The Chair Series (1 year 4 months old)

DS is now 16 months old and her favourite word is...

NO!

Usually, when DS objects to something (like if you want to take away the pen she's been chewing on), this really loud and really shrill scream erupts from her and we all have to take a step back and rethink our move. She's that scary. Brrrrr...

This week however, she has started using "no" to express her, erm, discontent. It's actually quite cute because she takes her time to say "no" and it always comes out like this, "noooooooo..." and the best thing? There's no  exclamation mark at the end! So I'll take this over the loud, shrill scream any day.

Although, we do realise that we soon have to stop giggling and hugging her whenever she says "noooooooo...". It's quite counterproductive!

Here are the other words DS can say. Take note though, that we are the only ones who can understand her!


Bye, Elle, Hi, Mama, More, Papa (only when she's really desperate and there's still no response from my lifeless, sleeping body after calling me for half an hour), Sit, Shoes, There, Yes... and a few more but for the life of me, I can't remember them now!

Chef DN

About three weeks back, I got a text from WP asking if I was keen on signing up for a parent-child baking workshop at So EZ Cooking Studio. We would be learning how to make a log cake. A log cake! I only know how to eat log cakes, so learning how to make one would be pretty darn cool. PLUS, I get to spend time just with DN.

"Ok!" I texted back.

Now that DS has joined the Ong family, she has become the fifth limb I didn't know I had. I need surgery to detach her from me on weekends. She is THAT clingy. It does amazing things for my self-esteem but it also means that poor DN doesn't really have his mommy any more. Sad face. I don't think he feels good about it. And because of this, he is now really attached to PF. Like seriously. It's always, "I want Papa to brush my teeth!" or "I want Papa to pat me to sleep!". He doesn't really ask for me any more. Sigh!

So I thought the baking class would be a great chance to get some solo time with my little man. And it was quite fun! We made a really basic log cake from scratch. It was surprisingly simple - just a swiss roll covered in fresh cream and decorated with a jelly santa and fruits.

DN got a little chef's hat and coat to wear during the class. Pity it wasn't his to keep though. I heard that the kids get to keep theirs at Bakerzin classes. Well, no matter, we had fun!

That's us mixing the eggs and sugar for the swiss roll.

DN and Jovann having a little snack during the break. We were waiting for the swiss rolls to bake and cool down a little before moving on to the next step - decorating!

That's DN decorating his log cake with fresh fruits (raspberries, strawberries, blueberries), chocolate balls and sprinkles. He took the decorating very seriously!

I know this is a bit belated but, here's wishing you a fun Christmas and New Year holiday!