Joelle's lunchbox

Joelle no longer has catered recess in school and so mummy bought her a new double layer lunchbox for her recess. This is her menu for the week and some pictorial examples.

Monday is rice set because she has ballet after school.
Tuesday is sandwich set and it's usually shaved ham with cheese and tomatoes.
Wednesday is mummy's bake set and it could be any kind of muffins or cakes.
Thursday is also rice set as she has PAL after school.
Friday will be finger-food set.


Monday's salmon rice set with coleslaw.

Tuesday's sandwich set with jello.

Wednesday's bake set. Banana choc muffin.

Thursday's rice set with fruit salad.

Friday's fish nugget set with fruit salad.

Thank you for your support.

Thank you all for your support. S$340... S$350 has been collected and will be presented to St. Theresa's Home when we next visit. I apologise to those orders that I have to turn down as my daily routine with the girls limits my bake load. Nevertheless we want to thank you for your kind support.

And to those who donated their change to the cause. Thank you on behalf of the Home.

Sidetrack... I have developed a minor cough due to the daily quality checks after each bake. Since my daily bake load is only four boxes (maximum), I'm still enjoying the process of kneading, rolling and packing. I guess it's easier this year as I have a window of three hours every morning while the girls are in school. That was my office hours actually but for this period, I "took leave" to bake. *grins*

High standard of hygiene is observed (so do not worry) and as it's not mass produced, freshness is the key. So I always try to bake near to collection dates. However due to the lack of preservatives and dehumidifying packs, I would suggest that they be best consumed within two weeks. Any longer they should go into the refrigerator.

Singapore kite day 2010

It's the annual singapore kite day@punggol 2010 and it's on the last day of january. We bought two tickets to the event. It's $3.00/ticket and comes with a kite set, a goodies bag and a lucky draw coupon. It's a sunny day with some good breeze. We head down to the field slightly after 6pm. Last year we went in the afternoon and we fell ill the next day. It's too hot. So this year we packed our dinner and settled for a nice cool picnic dinner at the field with beautiful sky filled with kites of different sizes. Our kite manage to soar in the sky. It could have rise higher if we have professional lines and reel. But it's a successful event. The sky is dotted with kites of various size, shapes and colours. It's beautiful. It's just not possible to capture the event with my camera. I just have to repeat this year after year... If only I have a SLR...
That small dot at the top of the picture is our kite.


Isabelle rather enjoy the view than fly the kite.

Flashbacks

Can someone tell me why I find this so familiar?

Now I understand why I had to do that... it's to prepare me for the many years of wrapping the girls books. Everything is there for a reason.

2nd art competition

On new year's eve, we went to the countdown party in the neighborhood. We planned to just hang around for a couple of hours after dinner but joelle was thrilled when she saw the drawing competition booth. So we stay an hour for her to draw and another hour for them to play in the bouncing castle.


I'm glad she has learn the art of making her art work stand out from the rest.
This is her piece from her second art competition. Pretty similar to her first piece. In my opinion, it was not her best effort. It was late and she was so distracted by the bouncing castle and the game stalls around. But I have to say she took her time and enjoy every shade. Well done, joelle, for the discipline and ability to appreciate the art of drawing and shading.
We got a call from the organizer that joelle won a prize in the art competition. So we had to stay for the award ceremony. Daddy took sleepy isabelle home while I waited with joelle. We were both very tired and about to give up waiting when the countdown start and we got all excited again. I was happily hugging my little girl and singing the auld lang syne when joelle shouted "fireworks"! It was spectacular. Even in its mini form, it was fantastic to be able to enjoy fireworks in the neighborhood. How many estate does that? And what a great way to end the year and to start another with a 1st prize win. Hooray for joelle!

Our very own winter solstice

Our family likes eating the "tang yuan" that we decided to make some ourselves. The girls had fun though the pictures contradict it. Isabelle looks really fierce and unset in the picture below but trust me they had fun.

winter solstice 2009

The cousins got together once again for the winter solstice dinner at my in laws. Last year was just the three girls and this year we have an addition. Gerrick, the only boy in our cousin-hood. My girls like to cuddle and kiss the baby especially issy who really likes babies. Joelle probably wouldn't want to imagine having another younger sibling to further reduce her time with mummy. She mentioned that she only wants older sister.

Gerrick is really cute. He will look directly at the camera. He really likes to have his pictures taken.