Merry Christmas

You brighten our day. Merry Christmas Sunshine.

Santa Hairclips

2nd Christmas

As we celebrate Kris 2nd Christmas with us, we went around Orchard, Christmas tree hunting when time permits.

Seeing the brightly colored lights dangling on the trees excites her and with her new found skill she walked round various malls and go gaga over the festive season decoration.

Orchard Central (won the best decorated mall in Orchard for 2014)

 

 

Ion Orchard

 

Royal Plaza on Scotts

First Few Words

As Kris starts to get aware of her surrounding, she also starts to pick up a few of our daily words. 
She also starts to know how to nod or shake her head when she is in agreement or in disagreement.

This is a relief for us as we do scratch our heads at times trying to understand her.

She learnt so much just from observing us! Everyday is a learning experience.

Some of her first word
Bear
Bread
Hel....lo
Bye
PaPa
Bed
Car
Milk
Oh Oh

When she says she wants some bread

Biting Others

At 15 months, Kris has a habit of bitting herself and others. That include her daddy. She bites herself when she gets frustrated or angry.

Some examples

When she cant get the scooter out of the play area as the wheels got stuck, she bites the handle of the scooter and yell for someone to help.

When she gets scolding for wrong doing, she burst out in tears and when everyone ignore her, she resort to biting her own arm.

She bites her cousins when they try to carry her by force when she disrupt their toys, when they sit on my legs and try to "share" her mummy, when they try to hug her forcefully or when they sit together quietly watching television.

Some punishment she gets when she bit others are

Counseling timeout with daddy and mummy
Scolding from mummy
Mummy stern looks
Flicking of the cheeks

I guess she knows when I get angry with her as she trys to coos up and cuddle me when I stare at her. She can sense my anger vibes.

I wonder what other ways can I tell her not to bite others.

Staycation @ Equarius in Sentosa

We decided to book a 3D2N RWS package as part of my husband, A and my birthday. There were four hotels to choose from: Hotel Michael, Festive Hotel, Hard Rock and Equarius. We decided on Equarius as it seem to be a cosy and quiet hotel, away from the others.

The package come with 2 adult passes to Universal Studio, Adventure Cove and SEA Aquarium.

Verdict

With a toddler, it's difficult to utilize all the passes in 3 days. With only time to cover 1 attraction per day, we decided to forgo the Adventure Cove tickets as we bought Kris to the swimming pool instead.

The package does not come with breakfast so either you bring your own breakfast or have your breakfast at one of the many choices in RWS. 

Although Equarius is spacious and quiet, it's quite inconvenient as compared to Hard Rock or Hotel Michael as we need to take a shuttle to the attraction points or the main RWS. The waiting time for the shuttle is about 15 minutes.

 Remember to dress light and bring a mini fan to keep both youself and the kid cool in Singapore humid weather. 

Kris lost her food appetite on the day of Universal Studio. I guess it's the weather. I replaced her food with milk and keep her constantly hydrated. During dinner time, she is back to her usual bubbly and hungry self.

Though there are not much rides suitable for Kris at Universal Studio, she had an amazing time at Lights, Camera, Action as the stage came alive with sound effects
Shrek 4D as the chair rocked, water and air squeaked and blew and cartoon start protraying on the big screen. She sat in my arms throughout the 5 mins Shrek 4D show quietly!
Madagascar Carousel as the wooden animal revolve around the platform and she was rising up and down with the other children laughing in the background
Taking pictures with numerous mascots
Watching dance parade
Walking around the various gift shops
Exploring the different setup between the different zones

Take around your sand digging tools and spend the morning lazing in the various different pools at Hard Rock Hotel.

Bring some extra drinks and snack for yourself. This is super handy as you reward yourself after the kids gets knocked out for the day. A and I cleaned off 2 huge packets of Calbee Hot and Spicy chips in 2 days.

The hotel bath tub is also an interesting attraction area for the little one. Every morning, Kris would walked into the bathroom and stood on her toes and point to the bath tub indicating her interest. Maybe a day spent relaxing in the room sound good for both mummy and daddy and the little one.

Catching up on power nap

Curtains are fun too

Bathtub fun

Kris fav Elmo

 

Merry Christmas from Kindermusik

Little Sophia

Her little Sophia

Adventure Cove @ Sentosa

Bought Kris to our company annual family day at the Adventure Cove Waterpark which is an aquatic adventure park located in Sentosa. As Kris barely reaches the minimum height for most of the attraction points, we ended up juggling our time between the adventure river, wave pool and the seahorse hideaway. 

The adventure river take about 20 minutes to complete the river. I grabbed a tube and have Kris on my lap while my husband, A was helping us maneuver the tube through the bands, currents and slight waterfall. Kris was relaxed throughout the journey and enjoyed the scenes which includes tropical jungle garden,  bat enclosure, stingray and manta rays, sharks, dolphins. She enjoyed the slow current and hearing the light drizzle in the backdrop. 

We had her at the shallow end of the wave pool for fear of the strong wave. As the sirens honked, the waves came along and we jumped with the wave and that will also meant swallowing some water which had Kris clutching tightly to us.

Seahorse hideaway is a shallow pool of around 0.3m which is just the right height and size for waddling toddlers. The pool bed is also lined with foamy sponge which is an excellent idea. Luckily, I bought some disposable cups for Kris to scoop and pour the water. We spent a good 30 minutes frolicking and had Kris walking a few steps in the pool.

There was also an area near the rainbow reef where there are patches of sand pits for the kids to play. Kris finally mustered enough courage to step/ grab the sand. She was soon grabbing the sand and burying my feet, thanks to my husband. We took turns burying one another and stomping on our mini sand castles. Do bring along your sand digging tools if you intend to spend some time here. 

As the sky darkens, we decided to call quits after 2 hours.

The kids shower area were filled with 4 shower cubicles however the water shower indication of hot and cold water either malfunctioned or didn't exist.

Tired after a long day

Taken at the manta ray enclosure