The Green Sheep at Forum Shopping Mall

We headed down to The Forum to catch The Green Sheep play this afternoon followed by Daddy and Mummy's lunch at YoTei.

The Green Sheep was an interactive play based on an Australian classic by Mem Fox & Judy Horacek. The audience were all seated in a "sheep pen". The performers brought us along on a journey to look for the Green Sheep with interesting props & musical instruments for the sound effects. We came across the Up, Down, Swing, Blue, Red, Brave & etc ... Sheeps while looking for the Green Sheep.

We were allowed to explore all the props & musical instruments after the show. There was also a story-telling session of the story using a giant book.

Mummy was pretty impressed by this play compared to the other cartoons shows with just songs and dances. We were able to learn and there were more interaction for the kids too. Too bad today was the last day for this play else we could have recommend it to our friends.

P.S.: The Green Sheep at Jacob Ballas!!
9th, 10th & 11th Dec (Wed, Thurs and Fri) 10am & 5pm
12th Dec (Sat) 10am, 3.30pm and 5pm
13th Dec (Sun) 10am and 5pm

However this round requires tickets, $6 per ticket. Tickets are available at Jacob Ballas Children's Garden Information Counter. Do go take a look if nothing's on.


Here's the blue sheep but where is the Green Sheep??


Fully engrossed


Mummy, we found the green sheep!!




A go at the musical instruments andd props


RR and the white sheep


Daddy and Reyden

Mummy and our 1st Xmas' tree!!

This is going to be an exciting Xmas for us. 1st of all, we had our very 1st Xmas tree!! It's also Mummy's 1st one after 29 yrs ... She had always wanted a Xmas tree in the house but it's either Waipo objected or our previous flat was too small. So this year being the 1st Xmas in our new flat, Mummy went ahead to get a Xmas tree and alot of ornaments and accessories for it! We had a fun time putting up the decors.

However Mummy found that the original location where she placed the tree wasn't too ideal. So she shifted it all over until she decided on the place - the door entrance. It's a good location cos we could pull the blinking lightings across the wooden pillars and the whole area looks more lit up when we on the lights. Mummy was so pleased with herself ...


The newly setup Xmas tree


Mummy decided to move the tree to the door entrance instead


With the blink blink lights ...

Scooter Play

Nainai managed to get another scooter for us and now we have 2 at her place. We don't need to fight over one anymore!

Potato Rosti

Mummy got inspired by Aunty Elaine with her recipe for the Swiss potato rosti. She had always liked this dish from Marche and thought it'll be difficult to prepare. However Aunty Elaine told her it's rather easy and not much ingredients are needed therefore she decided to try it out today.

The dish came out pretty well done except that it doesn't stick nicely together. We like it too and we call it the "potato noodles" cos we see the strips of potatoes.

Ingredients For a family of 2 adults and 2 kids
2 Potatoes
Half an onion; finely chopped
1 slice of Bacon/Ham; finely chopped (optional. You can do without these if you are going to add cheese or eat with other meat dish)
1 Egg, optional
Butter
Salt and pepper to taste

Method
- Boil the potatoes in their skins for 15 minutes until they are tender.
- Remove the pan from the heat, drain the potatoes and cool them under cold running water.
- When the potatoes are cool enough the handle, strip off the skins.
- Grate the potatoes coarsely in a large bowl.
- Add the beaten egg in and mix well with the potato strips. (omit this step if you are not adding egg)
- Heat the butter in a large pan (Do not use oil as the taste will be real different)
- When the butter has melted, add in the onion. Fry till fragrant then add in the bacon/ham, salt and pepper. (Do not add in too much salt if using bacon/ham)
- Next pour in the potato mixture.
- Lightly pat the mixture into a round cake with a spatula.
- Cook over low heat until the underside is crusty and well-browned.
- Use a serving dish to cover on top of the rosti and turn over with the rosti on the plate.
- Then slide the rosti back into the pan to cook the other side till crisp and well-browned too.
- When done, use the same way to put onto the plate, cut into wedges and serve immediately.


The big sausage by the side is for Daddy!!

Barney's World of Imagination

"Barney's World of Imagination
United Square
2-14 Dec (except Tues)
Mon-Fri: 2pm & 7pm
Sat & Sun: 2pm, 5pm & 7pm
*Meet & Greet; min. $30 required."

Daddy and Mummy brought us to the Barney show at United Square. As expected from Barney's popularity, the number of people who turned up are alot more than the other shows. They have 2 queues for the show - 1 for those with the Meet-and-Greet passes and the other one without. Both queues started as early as 1.5hrs before the stated show time (2pm).

The good thing was we were allowed to go into the seating area half an hr prior to the show start time. The kids and parents were able to rest and listen to the Barney songs played while waiting. Mummy felt that this year's Barney wasn't as good as last year's but we enjoyed it anyway. Kids are just kids ...

So loud ...
Barney and gang

I Love U!!

Big Snow Fantasy at T3

Big Snow Fantasy
"Kids will love spending hours bouncing and sliding at this delightful wonderland and experience the magic of snowfall.

*Terminal 3, Public Area, Departure Check-in Hall Level 2 (Check-in Row 11)
*12pm - 10pm"

We went again for the Big Snow Fantasy at T3 and yes, this time we did see "snowflakes"! And we were allowed to go up the slides. Mummy tried conquering her fear for slides, went up with us once to take our pixs but ended up going down from the steps instead. Luckily we weren't like her and we enjoyed the slide alot. Seeing that there weren't much people in the queue, we went for a 2nd round of play. Let's hope Daddy will join us next time so that he can go up the slide with us.

Our very 1st pets!!!

Proudly present to you the sequel of our Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum - "Strawberry Shortcake" & "小叮当"!!!

We had been pestering Daddy and Mummy for terrapins as pets after the visit to the museum. Mummy wasn't quite sure of it initially but we managed to "convince" her that we'll help to take care & feed the little pets. Eventually she relented and we got 2 terrapins from Daddy's friend's aquarium (Pets Boutique at Ang Mo Kio).

We paid a mere $10 for the pair and a plate. Mummy says the cost is secondary. What's more important would be the responsibility we must have in keeping a pet. We must be committed to keep them till the end of their lives the day we decided to bring them home.

Though she knows that we are a tad too young to understand this but she hopes to cultivate that in us as we grow. She must say she had been pretty pleased with our "performance" so far. We'll remember to feed the pair daily, play and talk to them. Reyes even cried when her "Strawberry Shortcake" hid in the shell & refused to come out. She thought it had died.

Mummy's note:
And the most interesting part about getting these terrapins is probably the naming. Before we got them, Reyden wanted to name his "黄梨" (cos all in the family are 黄） & Reyes wanted hers to be 小白兔. Then when we brought them home, Reyden said they are 双胞胎 like both of them so he wanted to name his "瑞诗" and Reyes to "counter" that said that hers will be "瑞添". By the end of the day till now (been 4 days ...), they decided to change the names to "Strawberry Shortcake" (Reyes') and "小叮当" (Reyden's). I certainly hope the names will remain else the poor terrapins will be so lost ... :p


Getting all excited over them


"Strawberry Shortcake" & "小叮当"