[playing charades]

We set up G's table for her, she's ecstatic that she can now draw on her own little table! V drew a hotdog and asked her what it was - "AIRCON" came the reply. So we decided on a little game of charades :
V : when daddy goes running, how do i feel when i get back?
G : Sweaty!
V : but it's not cold, so its?
G : Sweaty!
V : ok, how abt this *draws a dog*
G : looks like a cow....
V : erm.... ok. when we go to ikea, what do we eat?
G : Ketchup!
haha.... we were all rolling on the floor laughing by this time.... here's the pics:

We went to S's place yesterday for the 3 little kiddies to play together. Yummy brunch with bagels, mushroom muffins and waffles with icecream :) The funny thing is - both M & E call their fathers - "papa". So, since yesterday, G's been going - "where's my papa? what's my papa doing? i gotta go and look for my papa... " but when she sees vic, she still goes - daddy!!!
pictionary
handpainting
wat a mess!
finally broke into my Amy Butler stash (ouch!) and made G a dress :P
i think it's too long and quite big.
hands in pockets
twirling around
and around!
afternoon tea - mangoes (yum!) and the latest ben&jerry flavor :)

[racial harmony day]

My little chinese princess :)
For 'mummy's ah-koh', who gave her this cheongsam when she was abt 1yr old - she just abt fits now, i think it's still a bit too big for her. But the silk fabric is super luxurious, G keeps fingering it as you can tell from the pics!
with her fav lovey - her boo-boo
posing with daddy at school
with her friend elyse - it's so cute that they're both just holding hands and looking at the paparazzi of cameras :)
love those little pigtails - now if only she'll let me do this for her everyday!

[dress]

My first dress made from a pattern from THIS book. It was really difficult getting a hang of the instructions - since there was only 1 diagram with cryptic numbers. Plus i had NO clue how to make a dress. Anyways, using some salvaged fabric from my mil, i did this over a few nights. G seems to like it, insisting on wearing it to school - but it's racial harmony day today (see next post), so we had to change her!
my model was more interested in doing other stuff than posing.... :P
obviously not fully awake yet! But she loves the fact the skirt covers her knees when she's sitting cross legged...

[some LOs]

Did these recently for a DT call, which unfortunately i didn't get chosen. Anyways, it was for 'never before' posted LOs and altered item, so i couldn't show them till now! Here they are -


this was an insert in one of those shadow box frames from Ikea, which i just stacked up with a backing cardboard behind.
can't really see in this pic, but i was experimenting with using lots of transparencies and overlays.

[crafts]

As promised: the pictures below are my crafting pursuits over the weekend -Amy Butler pattern for a Velma Bag
My quilted japanese kimono scraps bag - with a proper lining! :)
handles are from a wool offcut which i got from Textile Centre

[half of July gone ALREADY!!!]

Another weekend and the shocking realisation that it's already mid-july! Gosh where has the year gone to! Scary scary how time goes by so quickly. Never more so manifested in the way G has been growing up..... this weekend is the dream of all parents - no tantrums, no wingeing, no pushing of any boundaries. G's just been all smiles, all talk, and all the sugar and spice that little girls her age are. She's been super concerned abt me being sick, insisting on being my little 'helper', carrying the empty cups and bowls to the kitchen for me and even trying to carry me to the bed to rest! haha..... so proud of her!
So, we went to the park again this morning, this time slightly earlier, really good weather and a good day out!






O! and on the crafty front - nope, i haven't gone totally off scrapping and crafting, just been too busy to photograph them! :) Proud to say i've just complete my FIRST ever bag made from a pattern :P *heh* Not really pleased with the result - i think it's the stiffness of the bag that i've an issue with. It was actually really easy to follow the instructions and i had a completed bag to show in a couple of hours. So, i finally learnt how to create a lining properly *yes... i know.. i'm slow that way :P* which provided enough motivation and inspiration to just wing the next pattern! Not enough daylight left to take decent pics of the 2 projects, so the pics wil just have to wait till tomorrow!

[things G says]

There's a series of G-isms that have the same consistency of being how a 2 yr old views the world. I love how G is so expressive and able to articulate herself really well to us. She's also at an age where everything and every series of questions ends with the ubiquitous WHY?

So, some of these G-isms (before i forget):
1. Frus-sitating! - a combination of frustrating and irritating? usually expressed when she can't get things right- like putting on shoes or fixing jigsaws
2. Pocketmoney - i told her to save up on her pocket money in order to buy the chocolate egg she wanted, so she went around all the adults in the house looking into their pockets for money!
3. Because i like it! - anything that doesn't have a real reason - like why are u jumping about? why are you not getting dressed yet? why are you wearing that funny hat? (i guess it's just us adults always asking stupid questions)
4. i'msorryandiwon'tdoiteveragain - haha, dun know where she gets that from! but she'll say it all in one breath if she's done something to make either one of us upset.

Here's a pic of G's room - at the moment it's only her name - she'll have to share with the 2nd child once we decide on the name! (the little altered item on the right is something new i did for a DT call - will share more pics of it once the call is over!)

[just the 2 of us]

well.. and abt a few hundred people at the annual architect / designer convention (DATUM) in KL. It's been a fun and tiring full day of talks at KLCC, catching a few minutes of hurried shopping at lunchtime, and finally relaxing at the cool hotel we booked into at night.
Some shots (mostly of Hotel Maya :) -
cool bathroom with lots of fun stuff to play with - the rain shower, the huge bath..... :P
Wallpaper* magazine would like these pictures
the swimming pool box inserted into the 3rd flr atrium
the sky lounge on the 13th floor - really cool view of the twin towers too!
my early morning swim in the heated pool.
more pics of the pool
i'm a sucker for nice aromatherapeutic freebies that come in the room - this one didn't disappoint
lastly, my dinner - Aussie burger, ceaser salad and a great brownie icecream dessert - YUM!

-back tomorrow - we sure miss G *thanks to mum & dad for the unconditional babysitting and also my mil and sil who will be doing tmrw's shift! :)

[scrapjacked]

Heh heh.. couldn't resist the latest scrapjack - it's HERE :)
So, here's what i did :

[SOMO june LOs]

I hope Kim's okay with me posting the LOs over here, as they haven't been up on the gallery site and the month's almost up! :)
So, here's what i did with the main kit and also the project kit - SOMO is really the coolest - go check out the JULY kit which has just been uploaded!!! Aren't the colours just the yummiest!! :)

These are album covers:


Lots more close ups, will post those on 2peas :)
LOVE all the fun elsie papers and stickers! :)

[simple sunday]

We went to pasir ris park again yesterday. Unfortunately, the newborn kittens were no longer where we found them previously. But, the new playgrounds have been completed and it was great fun to just watch G on the slides. :) We had the 'potong' icecream after that - brings back memories of the usual Sunday morning outings when my dad will bring us out to the beach.




all flushed and rosy :)