I was honoured that my friend asked me to do a session for their son all the way from Singapore.
She wanted to have a session while they were in New Zealand for a short holiday.
The weather was gorgeous that day so it was great to take advantage and have their session in the Botanical Garden.

He certainly make me work for it as he was constantly on the go, which is a reminder that my boy will probably soon to follow on his path.
He was a cute little munchkin to hang out with and im glad i get to meet him and capture him at this wonder age.

we had the perfect summer days this weekend…loving the glorious warm weather and of course we had a wonderful family time outdoor.
we took Logan to the beach for the first time and his reaction to the new surrounding was priceless…
he played in the sand and of course was about to explore it further by putting it into his mouth when i caught it in time LOL

he was unsure about the sand actually….and when daddy dip his toes into the water he cried lol
I think it was because the water was still cold eventho the sun was so hot and bright…
the sun was so bright that he was squinting most of the time and luckily we lathered on the sunscreen on him so thickly
because he got a bit of a tan from his first trip to the beach LOL that is of course preferable than getting a sunburn…

anyway, hopefully this awesome weather is here to stay…we love that we get to spend quality family time outside.
here are some of our beach day pics to share…

first touch of the sand…he was hesitant and unsure of it at first…

me and the kids….i dont get many of these pics, so im grateful when i get one decent pic with both of them lol

Logan and daddy…

a kiss from mummy…please ignore my crazy messy hair lol

another one with daddy…

this is what happened when daddy dipped his toes into the water…lol

Claudia asked me to bury her in the sand….and she promised me that i’ll get to take pics of her sandy toes afterward LOL

isn’t life so wonderfully simple when you are a baby?
he smiles, he babble and he smiles and giggles….
he explores everything with curiosity, and of course everything its new and exciting…
I can’t think of a better way to spend my day than capturing the simple moments in his young life…

oh and he is finally sitting up…i think he finally finds his center and can sit up a bit longer now, although still a bit wobbly at times LOL

Btw, he is still attempting to fly off somewhere…LOL this is still his fave position when he is on tummy time…

my little girl is turning 6 today…
i want to tell her how very special she is, how proud we are of her,
and how much of a joy it is to see her grow and blossom to be a smart and beautiful little lady.

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!
you are a special treasure and we love you for being you,
and may the love you have shown to others return to you, multiplied…
we wish you the happiest of birthday, and many, many more.

btw, today is also happens to be a ‘Red Nose Day’
its been 13 years since Kiwis have been spotted with red noses, and today Red Nose Day is back!
its being organized by Cure Kids with the aim of raising $1 million to help fund research into life-threatening illnesses affecting Kiwi kids…

what better day to celebrate a special day for my little one…we hope by small means we are helping other kiwi kids in a worthy cause.
if you see the street collectors today please give generously…

here is my little sweetheart with her big red nose…

even her fave puppy - Spot the dog, gets a red nose today…

this last one was taken before she changed her clothes, so eventho her top doesn’t match her red nose i still like it, bcoz she looks so silly! LOL

i have been thinking that my boy is seriously attempting to fly when he can’t even walk yet LOL
this is his favorite position during tummy time…both hands on his side flapping furiously as well as kicking up his legs.

he is so cheeky and inquisitive yet made of pure sweetness…i just can’t get enough of him.

im sure if he has a super power he would’ve taken off flying by now…look at him! lol

but of course, its not safe flying without a protective gear…just as well mummy made his hat, it fits like a helmet! lol

another one of his flying pose - one hand on hips and one hand in front…”hmm, wonder why i haven’t taken off yet?” hahaha

“what’s that mummy? what do you mean i can’t fly??” LOL

lately its all about being able to reach his toes when lying on his back and he is munching on everything within reach - that includes his own toes! LOL

i was supposed to post this yesterday for Halloween, but we got in pretty late after Trick or Treating so i didn’t get a chance to download these pics
until today…im sure its still Halloween somewhere in the world seeing that we are always ahead from the rest of the world LOL

Well some of you already knew that my little girl wanted to be Snow White for Halloween last year but her daddy convinced her to be a witch instead
so this year nothing is gonna stop her from wearing her snow white outfit LOL
oh btw, she also wore this costume to school for the “Dress Up as Book Character” day and she loves wearing it to school…

I think she is the most beautiful snow white i have ever seen, but of course im biased LOL

Its Labour Day today so we had a long weekend, which was awesome.
The highlight of this weekend is catching up with my girlfriends over high tea…it was my first time and i must say i really enjoyed it.
My lil girl came with me to join the girls while the boys stayed home and chill…

The food was amazingly presented…these lil bite size munchies looked soo yummy!
I must say tho, when i first saw it i didn’t think i was gonna get full eating those dainty size food but it was actually quite filling.
I had a boring English Breakfast Tea, but the other girls were more adventures and tried the more interesting tea.

My lil girl certainly enjoyed the morning, and so did we….im really glad we decided to catch up,
its been a while and this just reminded me that we should really do this more often.

