{"id":20570,"date":"2014-08-04T07:08:40","date_gmt":"2014-08-03T23:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/?p=20570"},"modified":"2018-04-03T16:03:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-03T08:03:10","slug":"kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2014\/08\/04\/kids-17mm-25mm-etc-part-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Kids @ 17mm, 25mm etc. \u2013 Part 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

We drove past Jalan Besar yesterday Sunday late-morning on our way to brunch, and it occurred to us that it’s already been past six months where we’d spent most of our spare time outside work on the hunt for electrical fixtures and installations for our Minton home. Ever since moving and settling into our home, our leisure hangout places have also gone through a bit of a shift. Back at our old place, the places where we’d head out to on weekends would routinely be Compass Point, Hougang Mall, Hougang1, and Greenwich Village, where both our workplaces are situated. Nowadays, it’s Serangoon Nex, City Square Mall, Bugis Junction, and we’ll be also adding Toa Payoh hub soon enough to that mix too.<\/p>\n

What has helped a lot of course is that our Minton home is located at a relatively centralized location than the north-easterly Rivervale was. And that in turn has made getting to downtown places easier too via private transportation. Unfortunately, the same can’t be quite said for public transportation. It’s closer to downtown, but our new home requires quite a bit more walking distance to get to either one of the two MRT stations that the condo is equi-distance from.<\/p>\n

Ling has lots of little anecdotes to share too about our two kids. For instance: a month ago, Hannah surprised her by saying this:<\/p>\n

Hannah<\/strong>: Mommy, thank you for growing didi for me.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mommy<\/strong>: ?? You’re welcomed, sweetie.<\/span><\/p>\n

Both Hannah and Peter enjoy playing with each other since Peter started to sit up and recognise faces and voices. Sometimes we wonder whether the age gap of 4 years has something to do with it. We were certainly surprised to hear the daughter thanking us for giving her a brother.<\/span><\/p>\n

Another one of these conversations:<\/p>\n

Hannah<\/strong><\/span>: Mommy, what are you going to do with the cheese?<\/span><\/p>\n

Mommy<\/strong><\/span><\/span>: I’m going to let it melt and mix it up with the corn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah<\/strong><\/span>: What is melt?<\/span><\/p>\n

Mommy<\/strong><\/span><\/span>: It’s when something solid becomes liquid. Okay, it’s like when you put ice on the table and it becomes water.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hannah<\/strong><\/span>: Okay, for example ah, when you eat ice cream and it du..du..du..du..du…and it melts. The hot air around it makes it melt. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mommy<\/strong>: Oh yah…
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Cup corn-styled!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And more pictures now.:)<\/p>\n

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Got no clue what is going in Peter’s head when this picture was taken! He’s got four teeth coming along now.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Peter can easily hoist himself up, and is almost able to walk on his own now. The terror to come LOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A couple minutes of iPad time. This one’s that popular (among young girls?) Toca Hair Saloon game. on iOS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Not sure what she’s thrilled about, but that’s the Fairprice Supermarket cash receipt for our groceries.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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We drove past Jalan Besar yesterday Sunday late-morning on our way to brunch, and it occurred to us that it’s already been past six months where we’d spent most of our spare time outside work on the hunt for electrical<\/p>\n

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