Swimming at Redcliffe and Dinner at New Chung Shan Restaurant

Went off with Thomas and family to Redcliffe. Brought the kids there as there was a swimming pool by the beach. Adrian's collegue, Maggie told Adrian of this place as there was even a weaning pool just nice for Sebastian. But we did not manage to go but Thomas went with his wife and daughter. So this week, he asked us to join him and he would come over to our place and leave together.

He called earlier in the morning at around 9plus while Adrian was frying some bacon. But Sebastian was still sleeping so we could not leave as yet. SO we arranged o meet at 10.30am. Shortly after, Sebastian woke up and I changed him and we had breakfast before Thomas came over.

Sabrina was very happy when she saw Thomas and his family. She especially like his daugher, Dorena. She called her "baby" when they reached. She kept wanting to hug her and kiss her but Dorena was very shy and kept hiding behind her mum.

They had a tour of the house and we went off to Aspley to MacDonald's drive through to pack lunch. Then off to Redcliffe we went. Just when we reached the destination, Sabrina fell asleep in the car. So off into the pram she went and we walked down to the swimming area. We found a spot and sat down to have lunch. After lunch, Thomas and Dorena together with Adrian and Sebastian went off to play. Sebastian did not really play with the water instead he walked around the weaning pool with Adrian.

Sabrina finally woke up. She was very happy at the sight of the swimming pool. She only had a few french fries and was all ready to run to the pool. In the end, I brought her to the toilet to change into her swimming costume and apply loads of sunscreen on her. By then , Sebastian was back. Sabrina thought that I was going to go with her into the pool and was very unhappy when Adrian took her. So I quickly changed Sebastian out of her wet clothes, gave him his feed and went with Sabrina. She was still unhappy even when I brought her to the weaning pool. Instead she wanted to go to the playground. I ignored her and walked back to camp. She followed and in the end, Adrian carried her to the waening pool. After playing for a while, she finally was happy enough and started playing in the main pool. She took her swimming racer float and then her sandcastle building tools and had a great time playing in the water. While all these was happening, Sebastian napped. Finally we had to tell her that we are going to get ice-cream before we could get her to come out of the pool and changed out of her swimming gear.

We bade Thomas and his family goodbye and off we went. We finally went off for dinner at the Chinese restaurant that was just across the road, near to Sabrina's childcare centre. Since we came over last year, we had always been contemplating whether to go in and eat as Chinese food in Australia is expensive and most of the time not worth the price. We walked there as we saw 2 major car accidents on our way home earlier. Anyway, it's so near so we walked. Had a very sumptous meal and even had to pack the food back as we could not finish everything. We ordered, fried rice, coral fish fillet with vegetables, Ma Por tofu and King Do Spare Ribs. Everything was not too bad except for the rice which was very hard and dry.

Walked back home and the kids slept early as they were both very tired. So we took this opportunity and went to work on the A3 mailing box that we got from Aldi earlier on. WE wanted to post some photos to Adrian's parents and the best time to do it is now as the kids are not around.

Now it's off to watch Allo Allo with Adrian. Night.

Updated Aust Time: 11.39pm

Playdough- her favourite activity at centre

Sabrina went to the centre today. I woke up early to prepare fried rice for them as lunch. After I was done with the cooking, I quickly came upstairs to tie her hair. She was already up and about. Adrian had already cleaned and changed her clothes. She looked tired. It could have been her waking up so very early this morning around 6am. Tied her hair and brought her downstairs. She started to fuss when she saw Adrian opening the door and going to the car. She must have sensed that she had to go to school today. I gave her some bread and ask her to wear her hat and her shoes. She thought that she was to go to the backyard as that was our usual routine if she's home. She decided against wearing her shoes and wanted to wear ours that we placed at the backyard. She went on to play with the styrofoam and created the "snowing" effect while I hung out the laundry. She even helped pass me the clothes pegs.

Brought her in and asked her to go to the restroom before leaving for school. Walked her to the car and she was really unhappy about it. She cried when Adrian closed the car door and I went back into the house. Adrian brought a crying Sabrina to school and when he reached the school, though Sabrina was crying, she followed her teacher into the playground.