Anyway, here are some of the pics i’ve taken from our High Tea, and i just have to say that they are really as yummy as they look…

Vivien’s Honeydew Green Tea

Winnie’s Lavender Grey Tea

my lil girl trying a sip of my tea, i asked her to lift her lil pinky like how it should be done when you are drinking tea…but she was having none of it….LOL

I think this one is either Karen’s Trim Latte or Viv’s Mocha…

actually i think this one is Karen’s…if im not mistaken, so the above must be Viv’s….lol

my girl looking longingly out the window before she pleaded for me to let her play outside the cafe…

and she made this awesome little bracelet from her hairclip and Aunty Viv’s comb….how cool is that?

and copying Aunty Karen applying her lip-gloss from her i-Carly cellphone with mirror & lip-gloss inside LOL

being silly with Aunty Sarah & Aunty Karen…

and lastly, of course we polished off all the food…that lucky last mini muffin went to my lil miss…

yup that’s right peeps, my baby boy turns 7 months old today…so of course i had to post some new pics as he changes constantly.
Its so true what people say to me about the difference between raising boys and girls…their personality is so different (but that was to be expected)
and i can already tell that he is going to be a handful when he reach toddler-hood, whereas his sister was so laid back (i think we strike it lucky with her lol)

Logan reaches his milestones differently from Claudia, at 7 months he still cannot sit unsupported yet whereas Claudia sat up at 5 months
and was already bum shuffling at 7 months. However Logan rolls over earlier at 4 months whereas Claudia didn’t reach that milestone until
she was 7 months old.

Logan loves to squeals and babble, he is so vocal at expressing his needs, whereas Claudia was so laid back she was happy to just chill
and wait until we do things we need to do for her. Logan has just started to notice his toes now and his favorite position while on the floor
was lifting his legs up and reaching up to his toes. He also have 2 teeth and starting to really enjoy having his solids.

So here is my boy at 7 months old…

just wanted to share some recent pics of my cute snow bunny…
i had to bundle him up in the warmest and snuggliest jacket he has seeing how cold it was yesterday…the wind chill made
the temperature dipped to 1 degree and its suppose to be Spring! yikes! i think winter still trying to snuck-in every now and then…

anyway, i knew i had to wrap him up nice and warm when i have to take him outside, specially since he is still recovering from bronchitis
i have to be extra careful not to expose him to the cold weather…not that i can help it seeing that i have to drop off and pick up his sister
from school everyday, so regardless what the weather is like i have to bring him out with me. But dont worry i also made sure the pram cover
is on to shield him from the cold & the wind, so i think he was nice and toasty inside the pram when i took him out for a walk.

Anyway so I took some quick snaps of him in his cute bunny jacket….here is my cute snow bunny (coz it looks like he was ready to brace the snow LOL)

one of my fave quote from Storypeople:
“there has never been a day i have not been proud of you, I said to my kids, though some days i’m louder about other stuff so its easy to miss that…”

and today i want to say something about that, mainly because i feel that these days i always seem to be yelling
or growling (like my daughter would say) about one thing or another…so i just want to take one day to say
how proud i am of my daughter and how much i appreciate her in my life…

this morning as i struggle to wake up i saw Claudia slide into bed beside me because daddy has just gone to work…
she was already armed with her writing pad and her glittery pens at 7am in the morning.
i managed to squint and lift one eye open as i saw her scribbling into her writing pad.
as i was dozing off she touched my shoulder and ask me “mummy i made a song for you, do you want me to sing it?”
i was still half asleep so i said “that’s nice honey, but Logan is still asleep so can you please wait until we go downstairs
then you can sing it to me while we have breakfast…”

about half an hour later i finally gave up my attempt to catch a quick snooze and we went downstairs for breakfast…
of course she wasted no time to sing me her song which she created specially for me….and do you know what the song is about?
its about how much we wanted to complete our family with her having a brother and she wrote in the end that now we’ve got a family…
isn’t she the most thoughtful, loving and talented lil girl?

her other fave thing is of course is making cards and drawings…our house is full of them.
she uses a LOT of papers and usually her creations involves almost an entire roll of sticky tape (cello tape) but of course
those cards and drawings meant a lot to her so we have to keep it safe (along with a gazillion other stuff that she makes daily LOL).

I know shouldn’t complain because it is very sweet to have your daughter showers you with attention and showing how much she loves us…
like yesterday when she came home from the park with nana with a handful of flowers picked specially for mummy…
awww, seriously sweet rite? btw, if anyone asked who is that kid that keeps on picking random flowers in the park,
just act like you know nothing of it… LOL

and get this, sometimes when im tired and i complain that my body is sore she offered me a back rub to make me feel better….
if only daddy is quite that forthcoming with his back rub offers! LOL she put a lot of effort to her back rub too,
she even uses my massage oil and doing the little chopping motion at the end.
“howz that feel mummy? do you feel better now?” she asked after a couple of mins. ”
“ohh that feels so much better sweetie, thank you so much!”
come one now, what mum in the world is not touched with her daughter’s thoughtfulness like that?

she also gave me another thoughtful gift the other day….made specially of a toilet paper roll and cotton buds,
surely by now you cannot deny her creative talent….and she also made a drawing of our family eventho her proportion size
might need adjusting a bit because for some reason a picture of Logan is somewhat bigger than hers
and seeing that Logan is still a baby a lot smaller than her you can say the picture is a bit misleading LOL

Yes, there is nothing like a gift from your child to remind you that it really is the little things and the thought that counts.

check out the song she wrote this morning about our family…

and these are our collection of cards, drawings, notes that she made for us from all around the house…

the drawing she made of us and her toilet roll creation…lol

and of course we can’t forget the flowers she hand-picked specially for mummy…

this last note was for my mum…Claudia wrote it a couple of weeks ago and she wants us to mail it to Oma, but god knows how long it takes
to send mails to Jakarta these days, so im taking a picture of the note specially for my mum so she knows how much Claudia misses her…