Gear Set from Mummy!

Here's the present MummyT2X bought for Le Xin for her birthday. I do not know what you call this in English because everything on the box was in Japanese so I decided to just call it the Gear Set, yahoooo~ Let's check it out!

Can't wait to open it......

DaddyScott showing Le Xin how to play with the gear set...

Le Xin switching on the gear set to find out how it works....

 When Le Xin saw a scissor-like part moving, she attempted to put her finger in and she said giap  to herself haha typical Singaporean isn't she?... DaddyScott who was observing her, found it hilarious and started laughing away....

Since Le Xin was so intrigued by it, she decided to do that to her penguin too!

I pretended to be her penguin and  shouted NO!!!!!!!!!! and that has caused Le  Xin to laugh out loud.

Le Xin then looked up and asked Daddy Scott to try by putting his finger in between and he replied Of course not!, I do not want the scissor to giap my finger hahaha... What's up with the two of them? :p

Le Xin refused to give up and continue to pester DaddyScott to try and that made her really happy, just look at her face......Bless :)

Sometimes I wonder how a simple toy like this would make a child so happy, wait, let's think again.....Hmm, maybe it was the company, I don't think she would enjoy her time as much if DaddyScott wasn't around to play with her.

I am glad she likes this gear set that I have bought for her. I personally think this toy promotes creativity, the child will get to think of different ways to position the parts to make the entire gear set moves differently. 

Sometimes it does kinda "clip" the finger if it's not fixed properly so an adult should be present but the clipping part is not painful. You can get this gear set too if you would like your child to have some fun with it, it is sold in Isetan. I bought our set in Parkway Parade. I think most boys will love it but I am just guessing though....ending this post with a video of DaddyScott and Le Xin  seeya :)

Eating Long Gan for the first time!

Le Xin first learnt about Long Gan when I introduced her the topic on fruits.

Today, she has her first taste of this delicious fruit!

Here's the yummy Long Gan!

Wow quite a lot of me to pluck!

Hmm... let's feel the texture of the skin...

I will pluck them out one by one...

One...two...three... dropping the long gan in a bowl...

Looks like an egg 

I am done said Le Xin

Wow, this is how the long gan looks like inside.....

Smells good too!

Feels soft.....

Let's try to remove the seed now...

So how should I do it?

Maybe I can try to peel it.....

Little Hands @ Work

Better pop it into my mouth before it's gone!

Wow.....Shiok :)

Le Xin had a great time, plucking, counting and exploring the long gan... She doesn't really fancy the taste of the fruit. She told me they were too sweet for her but she enjoyed the learning experience. I kept the branches for a follow up art activity. 

Always expose children to different types of fruits and observe their expressions when they try eating those fruits for the first time haha :) Their curiosity is really something worthy to be documented! 

Leaving you with videos of cutie Le Xin!

Sorting!

Sorry, I know I haven't been blogging lately. A lot of great things are happening to our lives but that also means we are a lot busier than we used to be....alright so let's get down to backtracking again! 

Back to month in August, I introduced the simple concept of  sorting to Le Xin! Remember this post? We did something similar but this time is simpler...

Here's what we did!

Mummy said we will be sorting again.....

It better be fun OR else......I am not going to do it haha :p

Let's scribble red......

Then blue.....

Next, green

Yeah last one is yellow!

Hey I found lots of punched shapes of different colours!

Hmm.....I've got to sort them in respective column 

Not too difficult but I am getting bored......

Le Xin was quite excited to paste the correct colour shapes in the correct column but after a while her interest just wasn't there so I left the chart at the Atelier...

The next day while I was cooking, I saw her going to the Atelier to continue working on it :) Cool!

That's how I introduced simple sorting.....Such chart can be used for graphing too! You can discuss how many shapes your child has pasted in each column, how many more or less! Simple math skills such as "interpretation of data" could be learnt from such a simple learning experience!

Hope you like this idea :)

Playing in The Petite Park @ Changi City Point

After leaving Changi Airport, we went to Changi City Point to meet Daddy Scott. I was like sharing with Daddy Scott how disappointed Le Xin  felt when she knew she can't go in and play at the play system in Changi Airport and Daddy Scott was like So let's bring her to the one upstairs....Hooray!!!! I was just waiting for him to say that and best part was he decided to give us a treat so Le Xin and I can go in to play for FREE whahahahha :) MummyT2X becomes a Manja Queen suddenly :p

Let's check out our learning experience playing in The Petite Park!

Le Xin didn't put on sock that day so we bought a pair of cute little socks for her before she entered into The Petite Park :)

The first thing she tried was a big yellow slide. She had to climb up and slide down and she was laughing the whole time when she sliding down cause it was kind of bumpy haha 

Hooray, I am right on top...

