Attn: 姨姨... Janelle's Requested Birthday Present

亲爱的姨姨
我喜欢这个Barbie娃娃。请买给我！

Look Mummy! Hands-Free!

Physically, Jeryn can support her milk bottle and drink milk on her own. But she tends to get easily distracted and when that happens, she forgets about her bottle. So while I'm training her to hold her bottle, I still end up holding it for her most of the time lest her bottle falls on the ground and gets contaminated.

Zappety Zap!

Today, I washed some ikan bilis, pat dry and zap them in the microwave on HIGH for 1 min. Guess what? They really became crispy! COOL!! (Although I was a bit concerned about the smoke in the microwave while the ikan bilis were being 'fried'.)

Now, I really can believe that keropoks can be zapped in the microwave!

Try this... really COOL...

All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth!

Heheh... Jeryn has just sprouted her two lower front teeth! Looks cute but funny without the upper two... She loves biting stuff now though her drooling has lessened. She was playing with her teeth using her finger last few days, making lots of clicking sound. Cute!!

Started her on rice cereal again yesterday... Surprisingly, she took 2 teaspoons separately in the afternoon and evening! Phew... a load off my mind that she's finally eating something. Will try again today and see how.

20 Oct 08 - 26 wks 5 days

so fast, haven't posted for 10 weeks liao
baby Josh sure is growing fast and furious
doubled his weight in a month and is 1.1kg now
keep wanting to take pics of my growing belly as a reminder of the progress throughout the months, but never got around to doing it
will be nice though, to see the growth month on month

finished my 2nd piece of cross stitch for the 4-pc home series
just started on my 3rd one yest
really on the ball yeah, can't stop doing it!
at this rate, may be able to complete the series before birth!

cooked hungarian beef goulash yest
yumz!!
made it in a more soupy style, more like minestrone soup style than the thick stew type
had it with crusty baguette (next time shall be sure to get delifrance's - got the carrefour one out of convenience and it's not nice! hard like biscuit after a short toast in the oven, no good!)

the remainder i thickened up and made into mini cottage pies
hey, mashed potatoes ain't that tough to make after all!
just cut the russet potatoes into smaller cubes to make the mashing easier
then while it's still hot/warm, add in butter and milk
be sure to use more milk if u are making cottage pie, so that the mash does not dry out when u reheat it
so fluffy and yummy!

this weekend is a long weekend, gonna try my hand at yam kueh!
wah mega craving for that now, only the home style (or rather mummy's style) will do..!
recipe's not tough to follow, just that the frying needs a bit of work
wonder if my lil' wok is big enough to make
intending to make a bigger batch if i can, so that can share with sis & daddy (if he's back)
prob test out first and do in 2 batches?