The Men Don't Get It

My Mum, Aunt, Sis-in-law and I went for a ladies-only dim sum outing to Dragon Phoenix - yep, we had another $30 discount voucher!

The men? Well, the men had to work. We ladies of (temporary) leisure were going to enjoy a good meal without them wahahaha ;)

(I don't normally blow up all the pics this big, but I forgot to change the setting from the last post, and am too lazy to re-download :) All the better to see!)


Taking a nap in prep for the day's outing.












Dim Sum, as expected, was good. Had most of the typical dim sum fare (and of course the yam ring again!), but we did try a new dish - some kind of Cantonese beef cutlet thingy. I didn't look at the menu, so don't know what it was called. It was super tender with a sweet-sour sauce drizzled over it, and served with a fried egg on top. It seemed a little out-of-place given it's Western feel and presentation, but it was tasty and surprisingly good.


My mum with Aidan














...and Epoh with Asher :)
















We went walking around Liang Court, but found there was not much there to interest us, so decided to head to Paragon to check out the top floor which has lots of kids stuff. In particular I was looking for a large playpen where I can safely leave Asher for a short while to do laundry, cook lunch, or to bathe for that matter! At times it's difficult to take care of him alone cos I've no extra pair of hands and eyes to watch him. For now he's not that mobile, but even then he's had a terrible fall! So we want somewhere perfectly safe for him to play. But I really don't like those small rectangular playpens cos it's just...so...small! In two crawls he'd be at the other end! So am scouting around for the larger kinds. However, in Bono's words, "But I stillll haven't fooooounnd what I'm lookin' for!"

But Asher did find something at Paragon - a new toy! I was showing him around the shop, when I stopped at the toy shelf. I tell you, those toy people know what they're doing cos babies sure know how to tell a shelf stacked with toys from a shelf stacked with other things! At least this boy does! You could see the intensity in his eyes increase as he surveyed the shelf. I sieved through the toys to see if there was something interesting and nice that I could buy for Asher, and picked up a few to show to him. For most of them he was fairly nonchalent. THEN, there was a toy that I showed him which had lots of brightly coloured spinning parts, made various sounds when shaken, had a black-and-white handle, and could be held as a rattle-like toy or placed on a table as an activity centre of sorts. When I put it in front of him, you should have seen his eyes, how HUGE they were! He opened his eyes wide, he opened his mouth in awe, and reached eagerly for the toy. When he held it he couldn't stop staring at the toy and started flicking some of the moving bits. I thought, this is it! Asher chose his first toy! :O) In the end, my mum (the ever doting grandmother hehe) insisted she buy the toy for him, and got a different toy for Aidan as well (a super cute squeaky bird which can hang from the pram which Aidan absolutely adores!).


Enraptured!












After all that toy shopping (where I think I had more fun than Asher pressing all the buttons, spinning all the movable bits within reach, etc etc., basically being a kid myself), we hung around in the corridor area while Aidan had a feed. Paragon is great in that there's a common area with low tables and toys for parents and children alike to feed their babies, or just rest for a while. I like how they even decorate the ceilings with bright, furry flowers. Asher had fun looking at them as I lifted him high. He also had a chance to go on a slide for the first time! Assisted of course. He seemed to enjoy it, and gamely let me slide him down many many times :)















As my mum went shopping for a gift for my niece, Anya, the third of the baby cousins, the two boys had some bonding time :) (at least, I think they are starting to recognise each other more. maybe?)


Lets have a hug!













Babies and Mummies!













Just the two of us :) (To get them looking in the same direction my Mum had to wave a red plastic bag in front of them haha)









Me and Asher =p Seldom have shots of him with me, cos I'm usually behind the camera :) Got to be deliberate about this! Don't want Asher only having photos of Daddy and everyone else but not Mummy! :O)



We had to head off cos my Mum had to be somewhere later that evening, so we called it a day. Headed home where Asher got to carry on playing with his new toy :)