A good friend just passed me a box of very cute “Happy Face” bread she bought for Julian and I simply could not resist posting some shots of it here! I am sure Jules will absolutely love it!
She told me she specially selected one with a boy & a girl!
Being a lover of Tomica toys myself, I persuaded TY to help construct a Tomica Town for Julian since I had recently redeemed some Isetan vouchers. It was really fun as the both of us put it together while Jules was asleep. When we showed him the completed set the following morning, he went “waaaaaahhh” and was silent for almost a full minute, looking at it with mixed admiration and disbelief, before starting to play with it!
It is truly a beautiful set that will make any little boy’s day! His Daddy even made roads for him out of cutout cardboard including realistic-looking white markings on it! My favorite is the Nissan Showroom, complete with car and revolving car display turntable. Check it out!
On Friday night (July 17, 2009) after the CG meeting, we celebrated Keryn’s birthday and as usual, we turned off the lights pretending there was a blackout(!), ushered in a mini-birthday cake and sang her a birthday song. But the difference this time round was that someone actually brought along a camera and I suggested taking some cell group photos as it has been quite a while since we last did so.
In fact, everyone was so enthusiastic about it, myself included, that immediately after the birthday song, we got Keryn to pose for the camera followed by taking group shots. To my dismay, I realized after the photography session that all of us were so consumed with capturing the perfect shot that we had forgotten the almost-sacred tradition of getting the birthday girl to make a wish, give a speech and presenting her with the gift! But of course, we made it up to her thereafter!
These are a few of the pictures that were painstakingly taken and thank God they turned out fine!
About a month back, one of my best friends’ son, Ryan, celebrated his 7th birthday at the Build-A-Bear-Workshop at Suntec City. Julian was really excited at being invited but unfortunately on the actual day, he fell asleep just before the party and we had to wake him up! Like the saying goes, the rest is history …
Jules was so grouchy at the party that I had to bring him out of the shop to give him a talking-to! I ended up capturing very few nice shots of him but what made matters worse was that my camera battery went flat at the critical moment when all the kids completed their bears and were holding it up for a shot! Thankfully, one of the mommies captured a great shot and emailed it to me, of which I am very grateful!
Don’t you just love the kids with their teddies??! This is one of my favorite pictures.
Despite the wide array of toys that my son has, he is persistently 'obsessed' with getting his hands on 2 other toys which TY and I refuse to buy him due to age inappropriateness. One, is the Speed Racer Lego Set which is far too complicated for Jules to fix, and the other, remote control toys. We made the mistake of buying him a remote control car many months back, only to have him smash it when the wheels wouldn’t budge as he tried to zoom it around with his hands!
So now, no matter how hard he pesters us, our answer to him is always "we will buy it for when you grow up ... when you turn 5 years old!” I guess that explains why in his little mind, 5 is an almost revered age and his aim since then has been to quickly grow up, “Look at my legs!!”
