

G's #2 painting - FLOWERS theme