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It's been over 3 weeks since we last had the video shot. Today, the website is made live!
My children’s health and overall wellbeing is of utmost importance to me. I remember how paranoid I was whenever there was a flu pandemic going on or even the recent H1N1 flu that’s happening, I tried to keep them at home or we won’t venture to places where there were huge crowds. Avoiding such places at all cost.
The kids were rather blessed to be healthy and happy. However, things took a different turn when Tim was being sent to school earlier this year. He began to fall sick at least once every month and often bring back flu, cough bugs and other viruses that spread like wild fire at home. So the two kids were playing flu and cough bug tag literally every month and my purse was drained dry because of those medical bills. At that time, I often wondered if I had done the right thing by sending Tim to school, exposing him (and indirectly Little Missy) to viruses and germs that his body wasn’t ready to fight against.
Since then, I’ve decided that the prerequisite of having a strong and healthy body is to build up on those immune system. So that even when I am not with them I don’t have to wonder or worry about the dreadful flu and cough bugs or even worst some other unknown viruses they would be exposed to.
On a daily basis I ensure that their meals are home cooked and pack with nutrition. While we don’t consume organic food, I still believe that the kids’ diet should consist of loads of fibre (vegetables and whole wheat snacks), vitamin C (a wide variety of fruits and freshly squeezed juices), essential fatty acids such as Omega 3 & 6 (fish & cod liver oil) and probiotics (cultured milk), and these are exactly what the kids are being fed everyday.
On days that I have to leave them in the care of my family or helper, I am no longer worried nor anxious because, today, I am proud to say that my two kids are healthier. They fall sick lesser and are definitely happier…
This is in fact, my second batch of snow skin moon cakes in 3 days... hubby gave me the thumbs up that this batch was better than the earlier one. The skin was much softer and the filling taste better with melon seeds added into it.
A full egg yolk in almost everyone of the snow skin moon cakes that I've made... 
I like this playground much better as oppose to the one at the West Coast Park. It's more (young) kids friendly I thought... and the bright attractive colours... that's a real draw no kids would ever resist wanting to put their hands in it... the kids had a wonderful time at the playground running from one play area to another... too spoilt for choice just couldn't make up their mind which one to be at... *wink*
Little Missy was being Little Miss Fussy yesterday... couldn't bear with a little sand in her sandals... wanting to be carried most of the time as we walk through sand pits *faint*
It's a great park, alas, there wasn't any fast food restaurant nearby. Even the vending machines were out of drinks... so be sure to BYO drinks and food if you plan to visit the place.
I thought this was quite a sweet little scene... while waiting for lunch to be served, Little Missy decided to give her cousin a kiss to show her affection *smile*
Since last year, we've (hubby & I) been trained as facilitators of the Parenting with Confidence (by Focus on the Family) workshop ... it was only last Saturday, we were given an opportunity to run the workshop to a group of enthusiastic and young parents... :)
After reading the book made a little bakery using some printed element and a brown paper lunch bag ...
There... one of the proud "owners of the bakery"...*smile*
I tried to roll the dough myself but half way through the process I became lazy and also the kids were hovering around me looking eagerly wanting to put their hands into the dough...so I dumped everything into the bread maker... and let them watch the machine roll the dough instead *grin*
While the bread maker was doing the work I made Tim help me with the baking sheet...
Once the dough was ready, the kids just couldn't wait to start making their pretzels... they were busy patting, rolling, squishing & squashing... not really into making pretzels to be precise but they were at it for over an hour!!! Great! That means they were away from the TV for over an hour *happy mama*
These were the pretzels I made instead... not really good at rolling the dough it's either too thin or too short... not sure how it worked but i managed to make 10 out of the entire lot of dough...
After 10 mins of baking, the dough came out nice and crispy smelling very good... I dipped them in melted butter and cinnamon sugar and topped them with crushed almond and chocolate rice... I thought the pretzels looked more like doughnuts here *LOL*
Ingredients - 1/4 cup + 1 tbsp butter, 1 tbsp plain flour, 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce, 1/2 tsp mixed herbs, 1/2 tsp paprika (optional), 1/2 tsp white pepper, 1 tbsp Dijonnaise Mustard, 1/2 cup Japanese Bread Crumbs, 1 cup cheddar cheese, 2.5 cups milk, a pinch of mixed spices, 4 slices chicken ham (cut into pieces). 
This Mac & Cheese tasted great when served hot as the cheese is still cheesy and smooth...but once cooled it turned dry and hard... on the whole it was delish... I love the cheesy taste and the aroma of the cheddar... try it, it's nice!
Little Missy was thrilled that she could ride on a bike by herself and won't have to fight with her brother over who was to ride on the bike first ;)
We were really happy to have Caitlin join us on our outdoor fun once again... it's the school holidays this week, but we don't really see a lot of people at the East Coast Park today... so it was nice and easy for the kids to cycle up and down without fear of getting bumped into *smile*
Didn't take a lot of pictures today as I was busy chatting with Mommy Adeline... I simply love play dates... teehehe... yes, I do have vested interest when I arrange outings for my kids... *grin*
I started reading to Tim since he was a few months old; it was only recently that I started to read to Little Missy "seriously". She has exhibited more readiness in being read to for a longer duration... whereas previously she could hardly sit still for 2secs... *smile*
I was happy that Little Missy took to the stories of Alfie, Olly and Lucy & Tom quite well as compared to Tim. Perhaps the stories were a little more "girly"? We borrowed a few from the library as most of Shirley Hughes' books are out of print... so if you wish to read it to your child, you might find them in our libraries.
We arrived at the studio for the shoot and it's quite an eye-opener...
The door opened to a huge green screen studio... these screens are usually used so that special effects could be super impose behind the subjects... Little Missy is all curious about why is the entire section painted in green...
Such shoots will definitely take hours to get started and filmed... fortunately, the crew and people in charge were rather experience to bring art materials, snacks, videos and toys that could keep the kids happy...
Tim drew a leaf on the paper and pricked holes on it, and he told me the caterpillars just ate the leaf... hmmm... good imagination...
Busy getting ready for the shoot... I like it that the make-up artist gave me a very natural make-up... definitely not into a wayang type of make-up *wink*
We were gearing up for the shoot here... everything looked peaceful and calm eh... I wished... the kids (especially Tim) couldn't even sit still for a second...it was as if there were needles on his buttocks... *LOL*... with all the "interesting" equipments around him how can a curious boy like him ever sit still? *exasperated*