We had our first date night in a month on 17 Jan - looks like Chinatown but it was the bazaar downstairs!
They were selling LNY decorations. There was also a pasar malam - same old food but we like it! Even Kai likes the kebab, oooh, kebab!
Met the God of Fortune on their way home on Saturday!
No pictures of the boys in traditional clothes this year coz Yang and Yu had their LNY celebrations in school early, on Tuesday, and I forgot to ask A to take pictures :( And Kai decided not to wear traditional clothes to school coz "I'm not a baby anymore" so yup, here we go!
This year, I started preparations late coz I thought I had one more week before LNY! So we started eating late too :p Kai started bringing some pineapple tarts to school the few days before LNY. On Thursday when I was on MC, I came back after sending Kai to school to find that Yu had helped himself to love letters given to us by our neighbour.
Afternoon tea on LNY eve
Sito went straight to Mum's place from work while A and I brought the kids on the train. Dinner was steamboat, yeah! Yu ate so many fishballs!
Handsome boys trying to do chin up
Yang plays Cooking Mama for the first time; Yu: "I watch XiaoGeGe play"
"I watch Papa play"
Happy to wear new pyjamas!
Yang was trying to crack groundnuts while Yu was trying to crack melon seeds! But they didn't really like it. I had fun showing them though, especially the groundnut earrings :p LNY eve is the one day in a year when the boys get to stay up late. Kai fell asleep first. We had to send Yang and Yu to bed when Yang started crying after I changed channels - cranky already!
Big sleeping baby
While Mama took photos with/of the little brothers
Who is this baby hiding under ong lai's??
Our LNY family shot - plenty of pineapples!
They insisted on helping :)
Kai brought along his chess set for bai nian challenge, hoho!
Yu wanted a drink and Kai called it Yeo's! Hello, that's the brand; the drink is chrysanthemum tea ok...
Ah Yee bought kid-friendly snacks for them, and my three monkeys ate more than half a pack and even packed some in our bag!
Seeing his boys eat so much of it, Sito tried it too and found it yummy!
Three ong lai's eating corn biscuits and enjoying a game on Papa's phone
Lunch was amazing!
Getting tips from BiaoJiu to fight against JiuJiu
Yu wanted to go to the playground but was coaxed into a nap
Finally the playground!
Fruity yusheng with abalone at Mum's place
Another evening in our room with photos
Yu noticed new pyjamas on us both
Kai looks like a little round baby here!
Little grey riding hood! But the kids said it must be red *.*
We brought the kids for a movie on the second day. We had wanted to go to Vivocity so that we could take the cable car. But the first Wuhan virus case stayed at Sentosa so we changed to Orchard instead.
Waiting for 190 to go to town!
We were early and the kids were dashing about at the cinema level. Yu was also whining for popcorn. Sito asked me, "Whatever possessed you to bring them for a movie?!" Hoho!
When it was time to go in, Yang remembered to take a booster seat - he had that when we watched plays. So all three brought a booster seat in. Yu was the last boy to walk in, but a few steps in, he turned around saying, "I don't want to watch anymore!" He was afraid of the dark theatre! Luckily, it didn't take much to convince him that there would be light soon.
Yu happily eating popcorn
Two similar expressions and one busy with popcorn
We didn't know that Shaun the Sheep was a wordless movie. But just as well coz Yu could understand it! He just sat there watching and eating and laughing - super cute! Kai and Yang looked like they enjoyed it too. So did the parents. It was a fun little show, and until now, we're still going lula (the alien baby), mima (alien mummy) and bubu (alien daddy) :)
We couldn't agree on a lunch place after the movie. Ended up buying some snacks from Isetan and finishing it outside. Kai didn't eat much as usual while Yang and Yu finished up the chicken and squid.
Yu insisted on sitting by himself on the way home
Making funny faces after his good-boy face
I think we opened hongbao on the second day before leaving for the movie. Yu was busy with the TV while Kai and Yang slowly opened theirs while watching TV... Yang didn't say much. When Kai took out a $10 note, he said, "Wow, somebody gave me $10!" When he found two $10 notes, he thought it was very generous! I was very pleased to hear that and yet a little anxious about what he would think of the $10 when he got to the $50 notes... His reaction was a little muted - not sure if it was the TV or shock :p
But the next day, when our neighbour popo gave them hongbao, something interesting happened. Yang opened it once he got inside, and said, "Only $10!" Kai heard him and said $10 was a lot coz he had to take 10 days to save that much! I was so pleased to hear that! :)
We spend the third day at home. Finally managed to find all the key pieces to rebuild Yu's choo choo train! He brought it to nap, during which it started to rain - we were happy coz we had prepared for steamboat, yeah!
Plenty of Lego pieces everywhere
I moderated the amount this time, heh :p
Yu had a meltdown just before dinner coz of movie selection. When he finally calmed down to eat, he ate a lot of fishballs. Later, he insisted on a garlic cashew and got upset with the taste. He kept wiping his tongue and saying yucky. Nothing could take the taste away. After a while, he puked out some water.
After showering, he complained that his tummy was painful. I gave him oil and tried to help him sleep. But just as I put him horizontally in my arms, he made an uncomfortable sound and puked out his dinner all over himself! After a shower, he managed to go to sleep.
But later, he woke and asked for milk. I thought he might be hungry and gave him a little. But when we went back to bed, he cried about painful tummy again. I just helped him stand when he puked again! This time, the base of his mattress got wet. Sito carried Kai and Yang to our bed so that we could turn on the lights to clean. Thankfully, that was the last of this puke series.
With the public holidays over, we still feel a bit festive coz we eat goodies every day! I think this year, Sito outdid me on the pork floss rolls that Mother made :p
Wednesday night, when we happily brought tubs of LNY goodies to eat in bed! :)
The annual gathering of the pioneer population colleagues today was cancelled coz duty called for at least two of them - probably to do with the Wuhan virus. So I unpacked all the hongbao and cleared up the desk while the kids were watching TV. I guess that's the end of this LNY season! Though just this morning, the kids were asking how long it was. I told them it was supposed to be 15 days. I'm looking forward to the 15th day - planning for a steamboat :)
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