got into the CNY mood quite early on when i had to do some art & craft homework with h for display at her school.
also went about "gathering" CNY goodies quite early on this year, although still missed out on the petite flower pineapple tarts from hong lim food complex! a corner of our dining table is colonised by pineapple tarts (glory, cedele), bak kwa, kueh bangkit (hong lim), peanut filled pastries (hong lim) and prawn rolls (camel, tong garden). next year i MUST get my hands on some of those legendary "golf ball" pineapple tarts from le cafe.
h seemed to have fun at her school's CNY celebrations. rode on her excitement to somehow get her into her qipao that i bought online. also have her chinese teacher to thank for teaching them the "恭喜恭喜恭喜你!" song which she's now a pro at because she has been "performing" it at various gatherings.
h has been all excited about going for "parties" which is what i have been calling the various CNY related gatherings which started last weekend.
at the extended family reunion, she made firm friends with one particular grandaunt ("chicken wing 姑婆) and also amused the rest no end with her endless and loud chatter. also got really excited about the 5 dogs (3 golden retrievers!).
CNY eve saw us having TWO reunion meals - burp.
got her to help load up the mandarin orange bag on CNY morning and she did it in no time. then it was off to the grandparents' place followed by great grandma's place where she again made her presence felt and had a fine time with her fave grandaunt again. also had some fun posing for the camera in spite of the sweltering afternoon heat.
in an unprecedented move, we actually headed to chinatown on the 2nd day of CNY because the mum in law wanted a picture of h with the main CNY decor there (big goats) since she had taken one with h and the big horses last year.
it was around noon when we reached and crazily sunny and hot. thankfully it wasn't too crowded. subsequently made our way to macs for ice cream and drinks to cool off.
day 3 was spent checking out the very spacious seletar mall which has a different range of shops from the malls we have nearby. han's, ELC, mothercare, samsonite (!), NTUC finest and even hokey pokey. h is great when it comes to checking out toy stores because she never really bugs us to buy her stuff and when she is done browsing (i.e. pushing buttons, checking out display sets) she actually is quite prepared to leave without much fuss. when we told her it was time to move off from one particular display set, she said "i play one more time then we go" and then she was true to her word. was kind of flabbergasted when she did so. in a good way. :D
of course after that she had a meltdown when it came to wanting to go on the down-riding escalator without us following her .... but that's another story for another day.
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