Happy late Mother's Day

 Happy mother's day.. yes.. very late.. :)


Mother's day was fun. We were back in singapore getting ready to leave to come back to USA.

It was decided that the guys would take care of the kids while my sis and I go shopping.

Our first stop with everyone was at a brunch place. Yummie panini sandwiches.

Dylan fell asleep on me while having brunch. so cute....
AFter brunch, we headed for shopping. did not buy much, but it was nice to get away from the kids and spend time with my sis.

Continued the afternoon with a pedicure paid by my mom.hehehe.

We ended our afternoon with a english tea menu. There were scones, sandwiches and cake. SO enjoyable.

The guys survived well without us. The kids don't whine when the mummies are not in..hahah.

Oh, post mother's day. we had this delicious cake. too bad we only had room in our tummies for a slice..:)

Our trip to Asia

So, I am finally blogging abt our trip to Asia... from April 9 to May 10, 2010..:)

 We landed in Singapore and surprised my mom (again!). This time, my sis told her to come to Singapore to take care of Beanie, and when my mom arrived at the condo, we hid.. My sis maid was holding Dylan and told my mom it was a fren's kid. My mom started talking to Sophie.. and Ryan was hiding.. but since there was so much talking, Ryan had to TALK too! So he started saying something and my mom saw him and figured it out..hehhehe...

 At Singapore, the cousins got a chance to hang out and play together..

 It was nice to seeing them playing together..:)

 It was also nice for Gordon and I to spend some quality time with the kids.

Singapore was fun. We ate a lot and got spoiled since my sis has a maid. Ryan was super sweaty daily but he was happy to play with Sophie's toys.

We got a chance to visit the Singapore zoo. roar!

We were planning a trip to Bangkok as well but with the political turmoil, plans were changed.

So, we made it to KL (we flew since we did not want to deal with the kids in the car for 4 hours). hehe.

Hmm.. what did we do in KL? Mostly just hang out, shopping, a massage, a hair cut...too much eating.. hanging out with Adeline and Isabel...:) Kids played with water outside since it was hot!

And, we made it to Redang island. Pretty little island. Ryan was happy to play with the sand and swimming daily. Now, when he sees a cart, he says swimming (cos the cart was taking us from our room to the swimming place).

As usual, 4 weeks passed too quickly. Before we knew it, we had to head back to Singapore to catch our flight.

Oh, the kids were fine on the plane. We took red eye flights both way and the kids got a chance to sleep. We even got complimented for having good kids on the way there (phew!) Jetlag was also ok. The first five days in Singapore, Ryan was waking at 5am and he played with his kitchen, waking up the maid. oopps.. The jetlag in US was also ok. Seems kids know how to adjust well..:)

I have been back for 2 weeks now...and I am still thinking about the fun trip and all the food we ate...

Here is pic of Ryan with Toby.

Though....

Somehow Ryan knows how to use the word "though".

Here are some conversations:

Me: "You want to drink some water"
Ryan: "Yes, it's hot though"

Me: "See Ryan, can you see the sugar?"
Ryan: I can't see the sugar though

How does he know how to add the "though" at the end of the sentence....

Some other funnies:

When my brother was driving us to the Airport in Malaysia, he was driving fast and Ryan said "Uncle, so fast..."

When my sis was driving and had to slow down as another car was nearby, Ryan said "be careful..."

When we were walking towards the car, Ryan says "mummy, must hold hand. Car coming"

Of course, he cleverly tells his brother (Dylan) not to do this and that.... "Di-di, no bitiing", "Di-di, don't put in your mouth", "No-no, di-di".

Ohh.... and.... when Dylan makes some whiny noise, Ryan says to Gordon, "Gordon, I think Di-di is not happy"

Hah. the wonders of little kids talking. Love it. :)

To vacation or not to vacation...

After getting back from a month long vacation, there seems to be a need for this posting..:P

There are pros and cons to vacationing in Asia...here are a few.

Pros:
Time away from work...
Get to see family and my niece..
Get to see frens and their kids..:)
Get to spend time with Ryan, Dylan and Gordon
Super nice foods
Super cheap stuff...
Nice warm weather.

Cons:
Long airplane ride with the kids (tough even though we have good kids)
Getting back to the work/daily mode
Jet lag!!
A more clingy Ryan since he has hung out with me daily for 30 days, and now he can't...
Unpacking (trying to figure out where to stash all the stuff i bought)
umm.. it's cold here.brrrr

I definitely agree that the pros outway the cons...hope the kids sleep thru the night tonite (fat chance!)

Where are we?

Yes, we have been busy and this is why there are zero updates on the blog.

We decided to take a quick trip back to Asia for a month...:) Will be back on May 10 and will find some time to update.

Great food, great weather, hanging out with friends and family.. what else could we ask for....

The kids are both doing great. Dylan started his army crawling at 7.5 months. Too cute.

Blog updates soon!