Year 02: 2 days, 2 nights @ Costa Sands Resort Downtown East

we went to the Costa Sands Resort to celebrate the 13th anniversary of ting yee and i.

24th Sep 2010:
we arrived at the resort at 10.30pm. nothing to play, so we headed to our room:



25th Sep 2010:
we headed to Wild Wild Wet and played with all sorts of water activities:


had dinner and took a picture with Ronald McDonald:


played kiddie bowling:


and sat on a train ride:


and at night, we celebrated our anniversary by eating jelly cake:



26th Sep 2010:
today is the actual day of our anniversary. first thing in the morning after having breakfast, we headed to the Escape Theme Park and took many rides, like the kiddie go-kart:


the kiddie roller-coaster:


and the kiddie plane ride:


"unforgettable... because i also hurt my back today!" - TheAvt

Year 02: The Class of Fun!

check out the deng yun's class photo at the childcare centre. he is seated at the first row, first from left:


also, nowadays, when we say "Cows in the Kitchen" (the title of a song), deng yun will say "by June Crebbin" (the author of the song)! amazing!

"the year of fun too!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Mid-Autumn Festival at Bishan

we attended a Mid-Autumn Festival function at Bishan, where we ate lots of goodies and ting yee and deng yun went on a ride on some fake animal:


"mechanical animals are the way of the future..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Zoo again! Argh!

yes, we went to the zoo again. but this time, all of us had more fun because we played with deng yun at the water playground. but the memorial moment was when deng yun held the hand of "Ah Meng"...'s statute that is:


"zoo.. the final boring frontier..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Mid-Autumn Festival at Clarke Quay

we went to clarke quay to walk around for the mid-autumn festival and took a few pictures there from the logo:


to a full dragon:


to a representation of what appears to be a rat in the background because deng yun was born in the year of the rat:


"the trip was... interesting..." - TheAvt

Year 02: When Elmo Grows Up!

we went to the Singapore Indoor Stadium to watch "When Elmo Grows Up" live show:


"can't really see much from this distance though..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Pictures on Deng Yun's room and R/C car!

ting yee put up many pictures that her mother bought for her when she was a young adult, on deng yun's room. it varies from Disney characters to modern art:



then in the evening, after dinner, deng yun sat in a remote controlled car, controlled by me! check out the video:


"toddler avatar mobile!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Shopping at Central Square Mall

we went shopping at Central Square Mall and deng yun got to sit in those shopping cart attached to a toddler car:


"well, we didn't do much shopping, just eating..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Drinking Milk using a mug

deng yun started to play with jigsaw puzzle:


and he can now drink from a ceramic mug. check out the video:


"hmm... got milk?" - TheAvt

Year 02: 1st time to Jurong Bird Park

we went to the Jurong Bird Park today and it was the first time for our son, deng yun. he had so much fun from sitting on the cow of Ben & Jerry's:


to posing in front of the Jurong Bird Park poster:


"the bird park is much much MUCH better than the zoo or night safari!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Deng Yun successfully used the potty!

deng yun poo-ed for the first time using the potty yesterday (1 sept 2010)! this picture is just for show:


"finally!" - TheAvt

Year 02: A Short Dance

here's a short dance, by deng yun:


"enjoy everyone!" - TheAvt

Year 02: First time to Night Safari

we went to the night safari today. it was the first time deng yun encountered the animals at night!


"and toddler avatar also encountered the smell that came from the waste materials of these night animals..." - TheAvt

Year 02: Why So Serious?

deng yun did the joker, in his own way!


"why so serious? i don't think toddler avatar is serious at all!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Recognition positive!

deng yun can recognise his friends at the childcare and say their names. even more amazing was that he can recognise the parents of these kids and say the kids' names! this is mainly because ting yee picked him up so late everyday that he knows the parents!

here's deng yun yesterday in his cute "work" clothes and laughing:


"amazing memory!" - TheAvt

Year 02: A typical Saturday

here are what we did today, starting with deng yun driving Barney and his friends:


sharing a see-saw with a girl:


getting stuck in one of those self-see-saw:


"self-see-saw... is that what that is called?" - TheAvt

Year 02: Bubble time!

check out deng yun with his bubble made by ting yee!


"toddler avatar had lots of fun with bubbles while washing hands and during bath time!" - TheAvt

Year 02: Singapore National Day celebration at home

ting yee had a gathering with her JC school friends, along with their kids, at our place. the kids stayed in deng yun's room and played with him and his toys, at the same time sharing some biscuits!


"yes, he was the only boy amongst the children..." - TheAvt

Year 02: First tricycle

ting yee bought deng yun his first tricycle today. and it was purple! so we "disguised" it so that it looks like a "Barney Tricycle" now!


"we test-drove the tricycle at night and toddler avatar had fun!" - TheAvt

Year 02: First time to Explorer Kids!

we went to Explorer Kids at Pasir Ris today, along with Darren and his family. here are some pictures taken there, starting with deng yun being crowned "Burger King":


then he was "buried" in a pool of balls:


here's a blur version of deng yun with alyssa:


and another blur version of ting yee hugging deng yun and some kid before going down the slide:


and finally deng yun and ting yee on the ferris wheel:


"toddler avatar sure had lots of fun!" - TheAvt