I went back upstairs to find a fully awake Sebastian. He happily played with the stuffed toys that were in his pen. I showered him and he fell asleep at around 11am. I quickly have my lunch and worked on the computer. Too many things to do and so little time. He woke up at around 12 plus close to 1pm. Played with the toys downstairs and by 2plus, he was very irritatable and cranky. So I brought him upstairs for his feed while I showered. By the time I had finished, he was already in la la land. I quickly went off to pick Sabrina as it looked like it's gonna rain and Adrian would be unable to fetch her as he had soccer session at 6pm.

When I reached the centre, Sabrina was playing outdoors. She was playing with some trains and tracks on the table. She constantly walked to the wall and played with the prints on the wall. I checked on the clipboard and found out that her favourite activity for the day was pencil drawing. Haiz....not sure what she was up to again.

When she finally spotted me, she quickly put the train back in place and came forward to me with a smile. Her teacher, Ms Jo came forward and we had a chat while Sabrina tried to carry my handbag and waving goodbye to her teacher. Ms Jo said that she basically enjoyed herself throughout the day. It was just the morning 5-10 minutes of her crying and she will stop after that. So I asked if she understand what was happening in class. According to Ms Jo, she helps to keep the things back in place and sat down on the mat together with the rest of the kids when told. When it was mealtimes, she very independently knows what to do and will take out the container from her lunchbag.

I continued to probe and ask if she plays together with the other students in the class. Her teacher said that she will play alongside with 4 or 5 kids in the home corner and from time to time she will run to other station and play with the puzzles or some other toys. But then most of them does that and I told her that would be parrallel play as opposed to her saying it as collaborative play. She even mentioned that Sabrina's favourite activity was playdough. I was rather surprised as I never let her play with it before. I am worried that it would be messy. Moreover, there is Sebastian and I am worried that he will try to create more havoc and both of the kids will be screaming and tearing at each other's throats.

Just then, one of the kids needed to use the restroom, so Ms Jo opened the door and Sabrina took it as an opportunity ro go back into the class and take her stuff and leave for home. She wanted to go to the fridge to get her stuff but I was still in conversation with her teacher. I told her to go get her stuff while I talked to her teacher but she refused and kept turning back from where she was and coming back towards me and saying "Let's go". In the end, I obliged and bade her teacher farewell. Sabrina went off to get her water bottle and lunchbag and schoolbag and off we go.

On our way home, she kept asking about Adrian and Sebastian. "Where's Daddy?" or "Where's didi?" were the 2 questions she kept asking as we walked home. I guessed she must have been tired as she walked very slowly as opposed to her running when we go out. Usually she would not want to hold our hand but usually on days when I bring her home on my own, she will want to hold my hand. She must be worried about us leaving her again.

By the ime we reached home, Sebastian was still sleeping. So I got Sabrina to eat some bread as she looked really hungry before showering her. Still Sebastian slept on as I went downstairs after showering Sabrina. SO we had our dinner (fried rice). She played for a while before Sebastian woke up. Both kids were very happy to see each other. Absence does make the hearts fonder. True isn't it?

Adrian came home at around 8pm after soccer with pizza and KFC. Sabrina had a slice and seemed really tired. So I brought the kids upstairs and both kids slept pretty fast and early. They both slept before 9.38pm. Both are tired out. Sabrina must have used up her energy playing at the centre while Sebastian was tired as his last nap was before Sabrina came home.

Well, at least it means more time for myself and Adrian as both kids dozed off early. Surfing the Internet and watching the various DVDs that we bought without the kids' interference is a luxury. So off to watch some shows now.....

Updated Aust Time: 9.50pm

Childcare

Sabrina is off to childcare today for her twice a week dosage of activities in the centre. She was again reluctant to go in the morning. I was downstairs in the kitchen preparing their lunches and she came down after her milk and change of clothes. When she first saw me as she was descending the stairs, she was smiling and saying "Hello" but once she reaches the ground floor, she wail as she saw me preparing her items to be brought to school. She tried to snatch away her lunch bag and kept saying "don't want". Hahaha. Anyway I gave some bread while Adrian packed her things into the car. Finally I walked her to the car and off she went with Adrian.

I called Adrian at around 8plus and asked how she was when she reaches the centre. As usual she was crying and her teacher got to drag her away. Apparently she went to the gate and jump and cry as Adrian was leaving the centre and her teacher pull her off. Hahaha.

Anyway I went to pick her up around 4plus when Sebastian woke up from his nap. We walked to the centre. When we reached the traffic lights, Sebastian was very excited and kept making some happy sounds and wigggling her bottom. I am not so sure why, maybe he knows we are going to pick up jiejie.

