On my day off

A couple of weeks ago, I took a day off from work because my mother in law had something on. Incidentally, Hannah was also on holiday from school. I was trying to think of what to do to keep them occupied for a few hours before my mother in law came home. Bringing 2 kids to a mall by myself is a complete no-no as I wouldn't be able to chase after 2 active kids, so in the morning, we ended up at McDonald's Sunrise Tower. I seriously think that this is the happiest place in the world for kids (besides Disneyland, of course). Whoever condemns McDonald's obviously doesn't have kids!

Later on, I took them to visit Chew Thean Yang Aquarium a.k.a. the mini zoo. The girls loved feeding the fish and looking at the animals there. Cheap and fun entertainment - highly recommended :)

Heidi's speech has increased by leaps and bounds ever since before turning two. She couldn't speak much at all previously and now she can't stop. However she definitely has a Malaysian accent to her speech, even calling us "Mummy-ah", and "Daddy-ah", not to mention all the "lahs".

Speaking of speech, Hannah asked me just the other day, "Why did Jesus make babies not able to talk?" I gave her the standard "Because that's how it is" but it didn't seem very convincing to her though lol.

Out of the mouths of babes ;)

Happy 2nd birthday Heidi!

Our 2nd little princess is 2 today! When she woke up this morning, we could see the excitement in her eyes as she knew it was her birthday. We asked her "Whose birthday is it?" and she said "Me!" We promised her an evening out today so she's looking forward to that, and Hannah too :)

Happy birthday princess and stay cheerful and bubbly always! God bless you today and always! Lots of love from Mummy, Daddy and Jie Jie Hannah :)

Will blog more about her birthday party and presents in another post.

Sisters

Now that Heidi is almost two, she and Hannah are very close as they can play together and communicate with each other. Heidi loves to imitate her Jie Jie, so she will copy everything Hannah says and does.

The other day, we went out for dinner with friends at Gurney Paragon, and Hannah wanted to wear her necklace with a heart pendant. Seeing Hannah wearing a necklace, Heidi also wanted to wear one, so Hannah lent her one as well.

We had dinner at Rakuzen, and we were early, so here are the kids posing for pictures before the rest arrived.

Hannah also seems to think her sister is some sort of a real live doll. One of their favourite games is where Hannah sticks clothes pegs all over her sister's (and her own!) hair. This is the result:

So yesterday, besides putting the pegs on Heidi's hair, she also decided that it would be a good idea to peg her sister's skin! Of course Heidi wailed the place down and she now has a bruised shoulder as a result. We didn't scold Hannah however, as she was quite remorseful for having injured her little sister. She immediately showed me Heidi's bruise when I got home from work yesterday. We just explained to her that she must not do it again as it is very painful and she seemed to understand.

But she definitely sayang her little sister. Heidi's birthday is approaching so Hannah wanted to get her a gift. Heidi's favourite character at the moment is Olaf from the Disney movie "Frozen" but unfortunately we don't have the merchandise available at the moment. So we got her the next best thing, a stuffed snowman. It's all wrapped up now, but Hannah took a picture to show her Daddy what she bought for Heidi.

Our two little princesses..we hope that their loving sisterly bond will last even though they are all grown up :)