Handicraft - Butterfly

Clarissa and I made this butterfly out of cardboard core of kitchen roll, coloured paper and stickers. She had fun decorating it. It took us about 30 minutes to complete.

Eating her Favourite Spaghetti

Clarissa loves spaghetti, esp. the ones with tomato based sauces. Watch how she eats spaghetti (on 2 different occasions).

Clarissa Sings

It's been a while since I last blog :-)

Clarissa's turning 2 next Wednesday, and I'm excited! She's going to have a small birthday celebration at my mum's place tomorrow. The timing's good, coz' my sister and nephew are back from HK for holiday. I'm sure the 2 cousins - Aden and Clarissa - will have lots of fun during the birthday party!

Clarissa can sing a few songs now, and these are her versions of the Happy Birthday Song and 泥娃娃, cute!

泥娃娃:

We had a Memorable Aussie Getaway to the Gold Coast and Sydney

We are back from our 9-day getaway to the Gold Coast and Sydney. The autumn weather in Australia was fantastic with temperatures varying between 20 to 25 degrees C.

It was a memorable trip as we got to experience the following:

1. Watching sunrise in the Gold Coast, right from the comfort of our hotel room - unblocked view!

2. Admiring the Sydney Opera House from our hotel balcony.

3. Spending time with Clarissa, and discovering that she knows many new words, eg - "See you later", "Let's go", "Zou ba" (in mandarin) which means "Let's go", etc.

4. Meeting my suppliers

5. Our face to face with kangaroos at Currumbin Wildlife Santuary in the Gold Coast.

For now, I've got close to 1000 photos to download and sort out. Stay tuned for them :-)

At T3 Flying off to Sydney in 30 mins

Les, Clarissa and I are now at the Business Class Lounge, waiting to board our flight to Sydney in 30 mins' time. So exciting! It's our 2nd time travelling with Clarissa, and compared to our last trip to Hong Kong, which was in last August, Clarissa is now more aware of the surroundings, and is certainly more curious and exploring the places at T3 and the lounge :-) Will update soon on our trip to Gold Coast and Sydney when I'm back. This is a trip combining business and leisure, coz I'll be visiting my suppliers when I'm in Australia. I know Les is looking forward to a good break. Stay tuned ...

Clarissa is 20 mths old Today

She's a toddler now, and someone having a mind of her own, though she might not be able to verbalise her thoughts fully. But from her body language, I'll be able to know what she's requesting for.

She likes to pose for photos, and repeat after what we say (she's picking up every word we speak, therefore we've got to be extra careful with our words :-) She's cheeky sometimes, and loves to "entertain" us with her words.

She my little helper at home now. She loves to bring light items like the cork insulator board, her plastic bowl and spoon to the kitchen for me after her mealtime. I'll also entask her to keep her toys, and she enjoys doing that.

She can now recognise and say nos. 1 to 20, alphabets A to Z, and her vocab has increased. I enjoy teaching her new stuffs everyday.

Seeing Kois for the 1st Time

It's Clarissa's first time seeing kois. We brought her to the Koi Pond @ Suntec this evening after dinner. The Kois there are so much larger than the last time I saw them (must be because of the constant feeding by members of the public). She loves the kois, and were not afraid of them. She wanted to touch them, and couldn't stop saying "fish, fish"!

Time not Enough ...

I'll have less time to blog from now on - busy with Clarissa and my the other "baby" - that's my business "Little Toez n Kidz".

Clarissa's going to be 20 mths old in 2 days' time, and I'm spending more time with her these days to do activities together (sing, read, eat, play, you name it).

My business has also passed its infancy stage, and I'm ready to take it to the next level. I've more retailers representing my brands these days, and yeh, working with them takes up a substantial amount of my working hours. Customer base is also growing (thank God, despite the economic downturn), so you can now understand why I'm having less and less time to blog :-)

Anyway, I will still try to find time to record the happenings in the Lee family.

So fans of this blog, don't forget us, ok. Visit us from time to time. (Now I wonder if we've got fans, haha. I think my mum in law is one of them.)

Here's a video of how Clarissa says "God bless you". Now, whenever we sneeze or cough, she'll say "God bless you" without fail. She did that one day out of surprise when I sneezed. She must have heard us say that and learnt from there. She never fails to surprise us with her words these days!

Like yesterday, when she bumped into me, she said "sorry". I was amazed, haha!

She also loves to "talk and talk" these days - sometimes mumbling to some words that Les and I don't quite get. But it's fun to listen to her.

Saying "Amen"

Clarissa and I pray before her bedtime everynight (started when she was a few months old). Now, she will say "Amen" after I say "In Jesus' name we pray" :-)

She's picking up so many new words now, and it's so fun hearing her say them.

Some interesting ones include:

Very good

Nos. 1 to 10

Bus

Strawberry

Happy New Year

Hello Kitty

Minne

Mickey

Tigger

Power Outage

It's been a long long time since I experienced power outage at home. At 10.30 pm last night, all lights and the TV went off. I thought it was only a power trip. Les checked the switch board, and it was not power trip. He turned the switches on the switch board on and off, and the power did not return. He went to check the power meter along the corridor. The meters of our unit and our next door neighbour were not moving. Soon after, I saw some residents of the same 2 units of other levels standing along their corridors. It was power outage for the same 2 units of every floor. Interesting. Les called the Singapore Power, and was advised to inform the Town Council instead.

Finally the tea lights at home were put to good use. We lit a couple of them for the hall and kitchen. Afraid that the ice lollies in the freezer would melt while we wait for the power to return, I ate one. It was so cool to have ice cream in the dark and that's my sinful supper!

We waited till 12.30 am, still no power. We decided not to wait and went to bed, leaving the switch of the side lamp in the hall on (so that when the power resumed, we would know). I was not that tired, and Les was jokingly asking me to wait till the power returned. Soon after he finished his sentence, the side lamp came on. It was such a "magical" timing!

What a "romantic" Saturday night we've had :-D

It was this dark in the hall. That's the feflection of tea lights on the TV screen

Tea lights in the hall

My ice cream supper in the dark

My Dates for Valentine's Day

Les and Clarissa were my Valentine's dates today. Last Valentine's Day, Clarissa was only 6 mths old. I'm glad for this year, she's old enough to join Les and I for Valentine's dinner :-)

We went to Dome cafe @ Dempsey Hill. I wanted to revisit Dempsey Hill at night, so wish granted today :-) We had a great time there!

PS, Les, thanks for the HP mini laptop. Love it, and will definitely use it to check emails when I'm on the move :-)

Clarissa's 1st Movie with us

Tomorrow's Valentine's day. Les and I had our first movie date with Clarissa tonight. We caught the movie "The Other End of the Line" @ Cathay Cineplex, Causeway Point. T'was a romantic movie - http://www.fandango.com/theotherendoftheline_117392/movieoverview, starring Jesse Metcalfe and Shriya Saran.

Les and I were very excited to find out how Clarissa would react in the pitched dark cinema. Turned out that she's ok with the dark and the volume of the movie. She's kind of bored in the middle of the movie (imagine a 18-mth old sitting in the cinema "watching" a movie of such theme, they'll definitely be bored), so Les and I took turns to place her on our laps. She stayed quiet throughout the movie, which was really nice. We got to enjoy the whole show and the pop corn! Our next movie with Clarissa will definitely be one with animation :-)