I went into the centre. Usually the kids would be outside in the playground playing but I guess the weather today really puts it off. According to the teacher whom I spoke to later on, she said that some students were feeling cold so they came back into the centre and the kids engages themselves in various games and activities.

I peeped into the room and see how Sabrina was doing. She seemed really at place, playing from one station to the other. No fuss no nothing. I am not so sure if she plays with the rest of the kids as every kid in the room is playing different things. Finally I opened the door and spoke to the teacher without her noticing. When she finally saw me, she quickly return the toy that she was playing to the original place and came towards me. For a change, she did not tear, she just stood there and smile at me. Good change. She told her teacher "Bye" and gave her a flying kiss. She did not even force me out of the room in order to get out faster. The teacher told me that she had a great time playing puzzles, play dough and at the home corner. When I checked the list that the centre placed on the shelf where we collect their school bags, it was noted that her favourite activity for the day was "washing". Hahaha. When I told Adrian, he was like "huh?washing?" I told him maybe it was because they were making scone cakes thus the cooking and washing by her other classmates.

Brought them to Aldi to buy some groceries and cleaning detergents. Came home and prepare dinner. When dinner was ready, Sabrina as usual will come to the kitchen and help me bring the cutley and plates to the dinning table. As she was doing so, she happily sang a nursery rhyme. She sang "3 little ducks went out one day, over the hills and far away, Mother duck say quack quack quack". It was all correct. Her teacher might have been singing this song today in class. But she did hear this song before via Playschool and the music Cd that I play at home.

A pretty good day and finally it was raining at night. Think it might last the whole night. A good breeze considering the 35degrees yesterday. At least some rain cools down the temperature a little. Off to bed now. Everyone's asleep except me. Bye.

Updated Aust Time: 10.12pm

Childcare Day 3

Adrian sent her to school today. Maybe she just woke up and was still not very sure what was happening when we asked her to wear her shoes and hat and get into the car. She happily went but according to Adrian she fussed a little as they drove towards the centre. Hahah. Again she was crying and refused to go into the centre. Adrian just carried her in and passed her to the teacher.

Adrian called later and asked if I called the school to check on her. I told him that I think that is not really necessary as she is alright once she goes into the classroom and engages herself in various activities.

As Adrian had an early soccer session today at 6pm, I went off to pick Sabrina up on my own. Sebastian napped late thus I was able to quickly walk to the centre to pick Sabrina. Finally spoke to her teacher, Ms Jo. She told me that she was alright, just crying without tears when Adrian left. She asked if we spoke to her in a different language at home. I told her that I do speak to her in Mandarin but she does not understand. She told me that when she told her to "stop crying. you are alright>", Sabrina replied her saying things that she does not comprehend. I told her that's normal as she did that at home as well. Hahha. What a relief for her I guess.

I also checked with her if she understand what was being told to her in class. Ms Jo feels that she understands alright as she will give her a cuddle when told so and even when she was tld to sit on the mat, she will obediently do it. What a difference as compared to when she is at home. Maybe should send her there more often.

She told me about her lunch (noodles that I had freid in the morning). She said she ate very little, maybe one quarter and then did not want to eat anymore. I think she must have been eating the ingredient like eggs and carrots and refused to eat the rest. Ms Jo said that it was such a waste so she put them back into the container. She also commented that it smelt so nice that the teachers were asking what that was when she went to heat it up in the microwave. Hahaha. It's just that maybe they are so used to seeing kids have packed bread that it's not often to see noodles or rice prepared for the kids.

Anyway Sabrina was already crying when I came into the playground. She must have spotted me just now when i was in the class looking at the clipboard. Her favourite activity was "painting". She painted a rather artistic piece of work that her teacher had put into her schoolbag. Her teacher said that she was a little teary maybe say 10 minutes before I arrived. She stopped after a short while and bade her teacher goodbye and a kiss and off to the class to pack her things.

Finally wallked her home. Guess she must have been tired as she walked very slowly. She kept stopping and dropping her bag. When we finally reached home, she was very hungry and I gave her some popcorn. Checked on Sebastian and found him still sleeping soundly. Asked Sabrina to quickly finish her popcorn and gave her a shower. By the time she was showered and clothed, Sebastian woke up.

