Family swimming day

Believe it or not, we have not used our apartment swimming pool in years. Heidi is almost 3, and she has never been in our pool! I actually don't know why as it is really nice and private, because hardly anyone ever uses it - probably they are like us! Lol :)

So anyway, the kids were all hyped up about the swimming time they had at E&O the week before so they were asking to go swimming again. This time we let Helene have a little dip as well since she had no more runny nose. So this was her first time in a swimming pool :) In the picture below you can also see her 2 little bottom teeth. These are the only teeth she currently has :)

Here are more pictures of us. Hannah was excitedly flapping around in her swimming arm bands. We will probably be looking into sending her for swimming lessons sometime this year.

 

The portion of the pool that Hubby, Helene and Heidi are in has warm water, so suitable for younger kids that they don't get too cold.

Incidentally, little Helene is exactly 9 months old today, still as happy and cheerful as ever! How do you not love waking up to this face :)

November 13, 2011

The next morning after the wedding I was up bright and early. The very thing I wanted was to go and "play sand" and "swimming" :) Mummy and Daddy told me we had to go for breakfast first before going to play. So we went down to the hotel coffee house for their complimentary buffet breakfast. I had my favourite sunny side up egg, bread and sausage. Don't worry, not everything on the plate was mine, I shared with Mummy and Daddy - it was way too much for a little girl like me!



After that, Gong Gong and Nanna took me for a walk so Daddy and Mummy could enjoy their breakfast. We sat on the deck chairs and admired the view of the sea.





When Daddy and Mummy finished breakfast, they came to look for us. Of course, I immediately then forgot about the nice view and wanted to change into my "swimming costume"!



We went back upstairs to the room to change and I struck a pose by the side of the bed, complete with hat and sunglasses :)



We went to the beach for a while, and then it was time to go in the pool again! Look at how happy I am.





After all the swimming, we went to bathe, change and then it was time to checkout. My fun weekend was over too soon, but Daddy and Mummy promised to take me again. Thank you Nanna and Gong Gong for the weekend treat!

November 12, 2011

Last weekend was a busy weekend for us because Mindy Ee Ee and Uncle Ashwin got married! It was a whole weekend affair with dinner on Friday night (lau thnia meh), and on Saturday it was the tea ceremony in the morning, garden ceremony in the afternoon and wedding dinner at night. The garden ceremony and dinner were at Parkroyal Hotel so we stayed there on Saturday night so I could enjoy the beach and the pool on Sunday as well. Nanna and Gong Gong came back for the wedding too and they also stayed at the hotel on Saturday night.

Saturday morning we were at Mindy Ee Ee's house nice and early to wait for the bridegroom to arrive. While waiting, we took some pictures of course! :)

This is me, Mummy and Daddy:



This is me with Jing Jing, Ying Ying, Sarah and Amelia. We are all about the same age (except Jing Jing who is older) so we have fun playing and running around. We are standing by the big fan to get cool as the weather was pretty hot.



After the tea ceremony was over, it was time for the kids to receive ang pow (red packets). When it was my turn, I wasn't too sure what I was supposed to do so I was looking at Nanna and Mummy.



In the afternoon when I got up from my nap, we checked in to Parkroyal and I immediately wanted to change into my swimming costume and go to the beach! I couldn't stop talking about it the whole afternoon so Mummy and Daddy promised that when I got up from my nap we could go.



Later on, I also went swimming. At first I wanted to stay in the "baby pool". See, I can stand up in it.



Subsequently, I went to the "big pool" with Daddy. I brought all my floats along.



Later in the evening was the garden ceremony. Don't the bride and groom look lovely? Mummy says Mindy Ee Ee's dress is very nice.



The dinner was held at the hotel ballroom at night. I was probably getting a little tired because of all the activities during the day, which is why I was rubbing my eyes.



But then, when the music started by the jazz band, all of us kids had a really good time. We dominated the dance floor before the adults came in. I really enjoyed dancing very much. Even the wedding photographers were amused and took lots of my pictures.



After that, the adults also started dancing - Gong Gong danced with me too!



I was dancing until Mummy and Daddy could see that I was really tired, so it was up to the room to bed! Tomorrow would be another busy day for me.

Swimming time...or maybe not

This is what it normally is - a pool filled with balls:



...until the day Daddy had the brilliant idea of doing this! I think he was too lazy to bring me down to the swimming pool :p



So I "swam" here and thoroughly enjoyed it! I brought some balls, my baby tortoises, some toys and had a jolly good time splashing around.



I even "washed" my hair with the water from the tap - I could pretend that it was a waterfall I suppose :)



How fun!

Swimming again!

Ever since we have moved to our new home, we have yet to use the swimming pool, so during the long holiday, Daddy said that I could go swimming! I was very excited as I had not been swimming for a long time. I told Mummy to wear my swimming costume for me and then Mummy wrapped me in my robe before we headed down to the pool.

This robe used to belong to Jie Jie Zhen Yi and Jie Jie Candice. It's still a bit big for me, but that's ok.



Here is my swimming costume which Mummy bought for me when we were in KL.



I had my new Winnie the Pooh arm floats as well as my panda float. I was afraid to be in the water by myself with just the arm floats, so in the end, I used both! Look at how excited I am.



The good thing about this swimming pool is that we can usually get the whole pool to ourselves. So unlikely we have to share the pool with others. I had a lot of fun and hopefully we can go swimming again soon!

Again in the pool

Hannah had not gone swimming for quite some time, because she had fever and then runny nose, so now that she has been well for some time, it was time to go swimming again! :) We bought this float for her from Toys R Us a couple of months ago, but no chance to use it until now.

As can be expected, she was totally excited! :)



She even knew how to kick her feet so the float could move.



The wet hair is a result of being splashed by her cousins :p



When she got tired of the float, she wanted to "walk-walk" in the water! The baby pool was just the right depth for her :)

More swimming photos

Last weekend, Daddy took me swimming again, how fun! We just went to pool downstairs from our house since all my cousins came over for swimming too!

Look at my nice new swimsuit. This was given to me by Aunty Chia Yin's cousin, Aunty Aleen Cheong. Wasn't that nice of her? Mummy tried to get a photo of my new swimsuit but I was too impatient to get into the water. I was already looking towards the pool and smiling and wanting to join my cousins!



Yay, into the water now! I stretched out both my hands and splashed the water around.



Daddy taught me the basics - kick, kick, kick!



Jie Jie Pei Yi just arrived. I was looking at her and asking her to get in the water, quick! Come and join the fun!



Daddy took me to the jacuzzi again too.



See how excited I was! I love the bubbly feeling of the water underneath me.





I love swimming time!