Bento #12 and #13

Last night, requested hubby to drive me to the supermarket to add in some stock for my boys bento cos it's lacking greens and fruits which is not quite healthy for them. Brocolli is the only vege that both boys will eat, they are very choosy on vege. Clement will go for white vege like bean sprouts and cabbage and Clarence will go for green vege with hard stem like asparagus etc.

I am very happy to see my creation today. At last I added colors to my boys bento.

Today's bento:-

Rice, brocolli, meatball on seafood tofu, crabstick and grapes. Furikake in the container and the nutella bread.

The nutella bread, as usual, is for Clarence after school. Clement told me not to pack for him cos he likes to eat school food. As he has no chance to eat during recess, he eats after school before boarding the school bus. And guess what, he eats another round when he reaches grandma's place. Maybe the portion is too little for him or he is just greedy?????

Bento #10 and #11

Indeed it is very tiring to wake up an hour earlier just to make bento for the kids. When you know that the kids finished up all the food, it's all worth it. Must salute all bento mummies out there.

Here's today bento

Bread roll with ham & cheese, ham flower, seaweed chicken, meat ball with crabstick

Pooh cut out bread with nutella and the other with cheese

The pooh bread with nutella is for Clarence and decided to make a set for my girl too. Have a great time playing with the cutter.

Bento #8 and #9

Clarence's first day at school, they normally have buddy to bring them for recess and I thought I can have a break for another few days before I start preparing bento for my boys to bring to school but the first day experience told me that I need to prepare bento for Clarence for recess.

My boy is so shy that he dare not ask for anything except to the drink stall to buy a packet of milo. Then, they sat down at a table to finish his drink. After guiding him on how to dispose the packet, I saw my poor boy sitting alone at the table, the buddy is no where to be found. He is also so lost as to what to do. In the end, I need to bring him to the assembly area where the teacher will bring them back to the classroom.

Today is the second day of school and I tell myself I need to prepare something for the boys. Here is the bento for today.

Prata with hotdog, nuggets and star biscuits for recess. The cut out are bread with Bak Kwa.

Th bread are for them to fill their stomach before taking the school bus back to the grandmother's house as the journey is about 2 hours. Hmm...already thinking of what to prepare for them tomorrow.

Hotdog Dinosaur

Clement called me yesterday telling me that he and Clarence have made two dinosaur using hotdog. They said that they will wait for me to go back to look at it first before the hotdogs go into their stomach. I told them that I will take a picture and post it in the blog.

Here's their hotdog dinosaur

Clement's Dino

Clarence's Dino

Egg Mould from 3lilangels

Sometime ago, I have requested Sharon from 3lilangels to help me get the quail egg mould and I think it took her a few trips there before she managed to get one. It's so sweet and kind of her.

I was so excited when meeting up with Sharon. We exchanged our items and here is what she got for me. Quail Egg mould and also egg mould for rabbit, bear, fish and car. Not forgetting a big lollipop too.

My boys were so excited when they saw it. Clement has requested for a rabbit shape egg and Clarence has requested for car shape egg. Sorry boys, you will only get it when school re-open.

Thank you Sharon (3lilangels).

Holicks Doggie Cookies

Last weekend was a long weekend and decided to bake something for my kids. Saw the Holicks Doggie Cookies from http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2007/01/holicks-doggie-cookies.html.

As usual, they keep asking when the biscuits are going to be ready. I also brought some for my colleague to try. Good comments from some but a few commented that it is not sweet enough. Maybe have to add more chocolate chips inside. All the Doggie Cookies are gone in 2 days.

If given the time, will make this cookie for the coming Chinese New Year. I think the children will love it.

Holiday Update

Back for more than a week but no time to sort out the photos cos busy unpacking, washing, etc. Piles of work waiting for me in the office and that the reason why I have not been updating my blog.

Just to share some photos and summary of my trip to Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Departure on the 15/11. My boys are so excited as it was their first time on board an aircraft.

Clarisse in a bassinet on board Cathay Plane. In fact, she is already too big for it but still it is better than having her sitting on my lap all the time.

