10 green bottles

For a period of time, this was your favourite song and everything was a 'bottle'.  You even lined up all the soap and shampoo bottles along the bathtub and knocked 1 down at a time and sang during bath time.

Till the next trip :)

We also had our first BBQ in our new home and had a few families over.  Definitely not a house warming yet as the house (until today) is not totally unpacked :)  But, we should enjoy the garden before summer ends.

A week after that, we had to say bye bye to gong gong and popo as they flew back to KL.  Thank you for all your help!!  We are sure it will be soon before we meet again :)

Grosvenor Park - One month ago

I can't believe the blog has been dormant for a month!!  But, this blog is our journey as a family so although this is a month later, here it is :)

We went to Grosvenor Park the last weekend that gong gong and popo were here.  There was a miniature railway there which included a replica of Thomas and a small Toby ride.  I don't think I need to emphasize how much fun you had that day.  Plus, the weather was GORGEOUS!!

The olympic fever was still ongoing and you were obsessed and loved to 'ready, get set, GO!!' for everything.      

Ice cream farm

In the weekend back in Liverpool, we told you we were going to a farm and you said 'I don't want to go to fruit farm' :)  This farm is famous for its home-made ice cream but at least there were a few animals and a huge playground!!  A nice day out, but cut short by the rain.

Olympic fever

We also went to London to experience the Olympic mad rush of people :)  Unfortunately I didn't get any tickets for any events.  But, we still went to the Olympic park to soak in the atmosphere while the others went to watch the badminton game (Ming got tickets).  There was an amazing Lego replica of the Olympic stadium filled with 'audience' of all the different figurines from Lego inside Westfield shopping centre.  Really cool.  However, don't think your 'dada' enjoyed getting stuck in all the traffic and queues.  

 

Inside Westfield shopping centre at the Olympic Park

Gong gong and popo visits

We drove to London 2 weeks after coming back from Malaysia to pick Gong gong and popo back to Liverpool.  You were so excited to see them, 'sam yi' and 'uncle Justin'.  We went to a farm and you said you wanted to see cows, goats etc.  We tried to explain that we were going to a fruit farm but you didn't seem to understand and was really disappointed that there were no animals :)  You did get the hang of it after a while and got carried away picking everything that you see.  The fruits were great!!  I've never ate such huge, sweet and juicy blackberries in my life.    

Post-holiday blues

Passing time in Heathrow's children's play area

We have been back from Malaysia for more than a month and these photos are way outdated.  But, I have to jot down your distress that lasted for 2 weeks after we arrived back home, to remind myself that you are now emotionally more sensitive and changes affect you significantly.

It was a big change to have constant attention and love from both sets of grandparents, great-grandaparents, cousins, all the ah Yis, suk suk and sum sum for 2 weeks, to just the 3 of us and nursery from 9-6 when we came back to UK.  Your carers in nursery said you were very subdued for a few days and you were quite cranky in the evenings.  For 2 weeks, you woke up screaming a few times at night shouting 'I don't love you mummy/dada' or 'I don't want you' and will push us away.  We have both have not seen you in that state and it was really heart-breaking as there was not much we could do.  We wonder if you subconsciously blocked us away as your coping mechanism.  Whatever it was, thank God that came to an end you adapted to life back in UK.