Bro in law's Wedding Dinner cum party

It was an eventful yet tiring weekend for all of us. Apparently this past weekend was considered "good day", many couples tied their knots on this day and many like us who received "summons" too!

It was my bro in law's wedding dinner on Sunday night, but there was already a buffet session on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon (after the tea ceremony session).  Ziyi kept asking me what's going on at home, why they set up a tent, etc etc.... I told her there will be a party held at home and she thought it was her birthday party! LOL

On a side note, Ziyi's been very cheeky lately. The other day when I asked her to help me put her own dirty clothes into the laundry basket, she took her clothes, walked and stopped half way, then she looked at me:

Ziyi:  "I cannot, it's too heavy"

Me:   No, it's not heavy and see, you are holding it.

Without thinking, she immediately dropped her clothes on the floor and repeated her statement
"It's too heavy".

I was speechless and shocked with her action and replies!  

Ziyi at the entrance of the restaurant. She insisted on bringing her own handbag too, filled with her toy lipstick, mirror, bangle and dollar note!

Enjoying her milkie while waiting for the dinner to start

BB Leanne's birthday party

Continuation from our long Raya break. My cousin came visiting from JB with his 3yo son, Nathan. This time they stayed at my place as my in laws were away for the week (yay yay yay!!!) 

We went shopping for BB Leanne's birthday presents at The Gardens. Had tea break at Alexis, their Tiramisu was so good! 

BB Leanne's birthday party was held on the 1st Sept, at Fullhouse Sunway Giza. That's her 1st birthday celebration and the venue was nicely decorated.  The kids were having so much fun running and jumping around.

ziyi was happy smiling here because she got her favorite blue color balloon

Her current craze over boy's toys...fav blue color, fav Thomas & Friends character. This bottle was a gift from my cousin and she initially chose a red one for Ziyi and a blue for her son Nate. Ziyi was screaming on top of her lung when she saw her red bottle, she obviously wanted a blue, and must be dark blue, not even light sweet blue tone. sigh....

The birthday girl......cutie pie Leanne!

Another cutie here....BB Elise, a month younger than Leanne, do they lookalike? they are cousin sis!

 Ziyi and her new found friend, Summer Jean...her name is sophisticated eh? can you believe it that her lil bro's name is Tyler Winter? :D

Nate and Ziyi, lovely don't they?

father's day 2011

we did not celebrate father's day for the hubs this time. but we went for a family dinner with the inlaws on Saturday night. it was a nice dinner at Restaurant Yin Her @ Kg Baru Sg. Buloh. 

ziyi made a nice gift for daddy in school. it was a pen holder with a smiley face. 

i brought her to Sunday School in the morning. i helped her with making a heart shape father's day card for daddy too. after Sunday School we went for our breakfast at a nearby coffee shop. she had 2 fishballs, 1/2 a slice of toasted bread and we shared a cup of hot milo. she gave a thumbs up for the milo.

after brekkie, we went to Maxvalue for some grocery items and headed home right after that. for ziyi's lunch, i cooked her Kraft's Macaroni & Cheese. i added some chopped vegetable and a sausage too. she didn't quite like it though, i had to force feed her. sigh... she is a real "fan thong". i shall just stick to either rice or porridge in the future. 

then i made a potato salad for us. yummy!

hubs had chicken rice, McDonald's and potato salad for his Father's Day lunch. :)

my first mother's day gifts from ziyi - 2011

i've decided to bake some cupcakes for mother's day this year. it was also an opportunity for me to try out the chocolate cupcakes that i've been planning to bake for ziyi's birthday next month. after researching for few recipes online, i finally ended up with a moist chocolate cake premix. chanced upon the premix when doing my baking ingredients shopping recently. so i gave it a try. i turned them into cupcakes with ganache topping. ziyi was so excited and she joined me in the kitchen throughout the cake making process. surprisingly the cakes turned out yummylicious. even ziyi approved it!

this is the photo frame she made for mother's day with the help of her kindy's teacher.

a swiss roll that we made together at Sunday School

and a bookmark too

we had a simple steamboat dinner at home with the in-laws and ended with moist choc cupcakes as dessert. 

i am glad everyone enjoyed the cake!

my grandma's birthday

it was grandma's birthday last week but we organised a simple family dinner for her a couple of weeks back. the dinner was held in The Regent Restaurant, Seremban. 

this is baby Leanne, my cousin's daughter, enjoying her cereal

cutie pie leanne sucking her thumb

my girl playing with leanne

grandma's birthday cake

being officiated by my cilipadi

at the restaurant, everyone loves the food here including ziyi. she especially likes eating prawn!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU GRANDMA! STAY HEALTHY AND HAPPY ALWAYS!!!!