Brought them downstairs and heat up the balanced noodles and Sabrina had them for dinner while Sebastian drank his milk. She asked to see Tinkerbell and we watched it till Adrian came back from his soccer session.

Till next week for her dosage of childcare.

Updated Aust Time 11.58pm

CHildcare Day 2

Went to pick her up just now. She was in the playground on the slide waiting for her turn to slide down. When she saw me, she immediately turn to get off the slide and came towards me crying. She kept pulling me to look at her face as she cried and dry her tears with her cloth. But her crying is very shortlive. Her favourite activity for the day was drawing. The teacher even put a piece of her drawing into her bag. We could not figure what she drew. But I guess as long as she enjoyed it, we are alright. Her teacher said that she enjoyed herself but she was a little teary and refused to play say 10 minutes before I came.

So she quickly bade her teacher goodbye and we walked back to the classroom and she went straight to the fridge to get her lunch bag and water bottle. She then went to the shelf and got her bag and stuffed everything into the pram. Taking into consideration that this her 2nd day here after a weeks' break, she knows the place rather well. I ask her to throw away the tissue paper that I used to wipe her tears and she went immediately to the bin and throw it. In the fridge where they kept their lunch boxes and water bottle, there was another bottle that looked exactly like hers. She was able to differniate and take her own water bottle without mistakes. Smart girl she is but it's a matter of her language skills. We waited for Adrian to come and she was more than happy to see her Daddy but of course with the tears.

Will see how she goes tomorrow. Battle or not? We have decided that Adrian will send her to school in the morning and I will pick her up in the evening. And we will be waiting for the day she will not cry when she goes to school and even waves us goodbye. May this day come quicker.

Updated Aust Time 10.50pm

Childcare and added another day for her

Send Sabrina to the childcare today for her second day. Saw that Sebastian was still deep in sleep so I quickly change Sabrina and got her things ready. I had already prepared freid rice the night before and I just need to put some of it into her lunch box. I decided to let her have some rice as she looks pretty hungry when we went to pick her up last Monday after her class. I only packed bread for her the other time for lunch as I saw that almost every child in the room had bread for lunch when I went to send in the enrolment form. Let's see how she goes today with the rice and the cornflakes and apples and bread.

We walked to the centre together. She was more than happy to help carry my handbag while I carried her sleeping bag and her bag which consists of her lunch box and spare clothes. She was still very glad to name the colour of the cars that passed by us as we walked to the traffic lights. After the traffic lights, at the bus stop outside the centre, she refused to move and insisted that we "let's go". I got to use some Tic tac peppermint to bribe her to move. She did a few more steps and stopped and refused to enter the centre at the entrance. I got to carry her in and went straight to the classroom. Her teacher were just bringing some of her students from another side of the playground and when she saw me and a crying Sabrina, she came forward and carried her and told me it's normal. I know it's normal as I had seen it happening to P1 students. Hahah. But then Sabrina was much younger as compared to the P1 kids. Her teacher said to call later to check on how she was.

I just called and the teacher said that she was just noise and no tears. Usual. But she stopped immediately when they went into the room. Said she had already finished her cornflakes and is now drawing in the room. Decided there and then to increase her childcare says to 2 days as there was vaccancies for Tuesday as well. The teacher even suggested starting her on some painting or colouring in the morning when she reaches so that she will not cry as she noted that Sabrina likes to do those activities.

Will update later when I go and pick her up in the evening.

Updated Aust Time 10.35am

First day in Childcare

Adrian worked half day from home today as Sabrina is going to childcare this morning and I am unable to pop in to check on her often especially with Sebastian on toll. Woke up in the morning and prepared her breakfast and apples. Packed all her stuff into her bag while she drank her milk. Adrian sent her to school and he returned vrey quickly maybe less than 15 minutes. According to Adrian she totally ignored him ans went ahead to play in the sand pit. Even when Adrian bid her goodbye she just continued playing. Hahaha. So he just left her and came home.

While he worked I changed the bedsheet, cleaned the house and prepared lunch. After he had lunch, he went to check on her before going off to work. He called later to inform me that she is now lying down and getting ready to nap. Her teacher was seated beside her and she looked like she is going to cry. Her pants had been changed and we figured that she must have had an accident looking for the toilet at the very last minute.