 Sliding down......

Climbing up again...

Crossing over...

Here's a video clip of Le Xin playing the yellow slide....enjoy :)

Next, she went on to explore with balls....

Do you wanna join me? There's just so many things you can do here :)

Diving right in.....

Kicking the balls

Throwing them...

Did I forget to mention you can pretend you are floating?

Try to hide your face too!

Yes and your body too :) haha

Alright somehow I look more like I am drowning, don't worry MummyT2X didn't force me to do any of these stunts and I am not suffocating for sure :p

Here's a video clip of Le Xin playing in the ball pool

Next, Le Xin went on to play with  her favourite------> BALLOONS!

She loves it sooooo much that she just couldn't stop playing with them and let me tell you I almost have to drag her to other play stations. The fan was blowing at her despite the cold air-con and I was really concerned and worried that she might catch a cold but she just refused to leave......and I just can't understand why?

Firstly, these rainbow steps have safety tape attached to each step which makes climbing very safe

I am going to climb up to check out the balloons that I will be playing :)

Le Xin just enjoys tossing the balloons up in the air...

She tried to hug and carry two huge balloon even though they were just too big for her little hands to hold...

Okay I will try the smaller one instead....

I will choose this! A blue balloon - My favourite colour :)

Haha I will hug and squeeze it :)

How should I throw this big balloon up high?

Can you find me? Nope, the balloon is soooo big it's covering my head haha

Mummy do you want this yellow balloon? asked Le Xin 

I don't want to leave this place, I still want to play can?

Le Xin played with the balloons for a longggggggg longggggg time, she didn't want to play at other play stations at all. I persuaded her for a long long time before she finally decided to leave and try others :(

 Alright alright let's try something else then. Le Xin started to feel a little grumpy but she kept telling me after trying other stations she wanted to play with the balloons again. 真的拿她沒辦法 :o

Le Xin decided to explore a car that she found beneath the balloon holding area above.....She stoop on the platform and tried to climb up onto a yellow car....

It looks quite dangerous to me....but my brave Le Xin has decided to be brave and adventurous!

Look how happy she was.....

I  am ready.....here I go :)

Let's watch this video to see what she did....

It was sooo cool to watch her coming down from the slope, I seriously thought she would be very scared to try this but she just enjoyed doing it over and over again....

She kept pushing her car to the top and started to propel forward by pushing her leg till her car was moving on the slope and finally till it hit the protective pillow....

Next, we went on to have a boat ride!

Climbing in and out of the boat while the boat was shaking....

She began to feel uneasy when the boat started moving.....

Trying to balance, I hope you didn't have any motion sickness haha :p

MummyT2X hopped on to join Le Xin, but she was totally not interested to look at the camera :( 

Something caught her attention....

It was the slide......

The swing.......

 The rocking motorbike....

And the rocking dino or was it a dragon....hmm.....

Before we left, we also went to explore the dramatic and manipulative corner which was set up at another area of The Petite Park....let's call it the quiet corner but as you know how quiet can the children be? haha :p

Beads Roller Coaster every toddler's favourite!

 Soft Foam Blocks -  Safe, colourful and fun

Train, bridges and tunnels - Creative and Imaginative Play

  Puzzles - For both cognitive and logical thinking

Mummy you see I found a banana said Le Xin

Dramatic Corner - Having a fun time with role playing....

 Hiding in Petite Ville's Playhouse!

 I am a fire-fighter....

Le Xin must be thinking what she was supposed to use this for? whahahahha :) Cuteness~

Look at I am about 82cm

 I will definitely grow taller soon :)

Alright we have come to end of this post.....I hope you enjoy reading the above as I share with you one of the best hangout you can bring your child to...I read a few posts written by other parents about The Petite Park but they seemed to focus more on the place than their child/children.....As for me, I am only interested in what my darling girl did at The Petite Park afterall I am not advertising for TPP right? Hahaha but I really find this place quite cool and affordable! $16 for unlimited play and $4 for two pairs of socks - Le Xin's and mine :) I went there on a weekday so I am really not sure if this unlimited play time will be the same on weekends?

What I like was the bonding I had with Le Xin......Alright and honestly let's take it that it was actually ME who wanted soooo badly to go in and play and that's why I have Le Xin to thank for, because of her..... I always get to relive my childhood. Thus, to do her justice...// I will end this post with a SUPER CUTE PICTURE OF LE XIN once again hahaha!

This photo clearly shows how much fun she had at The Petite Park! Just sliding down from the slide....

Thank you!!! I truly hope there's a place with more learning stations like that for the children to play but PLEASE ALSO KEEP THE PRICING AFFORDABLE haha :p