Children's Activities - Golfing

We took the kids to join their dad at the golf course one Saturday.  Daddy went earlier and took a ride with a friend and we drove over with the kids when daddy was at his last 2 holes of the game.

Good outdoor activity, fresh air and they got the chance to see monkeys. Outdoor or any physical activities are good for kids, tired them up and they go to sleep easily!

Kids Just Want To Have Fun

During the long Hari Raya and Merdeka day breaks, we took the kids to this new indoor playground 'Kid's e World' at Garden, Mid Valley.

Kid's e World's facilities include:-

• Indoor Playground including Toys-In Motion (moving blown up toys)
• Courses  like Music & Movement (age 0-7), Art Education (age 6-12), Dance (age3-12), speech & drama (age 3-10), Rhymes & Chime (age 7-12), Music Therapy (for children with special needs), Crafty Arts Buffet (age 4-12), Animation (age 8-12) and Robotics (age 8-12)
• Wifi
• Party Rooms
• Gym Area for Parents
• Kids's Toilet
• Cafe & Snack Bar

The charges:-
Admission (Per Day)

• Weekday  RM30
• Weekend & Holidays RM50
• Weekday Voucher - RM100 - 5 Admissions
• Weekend Voucher - RM100 - 3 Admissions
• Children below 60cm admits for Free

Drop and Shop

• Weekday - RM50/hour
• Weekend - RM80/hour
• (50% extra for children below 2 years old)

Courses

• RM50 Registration Fee + Course Fee

Overall, it is a pretty safe place for the children to run/bounce/jump/play around.

My children enjoyed the 2 hours stay there and refused to come out of the place.

They have a locker facility over there and cost RM1 but each time if you open it, you will need to insert another RM1 for that, so plan smartly e.g get the kid's water tumbler, nappy and etc. that they need out  before lock your belongings in.

The other problem is with the toilet facilities. The toilets are generally clean and safe but there is lack of baby changing area, you can't lay your young toddler down for their nappy change.

Kid's e World contact information:-

Location : FF-202, Fourth Floor, The Garden Mall, Mid Valley City, Lingkaran Syed Putra, 59200 KL
Contact : 012-389 7677
Email : enquiries@kidsworld.com.my
Website : http://www.kidseworld.com.my
Opening Hours : 10.00am - 10.00pm

One last thing, if you are going, remember to bring socks for children and the accompanying adults. You need to wear socks at all time.

Car Crazy

My sons are all into 'The Car' disney pixar movie. It was a huge surprise for Jack when the 2 main characters; Mater and Lightning McQueen (a.k.a 95) were on display at The Curve.

However, the kids were so excited when they spotted 'Lightning McQueen' parked just right outside our condominium.

We decided to take Jack for his first 'Car 2' movie in the cinema last Sunday. He enjoyed it and was very well behaved throughout the movie.

Maid Issues (3) - Check this out

I accidentally came upon this blogspot. If you are hiring maid, do check up the following blogspot whether or not your future or current maid's name is listed.

http://singaporemaidcomments.blogspot.com/

What are we teaching our kids ?

This is a funny, taken from a series of chain-forwarding email which I received from one of my friend:-

How do you expect kids to listen to their parents when Tarzan lives half naked, Cinderella comes home after midnight, Pinocchio lies all the time, Aladdin is the king of thieves, Batman drives at 200 mph, Sleeping Beauty is lazy, and Snow White lives with 7 guys. We shouldn't be surprised when kids misbehave, they get it from storybooks.

Dylan has his hair cut

People has difficulties to tell who is Kayley and who is Dylan. When I took the twins to visit my gynaecologist, all the stuff in the clinic asked me to cut Dylan's hair, so people will know he is a boy. Again, when I walked pass the committee meeting held at my condominium, some of the attendees said the same thing.

Can you tell who is who?

Dylan only has his front fringe trimmed since born. Both the twins have beautiful curly hair, so it is a bit 'sayang' (wasted) to have them trim. 

Do you think Dylan looks a girl??

After a long thoughts, I decided to let my boy look like a boy. So, I took him to our regular hair dresser. When I told them what I want to do, all the hairdressers said no, very 'sayang'. Then, I changed my mind and brought him home.

After a couple of weeks and after seeing a couple more people, who again commented about Dylan's hair, I was determined to have his hair cut on that Saturday.

Dylan, before his hair cut

The following was Dylan's during and after hair cut.

So, do you think he is 'boy' enough now?

Full moon Gift Pack

I have recently received a gift pack and this has made me recall those moment when I was trying to source for the practical full moon gift pack that suit my budget.

Full moon celebration is usually held after a baby has passed one month of age. As well as a celebration, it’s a formal proclamation to friends and relatives, of the newest member of the family.

Giving away the gift pack to friends and relatives is a way to announce the birth of your one month old baby and also a way to appreciate the gifts or well wishes received from them.

A very traditional gift pack will usually comprise the following:- 

• red eggs (hard-boiled eggs with their shells dyed red) symbolise new life. In Chinese culture, the colour red is associated with good luck
• nasi kunyit (yellow glutinous rice) represent a wish for the baby to always have a staple meal 
• chicken curry to symbolise that there’ll always be meat on the table – very important to Chinese people!
• ang koo kuih (literally “red turtle cake”) – the design of which represents the baby’s gender.

In the market, I think there are 4 main categories of gift packs offered :-

1. Nasi Kunyit, Curry Chicken, Red Eggs, Kuih, Ang Koo, Roasted Chicken (range from RM8.90 to RM65 per pack)

This is usually a popular choice if you not arranging for a separate party or catering session for the celebration. 

Here some of the suppliers for the above package:-

www.fooktseng.com/

http://hnhcatering.com/fullmoon.htm

www.nyonya-restaurant.com/full-moon.html

www.uniqfullmoon.com.my/fullmoon

www.delightsfullmoon.com

fullmoongiftpack.com.my

www.krr.com.my/ (kenny roger)

2. Cup cake (range from RM 19.50 to RM21.00 (per pack of 4-6) or more depends on the design and quantity)

I think this is very 'posh' and very 'in' thing now, very pretty but not practical and costly. I see people including my family member who will peel off the pretty icing bit, throw them away and eat the tiny content that is left.

Here are some of the very creative suppliers:-

www.myapplekitchen.blogspot.com

www.cupcakechic.com.my

jcakehomemade.blogspot.com/

www.uniqfullmoon.com.my/fullmoon

3. Cakes, Red Eggs, Ang Koo, Tarts (range from RM10.20 to RM 30.00 per pack)

This a 'modernised' traditional package. Instead of just having a marble/butter cake and red egg or ang Koo, now there are combinations of all these with some tarts and ang koo or cakes and red eggs.

Most of the supplier of item 1 will have this package too.

4. Customise/personalised gift box (RM10.80- RM32.00)

I consider this as very 'posh' thing too. You pay for the packaging. It usually comprises of customised card with the baby's photo and some of his/her information like date of birth, weight and etc. Some small gift like chocolate, candy, cookies with personalise wrap and maybe some soft toy.

My personal opinion, most of the stuff will go unappreciated. It is very pretty to look at. In actual fact, the wrap will go to the bin. OK, the personalised card, some may keep it, some may just go missing some how rather. The box may become some sort of storage and laying around in the house. The toy, goes without saying, how many cuddly toy everyone has in the house, so many! My children has dozens being given, they play almost none of them, so they are mainly lying around somewhere in the cupboard or being recycle as gift to others or being donated.