Anyway I waited till Sebastian woke up from his nap and quickly went to pick her. When I reached the centre, the kids were playing outside. Sabrina was one of them and she was holding her biscuit in her hand. Her teacher was blowing bubbles and she just stood near the front. She did not see me so I went into her class and went out to look for her stuff. With that I went out to look for her. She cried the minute I called out her name. She just cried and kept telling me "Let's go" and "Bye" to her teachers. She refused to follow the rest of the children back into the classroom with the teacher but insisted that I go by the other way. According to the teacher, Sabrina had a great time playing. It was when they were asked to sit down together on the mat that she got upset and cried. To us, it's very common and expected as she cannot sit down still even for 30 seconds much less together with the class for say maybe 15 minutes.

Packed her stuff and waited for Adrian outside the centre. She was very delighted to see Adrian and his car. Sat very quietly in the car while we load the car with her stuff. She looked alright maybe just a little dirt on her clothes and there is sand in her shoes.

Came home and prepared dinner. Just as we laid the table, Sebastian grabbed the Corelle bowl and it broke into pieces. Luckily he was not injured. Put him in the pen while Adrian and I quickly cleared up the mess.

Showered Sabrina and she was off to bed early. She must have been real tired. Did not get a chance to talk to her main teacher as she had already left when I went to pick Sabrina. Will have a chat with her next Monday. Her lunch bag is empty except for her water bottle which is very full. I was wondering if she drank her first bottle and that was the refill or she practically did not drink water at all. Will have to check with her teacher next week. Hopefully Sebastian wakes up earlier so that I can go and pick Sabrina earlier and talk to the teacher before she leaves for the day.

Updated Aust Time 11.32pm

Enrolment into Childcare

Finally enrolled Sabrina to childcare. We are going to start her on once a week to maybe 2 days a week. Have to see how she adapt to being in school the whole day. Called up the Childcare centre yesterday and luckily there was still vacancies for kindy group but the only days left were Monday and Tuesday. Anyway, Monday had always been the day I wanted her to go so I enquired about the necessary things to be done on our side -- Filling up of enrolment forms, CentreLink and stuff. So we went off to CentreLink yesterday (Late night shopping) to get it link up with the childcare centre. Got another booklet of forms to be filled in again...

Woke up rather early this morning as Sabrina woke up early. Guess she was very excited about her new toy that we got for her the night before. Finally the Disney Princess teapot set was on sale at $20 (normal $28) so we decided to get her the one that she likes to play each time she visit Kmart - Snow White, red teapot shaped like an apple. I was too tired so I did not want to go down that early, moreover so as Sebastian was still sleeping. She kept telling me to "Let's go" and at the same time kept pulling my blanket off. I told her "Later" but she refused. She just picked up the bottle of water that we always kept in our room together with her empty milk bottle and sat at the top of the stairway. She just sat there with the bottles and sang her Hi5 songs and talking to herself or maybe her imaginary friend. She did not fuss as she waited patiently for me. In the end, I told her that we will go and shower first before going downstairs ans she happily obliged. Brushed her teeth and had her shower and finally she is ready to go downstairs.

While she played with her teapot set, I prepared all the things that I needed to bring along with us to the centre to send in her emrolment form. I even have time to mop the floor as Sebastian was still sleeping. While mopping, I realised that there was a parcel placed outside our front door. It was the plaque that Adrian had ordered of his Master.

Soon Sebastian woke up and we got ready to leave the house after cleaning him up. Sabrina was all ready to help push his brother out of the house. SHe just kept saying " Let's go" and "Where's Daddy?"She being the good sister, helped me pushed the pram all the way from our place to the traffic lights junction. Passed the traffic lights with me pushing the pram and holding her hand as the traffic lights were fast and it was quite a distance across the road. She continued to help with the pushing of the pram all the way to the entrance of the childcare centre.

Once we went in, she was very excited and was looking through one of the glass panel on the nearest door while I spoke to the director. She came back in the midst of our conversation and submission of forms and tried to pull me to bring her into that room where she saw kids playing. Guess she must have seen the many toys and gadgets in the room ready for her to lay her fingers on.

The director then showed us to her kindy room where the kids and teachers were engaged in different activities. Sabrina gamely went ahead and play with the toys and practically ignored me. I spoke to the teacher and she was really happy to have Sabrina in her class as she mentioned before that she had never had a Sabrina in her class. I told her that her enrolment was delayed as she needed her catch up immunisation and it was finally done last month. Chatted with the teacher for a while meanwhile Sabrina just enjoyed playing from station to station. Actually I was quite impressed as she was able to play with every single toy that were in the room. Things that I know she had never seen or lay eyes or hands on, she just seemed to know how to work it out.

