Cookie Time

Ever since we did an activity on making dough, Justin has been requesting to play with flour again. I thought that he should try baking some cookies instead. So today, I prepared all the ingredients and we started our baking session while Jonathan was taking his afternoon nap. He was so excited that I had to calm him down before starting. He kept asking me what the next step was.

Doesn't he look very serious? I think he has matured quite a bit. He managed to keep the work table quite clean too!

The cookie dough was ready after ten minutes of mixing. Then, Justin attempted the unthinkable - tasting the uncooked cookie dough.

Rolling began. He rolled it too thinly in his first attempt, and then started to play with it like playdough. I had to remind him that we would be eating it, no playing and squishing.

With some help, he finished flattening the dough and proceeded to cut the dough into shapes. There were mickey, minnie, pooh, piglet and the gingerbread man cutters. We also added chocolate chips for their eyes, noses and the gingerbread man's shirt.

Jonathan woke up and he began using a separate set of cutters to shape the dough.


Meanwhile, ... ...

a fresh aroma of cookies came from the kitchen.

Our cookies were ready!!!!

Fresh from the oven

Justin gave some cookies to a special guest from singapore on that day . The rest were in his container to be shared with his brother and savoured slowly.

Cookies in the container

Summer Activities - Lego Building

Helicopter fixed by Justin & mini jet by Jonathan

Justin fixed the helicopter set all by himself while Jonathan needed some help from daddy. They have been with playing them everyday since they came back from Singapore.

Back from SG summer holidays

We are back from our 3 weeks holiday in Singapore. Wonderfully relaxed time as we managed to outsource the kids to our parents. It's really nice to have someone to watch the kids for awhile, so that we can go out for breakfast, lunches, dinners, suppers and karaoke sessions with friends and relatives.

Apart from that, we are also grateful that things went on smoothly during our trip back. Justin was able to get into a school without balloting. We managed to find a place we like. I was especially delighted to see Ah Zhor (their great-grandmother) recognise Justin and Jonathan. She opened her eyes wide, smiled at them and held Jonathan's hand for longest time. Kids really bring joy to adults.

Of course, with all the attention and pampering given to the kids, how can they not want to be back? Justin wanted to stay in Singapore for another "100 days". Now that he is in Tokyo, he is already looking forward to Chinese New Year because papa told him that we would be returning then. The little fella kept asking me, "When and how many more months is it to Chinese New Year". He is so sweet and sentimental. Jonathan, on the other hand, will go wherever mommy goes.