Second day in Shanghai was a guided tour. We went to the Shanghai Pearl TV tower. As we are given the complimentary tickets to go up the tower, it comes with full disappointment. We cannot see anything up there. It was all cover with haze as it was early in the morning. Next, we went to a jade factory, as usual, we were being pestered to buy something from there. My husband bought a jade "Pixiu" which say to prevent accident when driving. After that, we went for a complimentary mini steamboat lunch followed by foot massage. We went to Daning street for shopping and dinner before the ERA show. This was the best of all. Arobats performed excellent acts. A must see if you were to go there.

Third day was at Yu Yuan Garden, eating their famous Xiao Long Bao. Shopping was fun as you can get things you want at very cheap price after bargaining. My boys bought some toys there. We left Yu Yuan not long after cos we need to go to the place (can't remember the name) where my mum wanted to have some silk cloth tailored there. She make herself 4 blouses. Me 2 blouses and my husband 4 pants. All can be ready the next day.

Fourth day. Pictures taken at Shanghai Wild Insect Museum. First picture, at the entrance. The second is at a stone stepping area where the children can play and can you guess what the insects are in the third pictures?

They are not real insects. They are ball point pens. Interesting right.

Fifth day was my shopping day.
In fact, we went back to Yu Yuan again in the morning. Shop for more souvenirs and me, lots of Pooh stuff like nail clippers, bags, spoon and chopstick, ear stick with lights etc. In the evening, we went to the famous street in Shanghai known as Nanjing Lu. The whole stretch are shopping but we only went to one which is more for kids. Bought Disney school bags there as they are much cheaper than in Singapore.

As it is near our hotel, we normally go there for our dinner. It have restaurant like Lao Bei Jing where you can have the Bejing roasted duck , Daniang shui jiao and Ajisen, etc. All worth the money.

We continue our journey on the sixth day in Hong Kong.

After we check in the hotel, my mum help to look after my kids while me and my husband went to collect something which I reseve before my trip there. Can you guess what they are? Scroll down..............

Finally, I get my Pooh Bento accessories from a shop in Hong Kong. They are bread cutter, container, pancake pan, bento box, vegetable cutter and furikake container.

See how happy my girl is with those Pooh Items. Anyway those items are intended for her use when she is older.

Seventh day was at Ocean Park, lowland and highland. Lowland are mainly for children where they play rides. Quite similar to those in Genting. After a few hours there, we took a cable car up to the highland. Activities up in the highland were Jelly fish place, underwater world, Dolphins shows. They did not play any rides there cos they are meant for older children.

On the Eighth day morning, we went to Lantau Island, we took a ferry and bus transfer in order to reach the Big Buddha. My boys started to climb up the steps the moment they reached there. My mum & I waited for them below. After a while, I decided to climb up too as it will be a wasted trip if I don't go up. After carrying my girl for a few steps, I put her down cos of my knee cap problem, I do not have the strength to carry her up all the way. Suprisingly, she managed to climb up all the way. In total, there are 256 steps. She climbs more than 200 steps. Met up with my husband and I went down with my boys while my girl is still up there walking here and there with my husband. She refused to come down when my boys went up again to look for her. Poor me, have to go up and carry her down.

After which, we went to the Peak since we are already at the area whereby we can catch a bus to the peak tram. It was our first time taking the open top bus. We took a Peak Tram up to the Peak. It was very windly up there. Below is a picture of what you can see up there.

On the nineth day, we went to Snoppy world. Over here, it just a playground where children can play slides, open bus, etc. You can also take pictures with your favourite character. After which, was my shopping time.

The whold of tenth day was spent in Disneyland. My girl like the theme on "It's a small world" and we took the rides twice. Disneyland is a better place as compare to Ocean Park for young children as they can play most of the rides and there are show on 3D effect. We stayed on till the fireworks. By the time we reached hotel, it was past 8 pm. Tired night for all.

We will be flying back on the eleventh day.

That's all for now. A bit long winded but hope you enjoy reading.