Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Fondue Evening

We'd been wanting to treat ourselves to a session of Chocolate Fondue but hadn't had the right opportunity until this evening, after an egg-citing session watching the variant dark side-ish Humpty Dumpty story in the Puss in Boots movie. It was all a whim of the moment thing and the gooey chocolate was indeed satisfying. TW was mentioning this was her first chocolate fondue, when I decided to show her pictures of our previous session at the Chocolate Bar at the Esplanade, where we had some smaller versions of chocolate fondue along with other exotic chocolate goodies, among other chocolate adventures which I did not document. Ah-ha! Gotcha! Who said we should be lavishing luxury on kids before they have memory-retention powers? This is the important reason for the existence of this blog.

The Häagen-Dazs chocolate fondue set was SGD $49.40 after GST and service charges, totally satisfying 4 chocolate craving souls.

Choc Muffins for brekkie

Haven't baked muffins for some time. Somehow the leisurely post-exam Sunday morning provided enough incentive for my exam-wrecked soul to bake something.

But, just as usual, the folks just can't take much of what I had to offer. The kiddos loved the idea, but just can't take too much of sweet stuff. Delicious, as usual, they'd say, but they'd just be satisfied with a tiny one or two.

Oh, well, will save up for later. Now I must hatch a plan to starve them first…

My cute new egg pan

Ok, this pint sized pan has been on the shelves for a really long time and I'd just only bought it a couple of days ago, because I couldn't justify buying a pan just for the purpose of frying eggs. But, at $4.99 a piece with multi-colour choices, I just couldn't resist it.

So this is part of breakfast today. Like my omelette? My folks do.

The Timer Chime

I let TW have some time for water play in the bathtub this morning, and to prevent her from going grossly overtime again, I plonked a kitchen timer on the bathroom counter top where she can see the minutes and seconds counting down. She loves these water play sessions still, and it's also a good time for me to tidy up the room while she's at it.



The timer would chime in a continuous stretch of about half a minute when the countdown is due in the following fashion: di-di-di-di, pause, di-di-di-di, pause, and so forth. TW got quite irritated by the first series, and started telling the time to stop.



Still, the first aliquot of time wasn't quite enough fun. She asked for an extension, and I agreed. Second round of countdown on the timer.



When the countdown chimes sounded again, it went something like this:



Di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di...

OK!! Stop it!

Di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di...

I said, stop beeping already...

Di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di...

Hey, stop the noise!

Di-di-di-di, di-di-di-di...

Ok, you've made your point!



At this point, I could not contain my giggles any longer.

Afternoon tea

TW and TF have been asking me to bake cookies for them for some time. Finally got into the mood to do it one afternoon.

The first batch of six 3-inch choc chip cookies were gone before my second batch (in picture) were cooled and brought out.

Mother's Day 2010

I noticed a flurry of activity yesterday morning, aka Mother's Day, between my bedroom and the kids' room before I emerged from my morning ritual in the bathroom.

TF had prepared a series of clues for my treasure hunting activity in search of the Mother's Day gifts he'd prepared for me.

So I started out on the 1st clue, which led to another, and yet another. One entailed opening up his little code-protected coin bank, and another was hidden behind his bedroom door alarm mechanism.

Finally I can display my bounty for all to see.

From Reddie's Page - 鸿屋

From Reddie's Page - 鸿屋

From Reddie's Page - 鸿屋

From Reddie's Page - 鸿屋

I was taken aback. How did he manage to choose such lovely tasteful gifts? So it was his school's Parents Support Group (PSG) that put up this idea for the boys to buy small gifts for their mothers. He said he simply chose the most expensive items out of the lot, which cost just a few dollars. Smart move, and smart talk. That sets me thinking about the thought and effort that went behind this initiative put together by the PSG. This has helped make it a memorable Mother's Day for me.

TW felt so upset that her older brother has managed to pull off such a great feat she spent the rest of the day designing a diary out of scrap paper and more paper hearts for me.

12th anniversary 结婚十二周年纪念

Hubby Q and I were married for 12 years, and we celebrated our 12th anniversary on this Valentine's Day. It also happened to be the first day of the Chinese New Year in 2010.

After going through the necessary family visits and gathering in the earlier part of the day, we went out to buy a heart-shaped cake I'd seen in BreadTalk shops that's been on sale specially for the occasion (VDay). TW has been especially excited, but couldn't quite grasp the significance of this.

Is it someone's birthday cake? She asked.

No, it is for celebrating mummy and daddy having been married for 12 years, I explained.

Oh, so that's why you need a birthday cake for the celebration?

Er, sure, darling...

今年的年初一是我和老公的十二周年结婚纪念日。同舟共济了十二年，却也很难的，决定买个蛋糕庆祝一下。到BreadTalk买了个小小心形蛋糕，再点上一支大蜡烛、两支小蜡烛。就这么简单。

小廷慧为我们突然买了个蛋糕而深感不解，直问，到底是谁的生日，为什么要吃蛋糕？

我指着睡房中挂着的婚纱照，尝试解释，那是为爸爸妈妈结婚周年的庆祝。

所以要用生日蛋糕来庆祝？哦！原来是这样！

有两个小宝贝陪同，已觉得十分幸福。