Monday, October 12, 2009

Merlion Shawn

Yesterday, it’s the 2nd time Shawn vomited in the car. This time he vomited all over my body as I was carrying him facing me. Yeeks, first time feeling so smelly. Luckily it’s at night and hence no one was around to see me in such a dire state. Poor Shawn, kana scolding from me for crying and crying and thus threw up. I should have comforted him right? (which I did after calming down). Think he was too full that’s why threw up so much. As he was eating on an adhoc basis (we were at YC’s grandma’s house to celebrate her birthday), it didn’t daunt upon me that he have had a lot. When he asked for his ‘nei nei’, I happily made for him and made sure he finished the milk as he dozed off.

Shawn was in a shock when he’s home. He stood quietly at the bathroom while I get ready our change of clothes. He didn’t dare move until I wanted to shower him. Sigh.. why must I kick up such a big fuss, isn’t getting dirty/cleaning up mess part and parcel of being a parent? Thinking back, I feed so guilty for reprimanding Shawn.

After cleaning up Shawn, made 180ml of milk for him. He asked for more after finishing. For fear that he’ll vomit again, I refused to make more and carried him to sleep. Thankfully he slept through the nite too without getting up for milk (which meant he’s not really hungry right?).

Now, let me talk about the funny part of this episode. Cherylin was falling asleep when Shawn was crying non-stop. When Shawn puked, Cherylin’s immediate reaction was “I don’t want mummy to be dirty; I don’t want my car seat to be dirty; Mummy, your watch is dirty also” and she kept crying even though I told her it’s ok, mummy will be clean after a bathe. ;)

Thursday, October 1, 2009

F1 Staff Party (27 Sep 09)

It's not at my office this time.  We went to YC's office for the party.  I was 'wow-ed' by the office furnishing.  Very nice compared to those that I've been to.  YC said not to take picture of the interior so no photos to show.  Considering the department is serving high networth customers, it's not surprising then.

The coy engaged an Event Company for the party.  Basically, all activities were set up and facilitated by staff of the event company.  Cherylin enjoyed herself so much with activities that she loves:  glue painting, sand pictures, balloonist (he can make a barney balloon which looked like a real one, saw a tweety bird balloon too), candle naming.  There's also photo sticker for ez-link card (basically they will take a picture and make it into a sticker that's the size of ez-link card), Wii (too bad we didn't know how to play), pop corn station, candy floss station.

Children were provided with McDonald's Happy Meal while adult feast on buffet.  There were goodies bag given out too (Cherylin's favourite, she kept asking if there's goodies bag prior to the party, or whenever she attends birthday parties/baby showers :P)

Back to F1 (since it's the subject of this party), can really see the track from Padang to Esplanade Drive from the office.  The noise was so loud that it's still laudable at such a high floor, though not as screeching as when one is in the open. 

We left abt abt 10pm.  Bringing back the lovely flower balloon (surprised Cherylin didn't want any, we brought one back for Shawn).

Here are some pictures taken during the event:

Cherylin and Shawn sitting on the window bay


S:  Look mummy, I can see the racing track..


Cherylin selecting a picture for the sand art session.


See how engrossed Cherylin was.  She even replied "I'm busy" when I asked her to look at mummy for a photo shoot.


Shawn sitting on a couch and munching popcorns.


Can't remember the name of this activity.  Basically it's using the paint to colour the picture template given.  Cherylin did two and Shawn did one.


The balloonist made a purple flower balloon for Cherylin.  Purple is now her fav colour, followed by pink.


We had fun making sand candles where we could put our name/initial on the top layer.


Nite view of the race track (the window reflection is so obvious)


The pretty flower balloons.