Thursday, 26 February 2015

CNY Day 2

We are ready for the busy CNY D2!

First Stop: 3rd Kao Gong's house
Started the day with a great Lou Hei!

Pretending to be hardworking

3rd Kao Por's yummilicious soup that inspired me to cook the same thing on my own!

Then we are ready to proceed to our 2nd stop!
Leanne was camera shy and declined a photo with the boys

Photo with their favourite Kao Gong!!!
I super love this photo!!!

2nd Stop: first Kao Gong's house
Again pretending to be hardworking!

He said "I am the king"

Great effort from Kao Gong to queue up for this!
 

Happy CNY to everyone!!
Cheers to the great family ties and to good health in the coming year!

3rd stop: Gu Por's house

Lots of fun

Very cute and chubby!!!

Great fun with so many children ard..

endless fun can be found in this room

Wahaha,,,
Youting is really one pretty, sociable and cheerful girl!

The sisters

And all of us!
Happy CNY once again!!!
A busy day of visiting and a great day with lots of good food!

CNY Day 1

Happy CNY to everyone.
The boys taking their Ya Shui money from below their pillow
Haha, now that they are old enough to learn about the culture and reason behind certain practices

Happy with his new pyjamas and his favourite por por

Our CNY cookies

Pai Nian to Por Por first thing in the morning

Doing the same to Gong Gong and kneeling on the chair..

Brian's turn to pai nian

delicious shark's fin, scallop, abalone soup made by me!

Then we are ready for visiting!

Ready to go to Lao Yi's house for our first visitation

How fast it has grown!
This brought back a lot of memories

The pretty gals

and what is CNY without the lion dance performace

Happy CNY to Lao Yi!!!
And wishes for the best of health!!!

CNY Day 1 steamboat dinner

Tucking in heartily

Happy CNY!!!
Cheers to a good year ahead!!!

Sunday, 22 February 2015

We are officially ready to welcome the Year of the Goat!

Cai Shen Ye done by Brian is now nicely put up on the mirror

Brian helped to decorate our plants

Happy CNY to everyone!!!

Took the chance to recap the story of the Nian monster and the firecrackers

Brandon can better memorise the 12 zodiac animals better than me .. and amazed me with the story behind it!
So this brings us to the year of the Goat!!!

Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Wan  Shi Ru Yi!

My DIY nails..

New bedsheets for the new year..
starting everything anew!

The boys' room
Now, we are all ready for the CNY!

Weekend at AMK

Never too big for Snoopy!

Getting a bit big for these rides

Art and Craft while waiting for Daddy to finish his work


The completed work..
brandon could finally do it patiently all by himself!

Brian's Cai Shen Ye!

Already deciding on how to decorate the home with their artwork!

Jap lunch treat!

Nice children's set meal!

How can we not go to Pasar Malam to soak in the CNY atmosphere

He wanted to buy this home..

Welcoming the year of the Goat!

And the Cai Shen Ye whose beard was longer than his hair!

CNY mood

Lunch with 3rd Kao Gong and Kao Por at Keppel Club


having fun around the lions..

With their favourite Kao Gong



Chinatown shopping.. all photos taken by Brian..

Brandon in the eyes of Brian

View of daddy from brian's angle.. interesting..

Toa Payoh

All ready for CNY!






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Lion Dance at parkway Parade

We are gonna love the Goat year!