There were more boys in the class than girls. If I did not remember wrongly I think I saw only 4 girls and maybe 7 boys. Kindy class age rnage from 3 to 4 so I think it fitted Sabrina nicely except maybe her speech. We stayed in the class for closed to an hour before she finally was happy enough to leave. She did not make a fuss though and I was glad as I do not think I can handle both the kids on my own when she is screaming. Maybe she is hungry as I told her that we will be going or KFC for lunch. She said her goodbbyes to the teachers and off we went to Westfields.

While outside the centre, I applied sunscreen on both the kids. Sabrina was just peeping through the gates where there are more outdoor play stations. Luckily she stood there looking at the play station while I tried to settle Sebastian who was by then very sleepy but still fighting the sleep monster. With that I got Sabrina to help me push the pram to Westfield. While pushing I realised that Sebastian was sliding down the seat. He had lost the battle with the sleep monster and was asleep. So I stopped the pram and Sabrina quickly found herself a spot on the brick fence. Must have been the sun and her playing continuously since she stepped foot in the centre. With that I quickly covered the pram and then started to walk to Westfield. It's actually very near if we drive but by foot it was not really that near especially with the sorching sun shinning above us.

Finally reached Westfields. Went off first to the food court to have soe lunch. Saw that the queue for KFC was one of the shortest and decided to have it for lunch. Sabrina asked me to carry her while we were in the queue. I carried her a while and told her that I could not carry her anymore and asked her to come down. She came down and instead of waiting with me in the queue, she had other ideas. She ran off on her own. It was pretty crowded in the food court as it was lunchtime. I was in the queue with a sleeping baby in the pram and my daughter had ran off. Haiz...the lady behind saw me looking around and asked if I was looking for the small girl and told me that she was just here a moment ago. I looked further and saw her just outside the ABC shop and soon she ran back with the brochure that she usually take when we came on Thursday nights. I told her that she is not to run away while I queue and she just sat down on the floor reading the brochure. After I had placed my order, Sabrina disappeared again. This time I really have no idea where she went but I could not do anything. So I waited for her and she did return just in time for the food. ASked her to choose a table and she chose the nearest empty table. She really must have been tired from all the walking if not she would have fussed on which table to sit. We quickly had our lunch as Sebastian was still sleeping and it allowed me to sit and have my lunch peacefully. Well not so peacefully as I still have to deal with Sabrina with her popcorn chicken.

Soon Sebastian woke up, had his feed and we were off to CenterLink - Family Assistance. I submitted the form and we went off to Target. Sabrina had fun playing with the toys while Sebastian sat in the pram still a little dazed from his nap. Brought them to the books section and Sabrina happily said down and flipped through the pages of Cinderella and Monster Inc. Sebastian was enjoing himself looking through a book entitled "Baby's first book".

After visiting Target, it was already 2plus. I decided to get Sabrina to take her afternoon nap as she woke up real early this morning. So into the pram she went and out of the pram Sebastian went. She protested for a while but fought a lost battle with the sleep monster. While she slept, I entertained Sebastian or was it the other way round? Anyway he just could not sit still and wiggled so much on the sofa that we sat on. Imagine him walking and crawling and wiggling across a 3 seater sofa. In the end I gave him the player and he happily watched In the Night Garden. By the it was closed to 3.30pm. Sebastian fell asleep just as Sabrina woke up from her nap. The timing was perfect. Sabrina is out of the pram while I put the sleeping Sebastian in.

Brought Sabrina to Kmart and she played around with the toys. She went straight to the Disney Princess teapot and told the Snow while teapot and wanted me to buy again. She even tried to walk to the cashier. I had to repeat myself several times that we had just bought it the night before. She refused to bulge and insisted that she put the teapot on top of the pram. Whatever you say, Princess. She then went from aisle to aisle to play the toys and finally stopped at the Leapfrog section. I took it as a chance for me to return the teapot to the shelf. Hahaha..Soon Adrian came and we went home. Prepared dinner and then sent the kids to bed. Too tired now...Yawn..till Monday.....

