Italy - Ice Cream

Right after we arrived Italy, Benny brought us to this yummy ice-cream place.
He has been there before, and at that time, he imagined bringing Timmy and I there.
So, it was a dream come true. :) hahaha.

Our family like to read "Donald Duck".
And guess what we found right beside the ice-cream parlour?
A drawing of "Gerombolan si Berat" on their garage door. Hahahaha.

The yummy gelato

Timmy, choosing his ice cream

Those in Italian language. 

Nice design. Very pretty, aren't they?  

Yummy cakes. 

More yummy cakes.

The view outside the shop, with lots of Italian, enjoying summer

Singapore - August 2013

On the way to Italy, we stopped by Singapore, as Benny had to do something for his work.
We had some spare time, so we shopped around Changi airport.
Fun!

The happiest one, should be this boy, who got his Lego set. :)



As I was waiting for them, I took the photo of the shop, where they bought the Lego,
while trying out various setting of  my camera. :)
That's Benny and Timmy, at the far end of the shop. Hehehe.

Me, with the M&Ms. Hehehe... 

Us... 

From the airport, we took this taxi, that looks like an old car. Hehehe...

But it could still run 100 km/hour on they way! :)

A- must- take- photo with this taxi, for keepsakes. Hehehe.   

These photos were taken along the way... while we were in the taxi... :)
Singapore Eye, and Marina Bay Sands.
I like the photo on the top right, where the Marina Bay Sands seems to be in the Singapore Eye. :)

Quite a clear photo, considering  it was being taken from a moving taxi. :)  I was surprised.

Timmy had a chance to meet his cousin, Cynthia, who came from UK.
We took the bus, and went to Bugis together.
There's our favourite pork chop on rice that we love.
A must eat. Hahahaha...

After lunch, as we walked along the road, the kids saw lots of pigeons.
At first, they were looking at it.
When they realized that I was taking photo, they started making pose for the photos. Hehe..
Well, sweet memories keep sakes, after they grow up. :)

Then...further along the road....ice creams!
We sure did a lot that day! Hahaha.

Then, Timmy and Cynthia watched the water fountain.
Some kids were playing water there, as they ran across the water.
The water fountain changed shape every now and then.

I like this photo, of the kids posing, with colourful building as a background. :)

 ..and we saw this Central Fire Station on the way...

As we were waiting for the bus, I was glad to see this beautiful scenery:
- A nice clear blue sky
- A sharp and pointy cathedral between the trees.
- A round cylinder building.
A nice day.... what a blessing. :)

...and we saw this "FunVee" open top bus. Hahaha...

It was Singapore's Independence Day.
We saw some of the apartments hanging Singapore's flag on the wall.

That summarizes our day in Singapore. :)

Exercise

Swing it one foot, 

Swing it both feet, 

Hold it...

Let go! 

Brain Box

We have this game called "Brain Box", which was given by my in-laws.

It comprises of cards about countries around the world, with drawings details of that particular country.
We are given 10 seconds to memorize the drawings,
and when the time is up,  we draw the dice which has numbers on it.
The other player gets to ask the player, who memorized, about the question at the back of the card.
The number of the question will be according to the number of the dice.

It was fun!

Toy Cars vs Real Length

That night before we slept, Timmy was playing with his toy cars. I asked him to measure the length of his toy cars.  

He took out his ruler and measured it carefully.  10.5 cm, 11 cm, 10.5 cm.

At that moment, I thought "Ok, let's go to sleep now."  

Then, out of the blue, Timmy asked me: "Mom, so what is the length of this real car in the real world?"
He flipped over his cars and saw the comparison.  1:38, 1:43, 1:38.

Ok, he got me again.
I wasn't sure how to calculate the real length.
Me: "I think we need to multiply it, Tim.  You can ask Papa tomorrow. :)" Hehehe...

Well, I find it funny,  I asked him one thing and he expanded it further beyond my imagination.
Originally, I only wanted him to calculate and measure length.
Then...he gave me mathematical logical thinking questions, that gets me thinking.
That's my parts and parcel of parenting Timmy. Hehehe..

A Picture of Me in A Glass

Junior Engineer

Playing with these toys together with Timmy creates  happy moments together.
We should do it more often.  

That day, we made several air planes, as you can see from the pictures above.
- the simple one (top right)
- the one with the red sticks (top left). This looks like the early edition of the real airplane, doesn't it?
- the one with full body (bottom right), we called it "biscuit stacks plane",
because the blue and yellow in between the orange does looks like biscuits to us. Hahaha...

- I forgot what the one is called already (bottom left).  Need-to-ask-Timmy-tomorrow.
(Oh, I'm not old yet, and my memory has failed me.) Hahahaha...
Well, it doesn't matter. As long as we had fun. Hehehe..