Cake Decoration on a Cold Rainy Saturday

I went for my check-up at KKH and was told by my gynae that my placenta was no longer covering my cervix completely. It has moved slightly and now only partially covering my cervix. I did my OGTT too since my mum was diagnosed with diabetes last year. So currently I'm awaiting results.

Anyway, after my check-up on Saturday, we headed to Royal Cakes to collect the cake that we ordered. Auni has been wanting to learn baking and cooking. I know there are classes out there but I've yet to check them out. Furthermore, for Royal Cakes cake deco, they allow the customers to take the cake home to do the decoration so I thought it would be a very good family bonding session and even Ulfa could try it out.

The cake cost $18.80 together with the cream and the sprinkles that come with it. It's 0.5kg. You need to order about 3 days in advance.


It was a nice day to be doing this with the girls as it was a rainy Saturday afternoon. The things that came with the cake:


So the girls got to working. It was messy. Nevertheless, it was still fun, even for the parents. The end product was:


They added chocolate rice that was already in my fridge to the cake.
Thereafter, we ate the cake.


It was nice. A tad sweet with all the toppings. I would recommend parents to do this with their kids. Even boys will enjoy doing this coz my friend did this activity with her son and he enjoyed it thoroughly.

After this activity, you can follow up by getting your child to recall what he or she did and writing in down. That way, it can also be used as a teaching activity.

I got Auni to keep a journal where she records things she's done. So after the activity, She would just write 2 sentences about what she did that day (this is NOT a daily exercise though). She would also draw a picture. Maybe one of these days I'll share about her journal writing. Till then...

East Coast Park

This entry is 2 weeks overdue. In the effort to spend more quality time with the girls, hubby and I decided to take them out cycling at East Coast Park. See, I was told by my gynae to avoid exercise and such due to my low-lying placenta. But I really want to join my girls as I want to spend time with them. Cycling is a form of exercise, so I had to ensure that I do not tire myself out. So what better way to do this than to rent a Quadricycle/Quadracycle.


It seats 5 adults and 2 kids. 2 adults cycle while the 2 kids sit in the front. The cyclist on the left is the one who steers and brakes. Thus, I was seated on the right. The best thing about this is that the whole family can cycle together, especially when you have small children and they cannot cycle on their own. Then next best thing is, if one adult is tired, he/she can take it easy while the other cyclist pedals...heheh...that was what happened in my case. I think hubby really burnt some fats that day. The only disadvantage is that the bicycle does not have seat belts so I would not recommend it for kids below 18mths. Unless of course your children can sit still.
We rented the bicycle from here:



Shop Name: Our Family Corner
Address: Carpark E2, East Coast Park
Rental charges: $30 for 1st hour, $50 for 2 hours

They also have 6 seater bicycles but I didn't check out the price. We were on the waiting list to rent the quadracycle as all were already rented out. We had to wait about 30 minutes so we sat around and ate ice-cream.

When we got on the bike, we cycled around. We went to Bedok jetty. The girls had fun of course. We returned the bike at around 5pm. We saw kites in the shop and bought one. It cost $15 together with the thread. It was easy to fix. There was open field just next to the shop and we flew the kite there. The girls have always wanted a kite and thus it was a dream come true for them.



After kite-flying, we were famished and headed to the East Coast Park Lagoon Food Village which was near Carpark E2. We had our dinner of satay and bbq chicken.



Thereafter, satiated, happy but tired, we headed home. The girls fell asleep in their car. But before she dozed off, Auni did tell us to take her there again.

Pregnant with 3rd child

I know I have not been updating my blog much. Well close to a year, really. When you have 2 growing up kids, they take a lot of your time - especially when you are a working mom too.

So anyway, my darling Princess Auni is already 4 going on 5 this year. My dear cutie-pie Ulfa is already 20mths old. And I'm currently pregnant with baby no. 3.

I went for a scan a few weeks back and was told that there is 80% chance that the baby is a girl. Auni who was in the room with me exclaimed, "Girl?! Another girl! 3 girls!" Haha...she was hoping for a boy obviously.

Well this time round, it didn't matter whether it is a boy or girl. What matters is that the baby is healthy. Baby's edd is 14 May 2012.

It is always exciting when expecting a child. Auni already knows that she is having another sister. I need to prepare Ulfa for the baby. She is so attached to me.