Updated Aust Time 11.09pm

Scanpan and Moven Pick Ice-cream

Went to Habourtown today again. Have been searching for the Scanpan saucepan for a few months now. Could not find the one I wanted when we went to DFO and Myers was selling it at over $200. Only saw the one I want at Habourtown the other time when we went with Boon Guang. In the end, we had no choice but to drive down today to get it. Bought it for $119. Want to know the reason why it was so cheap as compared to Myers? Well... it comes without the box. I was like "Huh?" Not that I want the box anyway as I would usually keep the box in the cupboard just in case we need to shift houses (which is possible as ours is a rental premises), at least the boxes are handy. So we bought a $119 Scanpan saucepan without a box. Will have to try it out and see if it's really good. By the way, it comes with a 10 years warranty. Let's hope this cast titanium saucepan will last that long for me.

Went off for lunch at Nando's again as Sabrina refused to bulge when we passed by it. Guess she is so familiar with Habourtown that she knows when she wants to go and shops locations. She knows where Moven Pick Ice-cream is and wanted to have that immediately after lunch (Moven Pick is located just opposite Nando's). I had to coax her and tell her that we are going to get chocolate cake at Adidas. Hahaha...where in the world can we get chocolate cake at Adidas..I have no idea but at least it worked, she followed us to Adidas and treated it as a playground. Adrian bought a soccer ball for himself. In the end when we came home, his soccer ball became their toy ball as both Sabrina and Sebastian ran for it. Hahaha

With that we went to Bunnings in search of new plants to plant in the garden. AS we had transferred both promengrate plants into 2 larger pots which we got from The Reject Shop, we now have 2 extra flower pots. But we could not find anything nice as the Bunnings there was rather small as compared to the one we had at Stafford or Caserldine.

Walked back to Habourtown and off to Moven Pick we went. Ordered the waffles and both the kids love it. Sabrina was in for the ice-cream and the chocolate topping while Sebastian went for the waffle. With that we went off to the Bunnings at Underwood, hoping to see some light for the new plants we wanted to plant. In the end, Adrian bought some Balsam plant seed. Will most likely plant them tomorrow.

Went off to Sunnybank for "lunch" at 3pm. Hahaha....Had some noodles and came home. Brought the kids to the playground that Adrian spotted last Friday when he brought Sebastian for walk while I prepared dinner. It was a small playground. Both kids just played and played. Sabrina as usual loves the slide while Sebastian played with the wood chips on the ground. It took him a while before he enjoyed coming down the slide. We finally went home as Sabrina wanted to visit the toilet. Brought them back and let them play in the bathtub filled with water and toys as usual.

Both of them knocked out rather early as I guess they were both very tired. Let's see when I have the strength and time to bring them to the playground on my own.....

Updated Aust Time: 11.48pm

West End Market and Brisbane Music Festival

Decided to go to West End today as Adrian's colleague Thomas said that there were lots of stuff at that market. Drove down and parked at an underground car park for $10. Instead we stumbled upon the Brsisbane Music Festival location where there were many musical performances by the some local artistes. Asked for directions to West End Market and realised that it was quite a distance away from where we were. But we decided to go ahead and walked to the market. Very disapointing after walking through the market. There weren't much things or should I say there weren't things that we would be interested in at the market. Maybe it was because we went there late and many stalls were already closed. Well I think personally I still prefer the market at James Powerhouse.

It was a hot day. Imagine I was sweating as we walked back to the car. I have not really sweat as per say when we go out since coming to Australia. Even during summer when the weather was rather hot, I would not be sweating. Haiz...the temperature for the day must have been rather high. Even Sabrina could feel it as she pratically finished her whole bottle of water while walking to and fro the market. Both Adrian and I were very thirsty as well. The only person not affected must have been our young prince who slept throughout. Well-covered and away from the sun. What a life.

Updated Aust Time 10.10pm

Logitech webcam Pro 9000

Adrian went off to buy the Logitech Pro 9000 webcam at MSY after he knocked off from work. We checked out the price yesterday at JB HiFi and it was going at $196. Adrian mentioned that he saw it at MSY price list and it was only $90 plus. So today he went again and found out that it was selling at $ 89 so he bought it together with a portable dvd rewriteable as the one in his laptop is not working. Tried out the camera viz skype with his parents and they commented it was very clear. Apparently it was released almost the same time as the Creative one that we bought for close to $150 back in SG. This Logitech one is really good. Worth spending.

Updated Aust Time: 9.30pm